The Shabby Detective: A Columbo Podcast

02/02/2025

New jam just dropped:

Winemaker Adrian Carsini does not enjoy subpar wine. Lieutenant Columbo however thinks it's fine.Featured on the "Any Old Port on a Storm" episode on the bri...

30/01/2025

The Alias / Columbo crossover:

Alias Promo aired in 2003 during ABC's 50th Anniversary Special.

20/01/2025

In this episode of The Shabby Detective, we examine the riveting 1974 TV movie The Gun, a gripping exploration of fate and consequence. Crafted by the legendary writing duo Richard Levinson and William Link and directed by John Badham, the film follows the journey of a single handgun as it passes through various lives, leaving a trail of drama and intrigue. Join us as we unpack the film’s unique episodic structure and the creative forces behind this powerful cautionary tale. https://bit.ly/4h2xYzo

23/12/2024

Between Columbo's Seasons 4 and 5, we're shifting our detective lens to explore another powerful creation by Richard Levinson and William Link: The Ex*****on of Private Slovik (1974). Directed by Lamont Johnson and featuring an unforgettable performance by Martin Sheen, this adaptation of William Bradford Huie's work tells the harrowing true story of Eddie Slovik—a small-time Michigan criminal who made history as the only U.S. soldier executed for desertion during World War II.

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15/12/2024

Happy 99th Birthday to one of Columbo's better foes. https://bit.ly/3Wd6Hku

15/11/2024

We conclude the 4th season of Columbo with the episode "A Deadly State of Mind" wherein George Hamilton is a suave hypnotist of ladies -- one in particular played by Leslie Ann Warren. He has designs on her while also conducting "research" for his work. Her husband as other ideas. https://bit.ly/3YIzOx6

19/10/2024

Season 4 continues with "Playback," an episode starring another Cassavetes alum, Gina Rowlands. Unfortunately, she's sidelined as a innocent bystander and wife to the episode's murderer, played by Oskar Werner. He's a fan of gizmos which aid his plan to murder his mother-in-law but, of course, they're ultimately his undoing. https://bit.ly/4dWO8rs

Season 4 continues with "Playback," an episode starring another Cassavetes alum, Gina Rowlands. Unfortunately, she's sidelined as a innocent bystander and wif

14/10/2024

Happy Columbo Day! https://bit.ly/484WBaM

20/09/2024

Set sail for murder as Lt. Columbo takes a cruise to Mexico with his wife only to be asked to help solve the murder of lounge singer Rosanna Wells (Poupée Bocar) at the hands of used car sales exec Hayden Danzinger (Robert Vaughn). It's the return of Bernard Hill and Dean Stockwell in an episode Chris Stachiw says may be the best of the season.

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16/09/2024

Remember Peter Falk on his birthday with our Shabby Detective show....

Podcasters Chris Stachiw (The Kulturecast) and Mike White (The Projection Booth) look at the enduring character of Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) and his creators.

21/08/2024

The Shabby Detective: By Dawn's Early Light

Welcome to the show Mr. Patrick McGoohan as Colonel Rumford, headmaster at an all-boys military academy and devotee of rules and regulations. When his reign is threatened he retaliates by killing his rival with a cannon! Now it's up to Lt. Columbo to stick around the academy and solve the crime in one of the more solid episodes of Season 4.

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15/08/2024

Gena Rowlands https://bit.ly/3YG9TIc

THE NOTEBOOK star Gena Rowlands has died at age 94 after a five-year battle with Alzheimer’s. The actress died on Wednesday surrounded by those closest to her. Nick Cassavetes, Gena’s d…

28/07/2024

When Frasier met Columbo: https://bit.ly/3Aa8m2F

tossed salads and bowls of chiliOriginal comic by Joe Chouinard: https://joechouinard.com/columbo/Daphne and Roz voiced by Kate Holden ( on twi...

22/07/2024

Season 4 of Columbo continues with a favorite of Mike's, Negative Reaction wherein Dick Van D**e plays photographer Paul Galesko who think he's committed the perfect murder of his wife (Antoniette Bower) and patsy (Don Gordon). Unfortunately for him, Columbo is on the case. This episode features great roles for Vito Scotti, John Ashton, Joyce Van Patten, Larry Storch, and Michael Strong.

This episode of The Shabby Detective features an interview with author David Koenig about his new book, Unshot Columbo: Cracking the Cases That Never Got Filmed. https://bit.ly/3Wd6Hku

02/07/2024

Be careful with those Kino Blu-Rays of the later seasons. It's being reported that they're cropped:

22/06/2024

21/06/2024

We start off the fourth season of Columbo with a discussion of Exercise in Fatality in which our titular detective squares off with tough guy and fitness guru Milo Janus (Robert Conrad) in a case that gets everyone tied up in knots.

This episode also features an interview with Amelie Hastie, author of Columbo: Make Me a Perfect Murder, a close reading of the series. https://bit.ly/3XC05OO

We start off the fourth season of Columbo with a discussion of Exercise in Fatality in which our titular detective squares off with tough guy and fitness guru M

17/05/2024

Chris Stachiw and Mike White are taking a break between the third and fourth seasons of The Shabby Detective: Yet Another Columbo Podcast and discussing one of Peter Falk's later roles as the patriach of the Romano family which includes Paulie (Peter Berg) and Peter (Chris Penn) along with black sheep Corky (Chris Kattan).

We discuss Kattan's career, the panning of Corky Romano, and the films of other SNL alumni.

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Chris Stachiw and Mike White are taking a break between the third and fourth seasons of https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-shabby-detective-yet-another-columb