Columbo Uses Subliminal Manipulation To Catch His Killer | Columbo

[@gailriccio6395]

My dad was a cop for forty years and a homicide detective for 25 years of that and even though he was called up on the "carpet" many times he still wouldn't carry a gun. The brass didn't fire him because he too was the best they had. As adults we finally got to hear his stories and it was like watching Columbo.

[@sinsoftheswamp8346]

Could he have just worn a gun and not used it

[@Drummerchick2003]

Interestingly the episodes here he had to go get fire arm certified he still had someone do it for him, crazy how you can work around evil and still not want to carry a gun for protection, But that is where personal convictions come into play.

[@balgaadrian4046]

r/thathappened

[@Ocrilat]

@@Drummerchick2003 It also shows that just because you don't have ALL the skills needed to be a police officer doesn't mean that they should be removed. He's a lousy shot. A strict reading of the policies would have him removed from the force (or at least off the streets). Then they'd have no Columbo solving the crimes. My guess is someone near or at the top turns a blind eye to keep those murder cases solved. This does happen in real life. Me, I have a weird brain, and it allows me to 'solve' issues that my compatriots can't solve. But advertising/marketing instead of murder. The thing is, where the others meet with the clients, my boss exempts me. I am a bit...blunt and undiplomatic. I can't help it. Not everyone likes that, in particular egotistical business owners. I'm better off sticking to the office.

[@Drummerchick2003]

@@Ocrilat that's why skills should be utilized in all aspects of our society. Could you imagine how far we could be as a society if we did.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

Thank you for this clip. One of the great things about Columbo clips is you learn things you may not have recognized before, even though you've seen the full episode many times. This is an example of that. For the first time, I'm realizing that Columbo got his big idea featured here from something the Forensic Specialist said when Columbo asked him where the gun is. Forensic Specialist: "I'll tell you what you do. You go to the suspect and you tell him you got a problem, and you ask him where he hid it. In the meantime, I'm gonna call my wife and tell her I'll be late for dinner." Even though the Forensic Specialist made his suggestion in jest, Columbo thought of it an entirely different way by recognizing that there WAS a way to ask the suspect where he hid the murder weapon, and a potential way for the suspect to tell him.

[@jamescombs8316]

Bingo!

[@yesterdayitrained]

Brilliant comment!

[@antonystringfellow5152]

Watching Columbo episodes taught me many great ways to commit a murder and get way with it. Fortunately, I've never felt the need to use any of them. I wonder if anyone actually has though.

[@alecule]

@@antonystringfellow5152 For me, watching Columbo taught me that you could smoke anywhere at that time :)

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@@alecule yeah and it was fantastic being able to live in a free world and ,if you were that way inclined, enjoy a cigarette with your drink in a pub or bar/restaurant.

[@GhostDrummer]

I love how Columbo shows empathy to the villains at the end.

[@MrAitraining]

If he likes them. Robert Conrad and George Hamilton were no sympathy endings. Columbo didn't like them. You could tell.

[@GhostDrummer]

@@MrAitraining Same with Spock and Kirk Edit: Leonard and William

[@robbiereilly]

My favorite of that ending is Donald Pleasance in 'Any Port in a Storm'.

[@skepticusmaximus184]

@@GhostDrummer Yes! Leonard Spock and William Kirk were both fine men ☺️

[@trevorochmonek9024]

Colombo doesn't like the villian in this case. He behaves just nice. Real fans should see the difference!

[@eightiesboy]

Robert Culp was the ultimate villain in all the Columbo episodes. Legendary.

[@RonnieBarzel]

Both he and Patrick McGoohan were great, as was Jack Cassidy.

[@TVSHOWTRIVIAQUIZ]

I believe that Robert Culp was in 4 Columbo episodes!

[@JamesD3399]

He was the murderer three times, McGoohan was the murderer 4 times. I thought Culp was the bad guy more than any other actor, but he was the best villain in Columbo to me.😈💀

[@lewisner]

He was great in the Outer Limits episode "Demon With A Glass Hand" too. The basis for The Terminator. I loved the way in Columbo he "seethed".

[@mikeykeyes]

a very CULPable villain

[@bornyesterday21]

..."I'm not searching. I'm looking" ... lol

[@exitscreaming4637]

lol yepp a Defense Lawyer would have a field day with that

[@raymondfisheriii791]

But wait, if he admitted that he’s not there to search for anything, but rather just to take some photos as a means to help with the case, would that make it better? I would imagine a person like Columbo would’ve asked to do so through the right channels in a manner that lets him not have the problem of undue process. Like, this guy ALWAYS has a warrant when he needs one. So when they said he didn’t this time, my immediate first thought was “if he doesn’t have a search warrant, it’s because he’s not here to search the place.”

[@TrumbullComic]

This is my favorite of Culp's episodes. The most amazing thing is that Stephen J. Cannell just wrote this script for fun during a Writer's Guild Strike. He submitted it to the show after the strike was settled.

[@actioncom2748]

By far, This is my favorite reaction of a killer getting caught by Columbo. Even he has to laugh at how clever Columbo's move was.

[@jamescombs8316]

It's kind of scary...

[@bababa3917]

@@jamescombs8316 creepy too. he has no remorse.

[@nick37104]

@@bababa3917 That's not unusual, even one of the most personable killers, Donald Pleasence's Adrian Carsini tells Columbo after he's caught, "Oh yes, I'll confess, there's no remorse. I just feel like a great weight has been lifted off of me."

[@michaelmartinez1345]

@ActionCom, Columbo's reaction was legendary as well : "If there was a reward (for catching the killer), I'd support Your claim to it"...

[@michaelmartinez1345]

@@jamescombs8316 this is one of the several reasons that people need to be careful and aware of which outside influences they are exposed to....

[@leenkeshramlagun7171]

Shoot. Culp was almost proud of Columbo. "Let me see, may I?"

[@TheSuzberry]

Leenkesh Ramlagun - I think his character was delighted that his technique was proved to work.

[@Baron_Blue_Max]

I got the same impression from Colombo when he realized Culp had used a calibration converter.

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

His face when he was seeing the subliminal cuts was hilarious😂

[@elmocotton3078]

I am starting to figure out this is a theme with Colombo cases. He always uses the murderers expertise , which they use to kill the victim to reveal themselves as the killer.

[@shelbyherring92]

I mean, yeah... It's part of what makes the show great. He lets them hang themselves, especially in the episodes where the killer uses their connections or skills to cover the crime up: Police chief? Make a false police report. Wine maker? Remind him he ruined all his wine. Photographer? Let him pick out the camera he used. Ad Executive Experimenting with Subliminal Cuts? Use a subliminal cut. Audio/Visual Enginer? Reveal how he edited the footage. JROTC instructor hellbent on order and control? Use his punctuality and veracity against him. Mercenary/Private Security Firm CEO? Use his own carefulness against him. Musician that used be a paratrooper, and crashed a plane to kill? Have him find the parachute. Greedy, callous lawyer who's all about the Benjamins? Have someone blackmail her for some of the money. Art Critic who personally handled all his uncle's artwork? Plant and find fingerprints that shouldn't be there. Mortician used an incinerator to dispose of a body? Reveal the switcheroo. Fake psychic used a trick guillotine to kill his former mentor? Reveal the psychic's tricks and trick him into attempted murder. Hotshot movie director? Use undercover officers acting as nobodies to tail him night and day. Actor plays a TV detective? Have him reenact the scenes with you until he practically reveals things he overlooked something. Doctor with a cool head? Re-examine everytime he blew his lid and reveal that it was an act.

[@FishKepr]

I was a big fan of Columbo as a kid and ‘Double Exposure’ was one of my favorites. Today I have a caliber converter for one of my rifles and occasionally think about that episode.

[@mkassis713]

@macdonald tramp LOL

[@DeathnoteBB]

@stevemrmusic9 They gotta have the rifle and converter! What if someone comes to their house with a lampshade?! /jk

[@eblackwell]

Robert Culp snaps in sanity at the end. It's actually really creepy.

[@jamescombs8316]

Indeed, it is...hubris...

[@stephenm6100]

He went mad in the end.🥴

[@MrK623]

I don't think that's it. He is amazed and appreciates how Columbo figured it out and trapped him. He didn't think Columbo could play the game better than he could, and in a show of good sportsmanship, he laughs about the absurdity of it. Many of the killers express relief after being caught, because they can't take it anymore. He knows he is busted as he never tries to hide the converter and he hands the key to the gun case right over.

[@jamescombs8316]

@@MrK623 I agree; I think you're right!

[@johnmanier7968]

My own read is that Culp's character is consumed by ego, so much so that he takes solace in Columbo using his own research to catch him. We see the ego when Culp's character repeatedly insists on being called "Dr. Kepple" rather than "Mr." He doesn't go insane, or even act insane like Richard Basehart did in "Dagger of the Mind," but that smile at the end is creepy and weird.

[@snorpenbass4196]

Like the editor said at the start, it only works if you have the feeling to begin with. And the killer, for all his seeming calm, was worried about someone finding the evidence. So subliminals worked in this case, exacerbating what was already there and causing him to go check without pausing to make sure he was alone.

[@Revenant1420]

Just watched this again yesterday and I never noticed before, but when Culp turns towards the camera (5:02 in the video) you can see he has shed a tear from his left eye (our right when looking at the screen).

[@tmnl8037]

Maybe there were onions near him?

[@mikeash7193]

Columbo knew all along and he was just keeping the pressure on. Robert Kulp was excellent in all episodes he appeared in.

[@richposports7030]

You can take that to the bank!!

[@kellyanastasia2752]

This episode really exemplifies what makes the series so great. It's always the interplay and relationship between Columbo and the villain and it's maybe never better than what we see in Double Exposure. Terrific stuff!!

[@captainkev10]

"You go to the suspect and ask him where he hid it". These scenes are always worth a second look, as you figure out exactly when Columbo solved the case.

[@EmilyKresl]

Hearing Peter Falk and Robert Culp talk feels like home.

[@mmmoroi]

"Just one more thing", the most dreaded phrase among the elite criminals in LA

[@RewskOnTV]

You ain’t lying about that

[@hubertvancalenbergh9022]

Magnificent actor, that Robert Culp! I never get tired of seeing this bit.

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

Columbo can even make subliminal advertising work... lads' a genius.

[@QueensNativeNYC]

Columbo is pure genius!

[@michaelmartinez1345]

This was one of the best episodes , ever!!! Robert Culp made several appearances on Columbo, and it is easy to see why...

[@censusgary]

There’s no evidence that “subliminal cuts” actually work. It’s such a cool idea, though, you can’t blame writers for using it as a plot device.

[@sidecar7714]

Undoubtedly inadmissible but hey, who cares.

[@madisongrace7675]

I think there was enough suggestion that it worked, though, funnily enough, that it got banned, so...I mean, it's incredible. Nobody was actually SURE if subliminal cuts worked, but people were so scared they MIGHT work that they're banned in a bunch of countries. It's an interesting plot device, though.

[@magnuskallas]

If I remember correctly from my 1 semester of Media studies years ago, they did a test to see if it works (might have been about getting pop-corn) and no correlation was found. It can cause unease if you actually "see the frame" and it is more frames than one actually, and percieved, not subliminal in that case. Like in Fight Club.

[@patrickwilliams6464]

Gary Cooper, I might try it out on a video production to see if I can get my kids to eat more vegetables.

[@gregrambo606]

This episode was written by Stephen J. Cannell, co-creator of The Rockford Files, creator of Baretta starring Robert Blake, creator of The A- Team, etc. It's my favorite Columbo episode of them all, because how brilliantly it was written, and because the audience actually LEARNED something. (About a calibration converter. I wonder how Cannell knew about them. Maybe he was in the military?). The difference between TV then and now? The quality of the writing.

[@delilahfleharty8393]

Ooo this man was brilliant! I am always amazed and taken aback by his methods solving homicides. It never gets old no matter how many times I watch Columbo. God bless him!

[@nick37104]

There are other episodes that are written just a bit better, but this is my hands-down favorite episode of Columbo. Culp is just fantastic in this.

[@exitscreaming4637]

I agree . I'm still waiting for a logical reason why the Robert Culp character was STILL hiding the calibration converter in the lamp days after the murder.

[@misterholmes221]

The tactic to catch him is the most brilliant part. Detective work is the greatest.

[@gregrambo606]

Favorite ending of all the Columbo episodes. Written by Steven J. Cannell.

[@jackjohn4882]

What a masterpiece! My favourite gotcha of all!

[@lewisner]

My favourite was the one with the Commissioner. "He doesn't live here. I live here".

[@nick37104]

It's my personal favorite, but objectively, I think hands-down the best gotcha of all was in Ross Martin's episode. "He touched them! While you weren't looking he touched them you saw him didn't you?" And then Columbo takes his hands out of his pockets and cuts Martin off in mid-blubber.

[@saintrude]

Robert Culp was always good in these episodes but I especially liked him in this one. I also liked Chuck McCann who played Roger. It's hard to believe that this episode was so long ago that McCann died 2 years ago at age 83. I would put this one somewhere in my list of top favorites.

[@im1who84u]

As in interesting note here for you. Robert Culp passed away March 2010 at the age of 79. There are two causes of death. The one I remember hearing on the news is that the tripped whilst on a normal walk in his neighborhood, fell, hit is head, and died. The other one is listed as heart attack. Here is an excerpt from Reuters: Culp, who also starred alongside Natalie Wood, Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon in the 1969 film “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” was pronounced dead at a Los Angeles hospital where he was rushed after falling during a morning walk, a police spokeswoman said. “It appears that the individual (Culp) had fallen down and struck his head. It’s still a preliminary investigation and we’re still waiting on the official cause of death,” she said, adding there was no indication of foul play.

[@nick37104]

This is my favorite performance of his in the series, and my favorite overall episode. I think what puts it above so many others is that Columbo knows it's Culp VERY early in the episode, but in the switch, Culp ALSO knows that Columbo knows it's him, but he's highly intelligent and egotistical and honestly, for most of the episode, he's really close to getting away with it. That car exchange is brilliant. "Which way, lieutenant?" "Beg pardon?" "Right or left? You didn't tell me where the murder was committed, so I couldn't possibly know how to get there....Could I." "Go left." "Good try though." "Yeah, you can't win 'em all."

[@warrenhoffman2006]

I liked him as Raymond's father-in-law, Warren.

[@landonletterman831]

And at the very end, after days of pressure, after the running is done and he no longer has to hide because Colombo has caught him, he can genuinely smile again

[@stelvis7413]

Love when the idea hits him & his hand goes up to his head.

[@apm77]

The premise that subliminal cuts actually work gives this episode an element of science fiction. Actually not a bad example to illustrate the point that genres can never be rigidly defined.

[@RewskOnTV]

Camera guy: Searching without a warrant. Columbo: I’m not searching I’m looking…..priceless

[@marioreds7826]

The actor who plays the press photographer, Danny Goldman, was also the voice of Brainy Smurf.

[@maciejguzek3442]

wow, that's a real 'fun fact' [even though I never heard Smurfs in original language version]

[@rosario508]

Robert Culp’s expression at the end always creeped me the f’ck out.

[@jamesporter2542]

Yeah, especially when you see his tears

[@robbiereilly]

One could do a whole montage on the killer's moment of admission. So many different ways they accept it, yet they all accept it. None fights it, since they all know Columbo tied up all the loose ends and provided the rope that they used to hang themselves. Brilliance.

[@8lettermano399]

The golf course scene was the best part.

[@Biorythym]

Wow, I didn't even know a "calibration converter" was a thing

[@spydyeguymy]

I find it interesting that no matter what Columbo video I watch, there’s at least one person in the comments claiming that this particular scene is the best of the series. The exact same comment, or at least something similar, on every single video. I think it’s a testament to just how amazing this show is that every single episode can be considered “the best” by at least one person

[@successfulexcellent1646]

When will idiots learn that blackmailing a murderer is "NEVER" a good idea ?

[@MrHEC381991]

*So when the snooty cat and the courageous dog with the celebrity voices meet for the first time in reel 3, that's when you'll catch a flash of Tyler's contribution to the film.*

[@felicity4711]

Milt the photographer played by Danny Goldman, who was the voice of Brainy Smurf! Also appeared in _Get Smart, Again!_ (1989) as the inventor of the new soundproof chamber that converts speech into text!

[@RonaldVaughan]

GOTCHA! @ 3:02 WTF is a calibration converter? I thought....WOW i never laughed so hard!!

[@qsprimalaccuracy9709]

Brilliant episode!!!! Culp was an outstanding CULPrit on this one.

[@securityrobot]

That was one of the best episodes.

[@TheRealVolk]

Even tho this isn’t how subliminal messaging works, it’s still a satisfying conclusion.

[@kellyanastasia2752]

That zoom-in on the slide at the end with that terrific scoring just gives me the chills. One of my favorite moments in Columbo. Unfortunately they cut it short so it loses a lot of the effect here.

[@husseinelharake5372]

Reverse engineering manipulation

[@GrisouIII]

I remember seeing this on tv as a kid. It always stuck with me as being so cool.

[@iveco555]

There is not an episode where Columbo is outsmarted, but the killer is caught anyway. If there would be, this would be the one.

[@PartyUpLive]

Waiting for this series to come out on Blu-ray. Will definitely add it to my collection.

[@jamescombs8316]

Add it now..good writing and ideas win out over pixel-resolution!

[@EnlightenedRogue]

Top 5 Columbo adversaries: 1. Jack Cassidy 2. Jack Cassidy 3. Jack Cassidy 4. Robert Culp 5. Robert Culp

[@bollockjohnson3060]

How about Patrick Mcgoohan and William Shatner?

[@michaellavery4899]

@@bollockjohnson3060 So right. Mcgoohan was formidable.

[@skyeangelofdeath7363]

No Ruth Gordon? That's just wrong.....

[@BenjaminGlatt]

T R U E

[@johnmanier7968]

They were all fantastic. But McGoohan showed the most range across his Columbo appearances. His killers were entirely different from one another. Culp was not far behind in that respect. I think Cassidy was the most fun to watch, and so were Shatner and Gordon.

[@tvpmark]

Every murderer makes the same mistake, underestimating Columbo, whose keen attention to detail helps him solve the cases.

[@markmerzweiler909]

Not all of them do. In a few episodes, the suspects call him out on his act.

[@tvpmark]

@@markmerzweiler909 Good point. The episode Columbo Cries Wolf comes to mind.

[@nadiamarsile3049]

👏👏👏💖 Colombo , Thank you for teatching essential ,for long Time ago"' to ours days!!

[@Drummerchick2003]

“I’m not searching, I’m looking” 🤣

[@1979or1979]

Season 3 and Season 4 are powerful Columbo seasons.

[@mikesweeney5619]

@ 0:30 that guy was on the show "It's a Living" in the 80's,too

[@davidconklin9552]

"I'm not searching. I'm looking" LOL! "If there was a reward, I'd support your claim to it." ROFL!

[@RJSRdg]

And to a degree, he was correct - he wasn't searching for the weapon (or anything else), he was looking *at* the furniture.

[@exitscreaming4637]

Columbo : " I'm not searching. I'm looking. " Prosecutor : " You just destroyed our case . That evidence is now inadmissible in court . "

[@romulusnr]

4:41 LOL what the hell is this Star Trek thing he's got in his office, is he gonna launch his advertisements warp speed to Polaris XII ?

[@landonletterman831]

Not sure which I love more; How Columbo shuffles the cameraman out the door while looking over his shoulders at the other officers in the room like he expects trouble from them, or every officer in the room trying their damndest to pretend they're not actually just bit players ignoring the main actors in the scene *so hard* that I doubt Columbo spontaneously combusting would have gotten their attention, lol

[@landonletterman831]

Nevermind, my favorite part is how he holds the lab technician after hours, just to suddenly dismiss him on a random notion

[@timbaker8921]

at 3:21 mark, look at the upper left on the curtains. boom goes the mic shadow! love this show!!!!

[@Gitfiddle]

2:30 that’s William Shatner’s voice doing the overdub work on the sales workshop movie. He’s trying to hide by changing the tambour of his voice but that’s him. I’m 100% positive.

[@radsdad1]

It's Peter Walker according to IMDB. Sounds like him.

[@flaviocruciani8563]

that facepalm he does when he gets tje good idea is great

[@varunemani]

THE ULTIMATE INCEPTION! 😎👍

[@garycogswell5499]

What is it about Falk that keeps me going back? He was a true entertainer.

[@cheesewizard3965]

I like how Columbo had those prints on hand just so that he could screw with him

[@martinfinn1550]

I never heard of a calibration converter for a gun before I first saw this episode during the 1990's. Are such things real and if they are, why didn't the murderer get rid of it at the nearest opportunity instead of leaving it hidden in a lamp for Columbo to find?

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Yes, they do exist. He probably didn't get rid of it because he planned on keeping it I guess, and thought that was a good enough hiding place.

[@exitscreaming4637]

lol great question

[@exitscreaming4637]

@Peter Fitzgerald sorry , that doesn't make much sense . When your life and freedom is at stake a " good enough hiding place " wouldn't cut it .

[@l.-s.mutemba6521]

A passionate murderer, dedicated to his "professional" art. That's why he's so happy to get caught in such a way, thanks to himself.

[@doge2899]

2:11 I don’t know what it is about this film, but it kinda makes me want to check on that gun converter in my office.

[@im1who84u]

As in interesting note here for you. Robert Culp passed away March 2010 at the age of 79. There are two causes of death. The one I remember hearing on the news is that the tripped whilst on a normal walk in his neighborhood, fell, hit is head, and died. The other one is listed as heart attack. Here is an excerpt from Reuters: Culp, who also starred alongside Natalie Wood, Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon in the 1969 film “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” was pronounced dead at a Los Angeles hospital where he was rushed after falling during a morning walk, a police spokeswoman said. “It appears that the individual (Culp) had fallen down and struck his head. It’s still a preliminary investigation and we’re still waiting on the official cause of death,” she said, adding there was no indication of foul play.

[@rochstan123]

Love Columbo. This was a classic, one of my favourites. Bet they're using subliminal imaging/manipulation today.

[@kali3665]

Always loved that ending: the murderer recognizing that Columbo wouldn't have gotten him without using his own technique. "That's right, Doc. If there was a reward, I'd support your claim to it." And Dr. Keppel can only laugh at the irony. Robert Culp is no Jack Cassidy when it comes to great Columbo murderers, but he's still fantastic in all his episodes.

[@charlesreinhart803]

I wonder how many crimes Robert culp committed before he was discovered and became a famous villain,

[@exitscreaming4637]

6

[@paulrobinson5923]

With all this COVD going on and everyone locked at home, isn't it time to upload a few more episodes?

[@jamescombs8316]

Get the box set DVDs.

[@saintrude]

@@jamescombs8316 They need to start selling episodes in downloadable formats. Do people still buy DVDs?

[@jamescombs8316]

@@saintrude I do. I've got my Columbo and Hill Street Blues...

[@patrickjohnson5658]

@@saintrude Yes obviously people still do buy DVD's. I mean the manufacturers wouldn't be still making and selling DVD players if people weren't buying DVD's to play on them. Many people still like to physically own movies or other content on DVD or Blu Ray rather than relying on internet streaming.

[@saintrude]

@@patrickjohnson5658 Who said anything about streaming? Read before you post a snarky reply.

[@wheresthelie6224]

"If there was a reward, I'd support your claim to it." Heh

[@FairwayJack]

Culp was hoisted on his own petard ... the poetic justice of it all makes Culp forget about the imminent prison cell and embarrassingly laugh at the beauty of Columbo's trap

[@marisgarcia6314]

Lo mejor de los 80 Colombo!!!

[@bannjaxx]

In this context subliminal messaging WOULD work as it gives the target a push into doing whats in the back of his mind already, hes thinking "at some point I'll have to scrap that caliber converter thingy" Columbo just added panic to an already planned action. So everyone saying subliminal messaging doesn't work are not completely right.

[@michaelqi5202]

he took out the important evidence while leaving the door open ?

[@johnsmith23ist]

He mind was in anxiety and plus detective was already in his house. And shouldn’t it be illegal to come into someone’s house without a warrant

[@blockmasterscott]

I think if he would have played his cards right and not cracked under pressure he could have gotten a good lawyer to get himself off the hook. But he did get caught taking the gadget out of the lamp though.

[@ChataCovers]

if the subliminal message was to make him think columbo was in his office searching for the gun.......then if i were that guy the first thing i would have done when opening the office door was checking to see if anyone was in there first.......all he did was walk in and go straight for the lamp.......that was just dumb

[@FishKepr]

@@ChataCovers I think a bigger question is why didn't he dispose of it earlier?

[@ChataCovers]

@@FishKepr u would have had to see the whole show to find out why

[@bee1978]

@@FishKepr yep. how many weeks was columbo investigating? he could have easily disposed of it during that time.

[@FishKepr]

@@ChataCovers : It actually will be aired tomorrow night 04/12/2020 so that's a good opportunity to review it. However, if he was able to take the time dispose of the tampered film, as implied in the other clip, why not not the conversion sleeve? It's still a really fun episode though. Hey, I guess I'm like Columbo! "There's something about this that bothers me..."

[@user-uk5bx1kz2k]

After seing this like hundred times i think i found that at 5:23 is a picture in a frame, not a film negative. Isn't it supposed to be something less colored?

[@perry8181]

There is 35mm film that is made to be developed into hard prints. What he is holding is a 35mm slide made with transparency film. While it can be viewed with a light box as shown at 5:23 they are intended to be held in a carrier with a group of other sides and used in a slide projector to project the images on a wall or screen. Was used in business for presentations. And by the hobby photographers to bore friends and family for hours watching their vacation slides.

[@dontgetmadgetwise4271]

Yeh, hide the incriminating item in a lamp shade. Better than tossing it into the waste away from the office.

[@kevinfacts5200]

He could have stuck that converter in the nearest pond or sea. Why hide it

[@marioreds7826]

We can assume that people getting in and out the building were constantly searched, while the police was waiting for a judge to issue a warrant (we don't know if they would have eventually got it, you need to convince the judge there's a probable cause). And we can assume that the murderer was waiting for the moment he could safely get rid of it, but never got the chance.

[@greenmtnman7714]

What holds the converter in the barrel? It must thread in or something.

[@FFKonoko]

No, not quite. I'm not a big gun person, so hopefully I can explain this clearly. There is rifling, but it's not threading that holds it in. You can't easily see in this video, but a conversion sleeve is not just a tube. It fits entirely within the barrel, but then it has a wider metal lip, that hooks inside the guns chamber, which is slightly bigger than then bore. Columbo slides it in the wrong way here, with the lip still sticking out the barrel. To actually use it, the gun would have to be disassembled and reassembled with the sleeve inside.

[@irondice5183]

You use blue-tac and spit

[@11bornrich]

Well played Sir, well played

[@Overlord24]

R.I.P Robert Culp . Did you know about Bills habits?? You did one episode with him on the Cosby show as good friends. Get Smart as a waiter after I Spy. Hard times before Columbo??

[@hansworst5845]

Which episode you think is best?? I think ‘ troubled waters ‘

[@Rosyellow]

I Love all COLUMBO he was the bet 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌😘

[@alanwitton5039]

Fantastic viewing

[@seanokeefe703]

It would be interesting to see what the fundamentals of manipulation are today

[@michaelmartinez1345]

@Sean O'Keefe, this show was first aired over 50 years ago... I imagine there are ways that are even more clever now... But this was a very impressive series... Most murder mysteries don't say how or who did the murder, at the beginning...This series made the viewer wonder HOW Columbo was going to catch the killer... Really good...

[@jamesduggan7200]

I never got how all those guns fit into the character of the mad doctor.

[@FishKepr]

I thought it was quite clever actually. By using the conversion, he essentially hid the murder weapon in plain sight. Not clever enough obviously!

[@FIREBRAND38]

What's to get? The guy likes to target shoot. Of course, putting pearl handles on a Colt .45 means he deserved to get punished just for that alone never mind murder.

[@captaindreadeye6264]

@@FishKepr I think OP meant why a cool and collected motivational researcher had so many guns in his office even before this murder thing came up.

[@RewskOnTV]

At 1:12 those deputies are frozen that’s creepy stuff

[@globe2555]

1:35 Missed a shot (no flash).

[@mart2746]

Wish we'd see where he saw the subliminal cuts in his video

[@berenlevia8486]

anyone notice the mounted ash trays in the hall way 😆

[@wildweedle6012]

Would the "I'm not searching, I'm looking" line hold up in court?

[@The-Wolf-with-no-name]

Culp's appearance in both Columbo films has him caught suddenly by surprise where Columbo is hiding and then just springs out of nowhere.

[@tilesetter1953]

Actually Culp was the murderer in three episodes, and in one of them (The Most Crucial Game) Columbo got him with the chimes of a clock in his office. He also appeared in a 1990 episode as the father of a murderer.

[@The-Wolf-with-no-name]

@@tilesetter1953 thanks for pointing that out. He was also in a fourth Columbo episode but it was one of the 90s ones where he played the wealthy father of a law student who was a murderer.

[@tilesetter1953]

@@The-Wolf-with-no-name Yes, I mentioned the last one too.

[@The-Wolf-with-no-name]

@@tilesetter1953 sorry for some reason didnt read that last part 👍

[@tilesetter1953]

@@The-Wolf-with-no-name Happens to me too😊

[@ogto]

i haven't gone thru the footage frame by frame but it doesn't seem like they actually spliced those frames into what we get to see being projected. interesting

[@FishKepr]

I doubt the producers would go through that much trouble. It's not supposed to be perceivable anyway so why bother? It would be interesting if someone went through the sequence and really found something though.

[@richardgates7479]

How can it not be perceivable?

[@FishKepr]

Richard Gates Here is the clip where one of the editors explains the theory behind how it’s supposed to work: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZTNiIl-bsqIiJI

[@mgmcd1]

Classic episode.