Times When Columbo Tampered With Evidence | Compilation | Columbo

[@RJLNetwork]

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." ---Napoleon. There will never be another Peter Falk or Columbo. Legend!

[@1bert719]

Now I would like to see someone portray Napoleon like Peter Falk. "Excuse me field Marshal, just one more thing!" 😊

[@VauxhallViva1975]

PROBABLY the best crime-fighting series EVER to come out of USA.

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

@@VauxhallViva1975 ...of USA? You mean "the universe", my friend!

[@mattfoley6082]

I've seen these many times and they never get old. There will never be another Columbo!

[@EdRushing-te3sc]

The writing, acting, and sheer quality made Columbia landmark viewing.

[@GenerallyTyler]

It's a little on sillier side, but I've been enjoying _Elsbeth_ on CBS/Paramount+. Same basic premise of knowing who the culprit is from the start and she lets them talk themselves into incrimination.

[@SuperWillness]

Maybe they’ll do some more new episodes with movies artificial intelligence ? 🤔🙏😉

[@mattfoley6082]

@ I've watched some of Elsbeth. She's funny sometimes. But Columbo set the bar very high and she doesn't match it.

[@TPFrench]

yup....u are 1000 percent right

[@FoulOwl2112]

Man there was really some great casting in these old shows

[@JustAMessengero7g]

Richard Kiley “spared no expense” His voice was in Jurassic park.

[@robhaskins]

"A Friend in Deed" is one of my all-time favorite Columbo episodes; "Negative Reaction" is in the top five too.

[@victor.elkins]

You have good taste.

[@smashedpumpking]

Definitely my favourite gotcha reveal, so clever, as well as Candidate for Crime

[@rods6741]

Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo

[@TV-Tony]

Negative Reaction is my #1. Friend in Deed is also in my Top 5. Maybe 2 for how much of a challenge it is for Columbo to catch both killers. I love the twist in this scene of the bald vagrant looking guy who turns out to be an undercover cop.

[@RL-Hydra9]

Mine too

[@WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime]

When you've got the greatest detective of all time, you better give him some equally great actors to play against... Just like this. Truly some of the best television there's ever been. And the sound of the Sunday night theater intro, always makes be want a bowl of popcorn and a nice comfortable chair. With the phone off the hook, for people that still remember. lol

[@BryanPartington]

BRILIANT. There is a wondeful comfort in watching episodes fo Columbo. They used to show it here on Sundays all day , and it was so relaxing just watching one after the other. Nothing is more heavenly than knowing you can relax all day with drinks and Columbo.

[@blueskyonsummer]

So true! ❤

[@gregorywilliams5606]

YES!!!!!!

[@skittlesandfriends5710]

If I’m ever being questioned by Lt. Colombo and he starts to leave and then turns around and says “Oh Just one more thing Sir” I’m going to confess because he already knows I’m Guilty.

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

Oh I think he knows you're guilty the moment you open the door for him

[@Romulan2469]

You can't because he's gone.

[@ThonyHedgehog]

"I took personal charge of that process, just so that there will be no mistake.", as in, make sure we do a mistake.

[@iltotalitario]

😅

[@РомаПетров-ж1н]

no mistake! as the suspect correctly noticed he _deliberately_ did that :P

[@Romulan2469]

@@РомаПетров-ж1н It was part of the rouse to make him unintentionally expose the camera with the negative.

[@leonardaquilina12]

One of my favorite "Gotcha" moments was in Candidate for Crime.... I mean, the Senator just COMPLETELY burys himself at the end

[@evm6177]

Senator later in Prison - "And I would have gotten away with it and had a great Polital career while starting a second family with my lovely mistress..heck maybe even get rid of my wife. If it weren't for that sniffing, meddling, ragged rat like 🐀 looking, little pesky Mr. know it all Lt. Colxx @#*& 😤!"

[@diamonddog13]

Although Columbo did a warrantless search jn that one. The absence of a phone light would not stand up as probable cause in a hearing on evidence.

[@reneecampbell7272]

Candidate for Crime is my favorite

[@TV-Tony]

@@diamonddog13 But a ballistics match would. Unless the defense lawyer has that evidence thrown out in court. But the room was unlocked and Columbo was given access to it, so I don't see how it could be.

[@pjuggle]

That guy was on the Little Rascals !!!

[@6teeth]

I never get tired of looking at these clips. Mysct have seen Columbo 10 times. I dont get why people downvote it.

[@GrandManor]

Because they can only understand shows like 2 Broke Girls.

[@cynthia2553]

​@@GrandManor😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bobjohnson1587]

These are two of my favourite "gotcha" moments! Great stuff!

[@evm6177]

It took alot of balls for Columbo to go against his own Police Cheif.

[@bobjohnson1587]

@@evm6177 Chief. 🙂

[@davidrayl5428d]

Can you imagine Colombo without Peter Falk he could not be replaced ever

[@israelperez-sg8er]

This is one of my favorites, i just love how Cloumbo got him to incriminate himself without him even realizing it! Superb!!!

[@martinboyle9163]

I love how both killers say, "Whaaat?" when thrown a curve ball.

[@drewski1535]

19:32 (Sgt Hoffman) You just incriminated yourself sir you've identified the camera. Nice to see someone else do the gotcha moment

[@truthlifefishing1730]

Exactly what I thought. Columbo did the explanation but Hoffman got the line.

[@lavellhall7650]

Sergeant Hoffman Michael Strong played, Dr Roger Corby nurse chapel's love interest on the episode Star Trek "what are little girls made of"

[@evm6177]

It wouldn't have had the same brilliance otherwise, The writers and directors where at their absolute god level A-Game. Pure genius!

[@johnmanier7968]

It actually had more force coming from Hoffman. And perhaps Columbo realized that since he’d tampered with the photograph, it would be better if a colleague declared Galesko guilty.

[@frankfisher99]

Plot twist: killer stops on way out and says "Just one more thing, my brother Joe just gave me a pre-emptive pardon. Sorry about that sir"

[@greenmtnman7714]

When Colombo calls you 'my friend' just give up right then.

[@JustAMessengero7g]

9:59 “You just lost your badge my friend”That comment did not age very well at all!! 😂

[@oliverborscak2758]

This two episodes are very great and Columbo is the best detective ever, he have proofs for all cases

[@doonsbury9656]

It surprises me that so many die hard Columbo fans fail to see the obvious! (Oh Peter Falk would be disappointed in you Kiddies!) Yes Peter Falk's acting as Columbo is great....but the writers of these the episodes are magnificent! Give some credit where it's due Kiddies!

[@RumtumtuggerTB]

Sounds like you, kiddie do not know much about Peter Falk’s never ending battle with basically the entire creative team 😂 well regarded as a lovely bloke, but was scathing if he did not feel things were up to standard and would shut down production.

[@TheOriginalDJMrVee]

Great topic!

[@klackon1]

Peter Falk assumed the character of Columbo during a roast of Frank Sinatra and he was brilliant. Many of the great names of showbiz were there, but he outshone them all - even Don Rickles, and his was a classic roast.

[@shaggyaxe]

The thing about the ending "Negative Reaction" that comes to mind whenever I watch it. The killer could have just reminded Columbo that he still has the poorly-lit photo. Columbo showed it to him earlier.

[@captmurdock]

Better yet, tell Columbo to compare any crime-scene photos (that had to have been taken by police photographers) to that enlarged pic, and they would shown it to be a reverse of the layout of the room. However, Gallesco was so eager to show Columbo up, he incriminated himself. Columbo counted on that.

[@TV-Tony]

@@captmurdock Yep or just ask Columbo which camera has the original photo. Like in Double Exposure when Dr. Kepple is smart enough to ask Columbo for directions to the crime scene of the second murder. Because he says he's just been told of the killing, but not where it took place. So, if he's really not the killer, how would he know the location of the crime scene?

[@Hordaki]

Columbo could have just claimed that the second photo was ruined or pretended it didn't exist, since Galesko already thought Columbo might be trying to frame him.

[@Ocrilat]

Neither episode shows Columbo tampering with evidence. In the first case, setting up his suspect to see a false address isn't tampering with evidence...any more than an undercover cop saying he is someone else is. When this went to trial, the evidence isn't the fake address. It's what the suspect did with the false information. And the second one, Columbo only says he destroyed the original photo to the suspect in the middle of his sting operation. That doesn't mean he actually did. And again, it's not the blown-up photo that is the evidence at all, it's what the suspect does with it that is.

[@vibovitold]

I'm not a lawyer but I think your argument is convincing. Which is particularly ironic since there were occassions on which Columbo arguably DID tamper with evidence, like bringing it in for his reveal and letting the suspect examine it : )

[@Ocrilat]

@@vibovitold The issue is...evidence tampering is a crime. It means Columbo has to have a piece of evidence and either alter, destroy, or conceal it. Holding, handling, or showing it to a suspect isn't tampering. Tampering would mean he more or less frames a suspect. The one thing about the Columbo character is his ethics and professionalism. In my mind, Columbo framing his suspect is so far outside the spirit of the show that I doubt it ever happened. The other thing is, as the audience, we know Columbo's bumbling manner is an act. So just because he says something to a suspect doesn't mean it's true. With those being said, are you aware of any instances of Columbo framing a suspect? I don't think so, but if you have a suggestion I'm all ears.

[@forsdykemontague1017]

Wouldn’t this fall under entrapment in the U.S?

[@Ocrilat]

@@forsdykemontague1017 Entrapment is when the police induce a person into committing a crime when without their push the person would not have done it. So if an undercover cop manipulates you into selling drugs, and then arrests you for selling drugs, that's entrapment. Without the cop in the equation, there is no crime. Here Columbo sets up the suspect in a situation to see if he will identify the camera. In the U.S., the police can use falsehoods during an interrogation or dealing with a suspect, with a few exceptions. The entire 'meeting' here was setting this up, along with a few handy witnesses to see if Galesko entraps himself. Because Columbo acts more or less stupid and incompetent on purpose, Galesko falls for this. He's been rude and insulting to Columbo for the entire episode, so the ending here is pretty satisfying.

[@forsdykemontague1017]

@ There is a famous case in Texas where Law Enforcement faked a finger print report after which the perpetrator admitted killing somebody. He was convicted of murder. At appeal the conviction was quashed and the “confession” ruled inadmissible (Wilson v State) due to the deception of the faked report. Don’t you think there are parallels here, whether Tampering or Entrapment?

[@JustAMessengero7g]

A friend in deed is a great episode. Richard Kiley “spared no expense”! 😂

[@evm6177]

It took alot of balls for Columbo to go against his own Police Cheif.

[@johnmanier7968]

“You just lost your badge, my friend.” Richard Kiley’s delivery of that line was perfectly icy, calculated to instill fear in Columbo.

[@christophhenninger6440]

The first episode, it is so nice how Columbo already knows the culprit is the culprit as he accuses him. In fact both of them don't seem to be real tempering with evidence.

[@paulw4310]

Agreed. I don't believe either situation legally constitutes "tampering with evidence". In fact, Jessup's file isn't evidence at all.

[@kailmek]

yeah, from what i understand regarding investigative permissions in the US neither of these count as evidence tampering. with columbo's superior, the false file would only have been an issue had it not been bit on to try to throw blame on the scapegoat. and with the photo negative, same thing - the killer incriminated himself by grabbing the correct camera.

[@christophhenninger6440]

@@kailmek Both of them would mean nothing in court, if they were brought in as evidenced. But they aren't of course.

[@paulw4310]

@@kailmek Agreed. I believe they involve neither tampering nor entrapment.

[@johnmanier7968]

No tampering at all, In “A Friend in Deed,” Columbo made up a fake file folder for Jessup, which wasn’t evidence at all until Halperin relied on it to break into the apartment. In “Negative Reaction,” Columbo used the original to create false evidence, but I assume he didn’t destroy the original (accidentally or not), and lied about that to Galesko.

[@Porchlight83]

I wish Sgt Hoffman had been in a lot more episodes. He was one of the few ranking men on the force that that didnt underestimate Columbos strategy or get in the way of him executing it.

[@silvereagle2061]

He was "Corby" on Star Trek. Chapel's fiancee, and himself, a robot

[@BearsTrains]

I wish Sgt Haback was in a lot more episodes. She was smokin....

[@evm6177]

It took alot of balls for Columbo to go against his own Police Cheif.

[@silvereagle2061]

@evm6177 He always stuck to his convictions.

[@johnmanier7968]

The same was true of Captain Wyler in Suitable for Framing. Columbo lied to Dale Kingston that he’d been bumped off the case, which set up one of the great moments. Kingston: “But I thought ….” Captain Wyler: “We *know* what you thought, Mr. Kingston.”

[@stuartrees1415]

I'm ready for a Columbo prequel series. Before he made Lt and set in New York as that's where he joined the Police force, began his career, working hard and becoming a Detective. Before moving to Los Angeles...

[@mariamoncadabeldenvillagedash]

The Police Commissioner episode is one of the best ever!

[@JustAMessengero7g]

There was no tampering. Columbo made it up to trap the bad guy. Great stuff. Lol

[@donnythedingo]

Columbo takes a look at the warrant to confirm the address. "I think you're making a mistake."

[@MarkDixon-kw8qb]

Just One More Thing 😊

[@stefanoferri4696]

A Friend in Deed is a true masterpiece, and its final sequences are perhaps the most memorable ever shot for a detective movie. On the contrary, and albeit a vast majority of fans appreciating it, I deem Negative Reaction to be unlikely.

[@有栖川小春-q9o]

誰も推測出来ないコロンボの罠、素晴らしく大好きな作品です

[@stevenj9970]

The best television detective show ever created to this day

[@gpolya7363]

Actually Columbo didn't tamper with any evidence. The evidence is the commissioner's reaction, not the address of Arty Jessup.

[@franklesser5655]

It's surprising that Columbo is always able to solve really difficult cases, I mean he always seems so disheveled and disorganized.

[@Davtwan]

I like how Columbo sits at the end of Negative Reaction. I think he feels guilty for having to resort to such a tactic (as indicated by the “sorry sir” earlier), so he needs a moment before he goes.

[@mongoardath1]

Like a magician who "forces" a card during a card trick. Brilliant.

[@ianmangham4570]

Just pure class ,I've seen them all multiple times they're just so awesome 👌 😊

[@RADIUMGLASS]

In 2021 the commissioner's house was listed for sale for $25 million dollars. I remember years back when it was worth 4 million.

[@jamsid33]

i wonder if it is still there

[@NYCZ31]

While I don’t care for the wall to wall carpeting of the 70’s, I always wanted a house that would be fancy enough to be on Columbo

[@KCCardCo]

@@jamsid33 Yes it is!!!! I remember the interior pics of the front door and living room. The green carpeting is long gone. BTW it sold for around $21 million.

[@TV-Tony]

John Finnegan might be my favorite recurring actor with regular dialogue. Favorite overall would be Mike Lally. Vito Scotti was fun too. Bruce Kirby would be in my Top 5 along with Richard Riehle who later played Sgt. Degarmo.

[@UR_VIDEO]

Finally these clips are presented with enough of the background pre video to set the scenes... Great video edit. ,,,,,,,, But very sad that production is very poor on setting the audio levels to be consistent. The first is a good volume level and then the second the volume is way down... Is so silly to have to turn the volume up in the middle of a video......

[@patriciaoliver685]

I so enjoy watching the show. Lots of great stars on as well. ❤

[@trumpdonald6911]

6:55 KLOS sign. Classic.

[@SatanbutspelledBroderick]

Almost didn’t recognize him without his coat

[@manchuriancandybar864]

One of the greatest detectives series ever.

[@asecretone]

Would have loved to see Columbo pull one of these in a 90s episode and get completely lambasted by Internal Affairs and the DAs office 😄

[@grf15]

For doing his job? Cops are allowed to lie.

[@Jim_L]

This really bums me out. I never knew Columbo cheated before. I have ALWAYS thought he played by the book and ALWAYS relied on his super crime-solving intelligence. What a gyp. I feel let down. 😥

[@LudvigIndestrucable]

He didn't break any rules, he set a trap. He solved the case through his cunning deductions, but proving it against someone who contolled his department was impossible.

[@Jim_L]

@@LudvigIndestrucable Yeah, I suppose you're right. 👍

[@sirrom5155]

Columbo, you rapscallion, you see what you did? Now I want a bagel with scallion cream cheese.

[@michaelpjeffries1521]

Proving a theory is not tampering with anything. Each was an obvious flaw in the plan of the wicked. Over looked by most. By accepting things at face value having omitted evaluating credibility of data.

[@nycstreetpoet]

The problem is that all of the criminals confess before obtaining legal counsel, often in front of Columbo and other members of law enforcement. A confession carries a significant amount of weight, even without evidence.

[@spouwnerring]

I get the feeling that if someone were to have done what Columbo did with the photo in real life, then I get the feeling that a lawyer would use Fruit From The Poisoness Tree to try to argue that the killer incriminating himself by revealing who the camera should not be entered into evidence due to Columbo tampering with the evidence.

[@richardweill1384]

What Columbo did is legally equivalent to telling a suspect (after he received Miranda warnings) that his buddy in the next interview room just fingered him as the shooter (when he didn’t). If the suspect responds with a key admission (i.e., that he was one of the robbers, but not the shooter), that statement is admissible.

[@tonguelessghostofsin]

Yeah this evidence tampering was the most unethical, he leads the witness, it's a hair's breadth from entrapment. Not only that, but Columbo is accused of tampering to frame him and he swears that he would never do that!

[@Fool3SufferingFools]

Neither of these was a case of tampering with the actual evidence. He just created false “evidence” that led to the murderer’s proving his own guilt by his conduct. Which is nothing like tampering or entrapment.

[@richardweill1384]

@@tonguelessghostofsinLeading a witness is neither unethical nor impermissible. And entrapment is inducing someone into committing a crime, not confessing to a crime committed previously.

[@tonguelessghostofsin]

@@Fool3SufferingFools The hostage photograph was actual evidence. Producing a new reversed version and claiming the original was destroyed is clearly evidence tampering in all but the literal technical sense.

[@johnmanier7968]

I just noticed a problem in “A Friend In Deed”: Artie Jessup’s fake address didn’t include an apartment number. How would the Commissioner have known it?

[@patchbunny]

When was Coiumbo *not* mishandling evidence? He always carried it around in his pockets.

[@katiekofemug]

and brown paper bags! >g

[@JustAMessengero7g]

Bullets in handkerchiefs that were examined by ballistics? Lol.

[@ifbbprotia3636]

still watch Columbo every night on TUBI

[@jonnyrubberman]

I've always wondered what the count case would be like, yes Columbo got them and I love how he tampers with evidence it's not about the tamper it's about what the person does, could a good lawyer get the person off

[@grf15]

He didn't tamper with evidence. He used the suspects own actions against them. Which is perfectly legal.

[@jonnyrubberman]

@grf15 yeah I'm sure the "tamper" wouldn't be used only the persons actions I just wonder could a lawyer get them off considering what Columbo does

[@lordwalker71]

In almost of of the cases his evidence was circumstantial and if the killer kept their mouth shut they probably would have gotten off at trial, sake with the show Murder she wrote.

[@fab92n15]

Great❤

[@moochincrawdad]

The ol' Columbo trap! 🤗

[@Confessions089]

Tampering with evidence in real life can get you in a lot of trouble.

[@TheMormonSorceress]

Should have stuck with the chimney sweep job Bert.

[@jimmikulsky4810]

You forgot Death Lends A Hand.

[@tombriggs9259]

Dagger Of The Mind too. His whole case rested on his ability to flick a pearl into an umbrella.

[@jimmikulsky4810]

@tombriggs9259 Yeah, that, too.

[@ivanavanna3862]

🇮🇹 Desde Venecia... Allí entre las estrellas brilla una lagrima en el abrazo del viento 😢 💨 El arte de morir y siempre vivir. 📖 💚

[@nicosmind3]

You call it tampering with evidence, i call it laying traps that only a guilty person would fall for, and the innocent wouldn't bother with

[@kitrichardson5573]

So Colombo was the Liz Cheney of the 1970s.

[@samlui3591]

Theres the episode of the umbrella as well has the one with the teeth

[@lisawilliams2013]

Columbo sets up his own personal sting operations and nabs the baddies every time! 🕵️‍♂️

[@Cat_Woods]

There was the fake pearl he flipped into the umbrella in England, and the time he pretended a contact lens was in the back of a trunk, too.

[@robbhahn8897]

Most of Colombo's cases would get thrown out of court.

[@ahuramazda8479]

Columbo touching the paintings was also arguably tampering with evidence.

[@JustAMessengero7g]

Actually it wasn’t. He didn’t know it was evidence when he touched them. Now if he put his fingerprints on them right then, I would agree with you.

[@ahuramazda8479]

@@JustAMessengero7g He might have suspected, that's why he touched them. 🤷‍♂

[@MrSamuelArthurRobertAllen]

Tampering in columbo's hands leads to excellent arrests

[@cedricsharpe9474]

Columbo master Manipulater

[@PrimarchX]

Why is the first thing he checked in a pool drowning case the bathtub and towels in the bathroom?

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Police instinct.

[@NYCZ31]

I think it was because she would have been tossed down from the bathroom window. Checking the tub in the bathroom for clues as to how wet it was might place constraints on the possible time of the incident, which was something the commissioner had lied about in his statement.

[@slake9727]

Or, already being suspicious of the deputy commissioner, he checks everything. Twice.

[@patchbunny]

Wasn't the first thing he checked. The commissioner's story wasn't making sense, and he already had issues with the first murder and the odd pressure from the commissioner to direct his investigation.

[@grf15]

He said that he knew about the cut on the sleeve. This led him to understand someone had to dress the body. That led him to look in the closet and later into the bath tub.

[@kali3665]

Admittedly, Columbo would have restored the records to normal before too much longer, and only his target would know of Columbo's action, but can we argue that Columbo may be guilty of breaking evidence law?

[@RJSRdg]

No need to restore the records - Columbo said he'd made a complete copy of the file, with only the address changed. That was what was on Columbo's desk whilst the original would have been correctly filed. So nothing to swap back.

[@kali3665]

@@RJSRdg Okay, I accept that. But for so long I thought Columbo had broken the law for a higher purpose.

[@nilishemesh5015]

Forever

[@HistoricDefense]

Little un-detail, but Columbo probably didn't smoke at home, or at least made sure to open some windows, before trapping his boss. Otherwise he'd smelled the same cigar.

[@echognomecal6742]

We'll never know, but I wonder if a Columbo/Monk cross-over ever could have happened. It would either be brilliant or a complete train wreck I think.

[@SciTrekMan]

*The title is misleading. Columbo didn’t “tamper with Evidence”.*

[@artmallory970]

Fabricated might be a better word

[@zmortis111]

@@artmallory970 As long as the "fabricated" evidence is not used in a court of law, and only to illicit a confession from the suspect, it wouldn't be evidence tampering.

[@artmallory970]

@@zmortis111 Agreed, as I mentioned in another comment, it showed guilty knowledge. Columbo was essentially throwing 'red herrings', couple with other evidence (motive etc) it would still likely result in a conviction,..

[@artmallory970]

14:41 You need any help with spelling, Lt.'? Yes - Colour, Flavour, Humour, Tyre, etc

[@NiliShemesh]

Lime!on the table lime on the ground

[@williamjohnswainston858]

If they make another columbo wont be the same without peter falk

[@drewski1535]

12:53

[@lemon_j22]

I've got an excellent memory, but I cannot recall how many times I've watched the epsiode with the Commisionar. That's how good it is. I just had an idea. I know many things have been ruined so I would say stay the hell away, but I think there is room for a new episode/full length film of Columbo in the modern era. Yes it is risky, and to be honest I'm not confident (ie: murder on the orient express recent movie was disgustingly bad/lazy) but wouldn't it be great if it was great. It just seems to me like (if done totally right) this could be continued. Ahh well, one can dream at least. Maybe I'll write and direct it myself. I have fire (chilli) in my belly, and an interest in film making/writing/directing, so maybe it will come to pass.

[@DMBall]

Artistic license. Most literary, stage, and film plots won't stand up to close examination, but they're not intended to do anything but entertain.

[@NiliShemesh]

Isnt it cold at the time?

[@callmequaz9052]

When Columbo tampers with evidence that's fine. But when I take the drugs from the evidence locker and they "go missing" that's "unlawful theft of evidence" and "possession of drugs" 🙄

[@Deathwish777]

how much money did columbo spend just to catch his boss in a lie? was he able to stop the lease?

[@jamsid33]

i am sure the lease was for a week

[@mainiac4pats]

Maybe twenty bucks for a lease for a week back then.

[@nilishemesh5015]

They sent behavior just like this like 15

[@thatguyinelnorte]

There is a lot to be said for not trying to fool the police...

[@063317Art]

Blooper! If the film in a camera is taken out and developed and a picture was made from the negative, why would the negative be put back into the camera?😂 only in Hollywood

[@tonyghicks01]

That's not really tampering... it's more staging

[@albertchehade9916]

Colombo plays with fire far to many times, and gets away with it....bcz it is i the script

[@patriciacvener1968]

That's not actually his home. He "rented" it for the occasion.

[@JustAMessengero7g]

Columbo was in no danger of anything. He did not tamper with any evidence.

[@hollywood1765]

Not too bright indeed !!!!!!

[@joefaller4525]

I love Columbo but I think most of his cases would not result in convictions. I have never been a lawyer but being one f these guys' defense attorneys would be easy. That's why I am always puzzled by them confessing. Especially destroying the original picture in negative reaction.

[@Thenonymous1]

Given the way he is quite meticulous in his reveals, I don't actually believe he did destroy it, but only said he did as a scare tactic. ie. He doesn't need to destroy it, he only needs the killer to believe he did.

[@joefaller4525]

@@Thenonymous1 I realize that, but the original would basically give the photographer an alibi, at least a reasonable doubt. Any good lawyer would have destroyed Columbo's case as speculative and or circumstantial.

[@nilishemesh5015]

tangelo this is the wa😢to he’ll also

[@lordwalker71]

I love the show but lets be honest most of the time if the killer had kept their mouth shut they wouldn't have been convicted.

[@nilishemesh5015]

Not out side

[@NiliShemesh]

I will check on my account what friend in those building just that u know that

[@nilishemesh5015]

The light is insidenevan u don’t know they other language