S1 • E1
An insurance company statistician compiles computer figures for accidental deaths to young women and finally develops it to such detail that it indicates that several girls may have been actually murdered by the same man. Investigating further, he's sure he can predict who the next victim will be.
S1 • E2
Flames break out in a state school for deaf children, and only quick action by firemen saves the terrified youngsters.
S1 • E3
Seventeen year old Dotty Halsey, who lives in a resort town, falls prey to suave actor Damian Shea. Shea appears every year in the town's summer stock theater and is idolized for his supposed act of bravery the previous summer during a local fire. However, Shea is neither brave nor heroic. He schemes to eliminate Dotty, the only person who can expose his secret.
S1 • E4
A widow is accused of murder by a poison-pen letter.
S1 • E5
Simon Dow is a neurotic man constantly living in fear. After his wife Avery notes his increased agitation when the topic of murder is discussed, Simon is compelled to share one of his fears with his wife. His confession and subsequent bizarre behavior lead Avery to her own cycle of fear.
S1 • E6
Diagnosed with a terminal illness, embittered schoolteacher Alfred Emerson decides to end life on his terms. He subsequently devises a monstrous plan to blackmail Peter Montopolis, a popular student he jealously loathes, into killing him. However, the scheme might not go off as planned.
S1 • E7
A man wakes up in a hospital emergency ward to learn he's been fished out of the river. He's got no idea how he got there or who he is, but police suspect he's the victim of foul play and may be involved with the racketeers who control the city.
S1 • E8
Joseph Teague is an American doctor who lives in Guatemala and has a somewhat tarnished reputation. Then U.S. consul Greyson gives Teague an important job - find Andrew Glenn, an American youth who's on a bender somewhere in the city.
S1 • E9
A teacher refuses to help a woman who claims she's been assaulted.
S1 • E10
Psychiatrist Dr. Roy Fleming has fallen in love with pretty patient Susan Hudson. There's just one problem: Fleming is married, and divorcing his wealthy wife Claire isn't an option, so Fleming decides to eliminate her with the help of Susan. Their foolproof plan for the perfect murder could be foiled by Columbo, a tenacious and suspicious police lieutenant.
S1 • E11
Attorney Jim Powell becomes his own client following a false accusation of murder. After he is tried and acquitted of the crime, the widow of the victim, Elizabeth Marshall, convenes her own personal trial in order to get justice for her late husband's premature death, but is Powell really guilty?
S1 • E12
Actor and former box office gold Francis Rushmore finds his career in sharp decline. While drowning his sorrows in a tavern he eavesdrops on two men who are plotting the murder of influential but much loathed agent Michael Semmes. Rushmore then launches a valiant effort to warn Semmes of the unfolding plot, unaware that he has ordered everyone to give Rushmore the "run around" to prevent him from begging for acting work.
S1 • E13
The Paris Bureau of Missing Persons is tasked with looking for one of its own as its Chief Inspector suddenly vanishes.
S1 • E14
The husbands and boyfriends of Lisa Townsend had something in common: they all met with violent deaths. When husband No. 3 has a near-fatal accident, it's another unusual coincidence. Or is it?
S1 • E15
When popular mystery novelist John Clayton's career begins to wane, he steals a clever plot written by an amateur writer who has since passed away. However, Clayton's scheme unexpectedly goes awry when his plagiarized story is discovered to be the blueprint for a real life unsolved murder for which he is now considered to be the number one suspect.
S1 • E16
Ray, a young war veteran, participates in a bank robbery which is accidentally captured on television cameras recording a man-on-the-street series. With his face broadcast across the country, he decides to hide inside a place where no one can recognize him, a home for the blind. Meanwhile, as he contemplates surrendering, both the police and his angry accomplices desperately attempt to locate him.
S1 • E17
In deep depression, Prince Florizel discovers an organization which helps people to commit suicide. The thing is, they don't like these people to change their minds.
S1 • E18
Two prisoners given life by an English judge in Kenya vow to murder the judge, if they ever get out. When the judge is found sitting at his desk, dead, the search is on for the culprits.
Self - Host
Host
Bartholomew Malthus
Claire
Bermudez
Arnold Beschamps
Dan
Reporter
Lt. Hallaran
The Druggist