Columbo
1960--THE CHEVY MYSTERY SHOW--"Enough Rope"--Lt. Columbo (Bert Freed) investigating the murder of a psychologist's wife. 1961 to 1962--87TH PRECINCT--Another find from Gordon: Two episodes were based on stories from Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series, airing in the ABC films, and one actually has an 87th Detective, Arthur Brown, that I could confirm. These books are set in a thinly-disguised New York, so we can say Arthur came out to visit for the wedding of Columbo's nephew (even if it appears he's an LA cop). A bunch of 87th stories have made it in to an 87th TV show or as TV movies or theatrical films (Akira Kurosawa even adapted one and used the music from Toho's H-Man, which should tickle Chris), and there was a Sixties comic and a Swedish graphic novel, too. The 1972 film Fuzz was set and filmed in Boston, but that can help hide the truth---the story had a recurring arch villian for the 87th who is a cross between Moriaryy and the Riddler, l...