The ''Columbo'' Episode They Were Forced to Bury for 50 Years

In 1973, a script landed on NBC's desk that would've shown America's favorite detective facing a killer with no motive—just pure evil. Network bosses panicked and locked it away. They said it was "too dark" for television. They claimed audiences "weren't ready." But the real reason this Columbo episode stayed buried for 50 years was much more sinister. Today, we're exposing what they tried to hide.