Posted on 11/24/2025 11:28:02 AM PST by lowbridge
Calcium Chloride.
Oops, prayers to the family... Accident or a hit?
Columbo used the body in concrete idea to trap a killer.
In another show the concrete supporting pillar in a building cracked during a party? revealing a body.
That is not really true. Having a body in a concrete pour will significantly degrade the stability of the concrete. It creates a cavity that will be a weak point. The engineers would never allow a body to remain in wet concrete.
Plus, workers are people. In the event someone dies on the job, they would recover the body in order to pay off the death benefits. Finally, it’s not “combat”. There is no reason to not stop a pour in order to save someone.
My guess is someone tossed a skull model into the concrete as a joke.
One of the better Columbo episodes.
There’s a story that is one I’ve always been meaning to delve into.
Read a bit here and there is all.
Where is the rest of the skeleton?
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