I was trying to come up with some names for things, and hit upon the logical notion of using episode titles from American detective series. The following are a selection. Feel free to use them for emo band names and/or song titles.

MURDER SHE WROTE

Nan's Ghost
Ship of Thieves
Something Foul in Floppieville
The Petrified Florist
Badge of Honor
Family Secrets
The Wind Around the Tower
The Dead File
To the Last Will I Grapple With Thee
Incident in Lot 7
The Sins of Castle Cove
Judge Not
Moving Violation
The Taxman Cometh
Unauthorized Obituary
Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?
Seal of the Confessional
Deadpan
Mrs. Parker's Revenge
Death Goes Double Platinum
Corned Beef & Carnage
See You in Court, Baby
We're Off to Kill the Wizard
Murder to a Jazz Beat
Murder in the Electric Cathedral
Christopher Bundy Died On Sunday
Menace, Anyone?
The Perfect Foil
The Cemetery Vote
When Thieves Fall Out
Witness for the Defense
Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?
Curse of the Daanau
Mourning Among the Wisterias
Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
Just Another Fish Story
Showdown in Saskatchewan
The Body Politic
J.B... as in Jailbird
A Little Night Work
Mr. Penroy's Vacation
Wearing of the Green
The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel
Prediction: Murder
The Search for Peter Kerry
The Grand Old Lady
The Error of Her Ways
If the Shoe Fits
The Fixer-upper
The Big Show of 1965
Always a Thief
The Szechuan Dragon
Trials & Tribulations
Deadly Misunderstanding
The Family Jewels
The Return of Preston Giles
Ballad for a Blue Lady
Murder in F Sharp
Family Doctor
From the Horse's Mouth
The Prodigal Father
Tainted Lady
Night Fears
Thicker Than Water
Lines of Excellence
Terminal Connection
The List of Uri Lermentov
Danse Diabolique
The Witch's Curse
Night of the Coyote
Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice
The Classic Murder
A Christmas Secret
The Sound of Murder
Final Curtain
Double Jeopardy
Dead Eye
Killer Radio
Threshold of Fear
The Big Kill
Dead to Rights
Lone Witness
The Survivor
Love's Deadly Desire
The Legacy of Borbey House
The Phantom Killer
A Virtual Murder
Bloodlines
Love and Hate in Cabot Cove
Murder at a Discount
Northern Explosion
Proof in the Pudding
Portrait of Death
Deadly Assets
Murder on the Thirtieth Floor
Time to Die
The Dying Game
The Trouble with Seth
Roadkill
A Murderous Muse
Wheel of Death
A Nest of Vipers
Amsterdam Kill
To Kill a Legend
Death in Hawaii
Dear Deadly
The Murder Channel
Fatal Paradise
Crimson Harvest
Murder by Twos
Murder of the Month Club
An Egg to Die For
The Scent of Murder
Death 'n Denial
Murder in High-C
Twice Dead
Film Flam
School for Murder
Game, Set, Murder
Nailed
A Quaking in Aspen
The Secret of Gila Junction
Home Care
Deadly Bidding
Frozen Stiff
Unwilling Witness
Kendo Kill
Murder in Tempo
The Dark Side of the Door
Murder Among Friends
Track of a Soldier
Evidence of Malice
Southern Double-Cross
Race to Death
What You Don't Know Can Kill You
Death by Demographics

COLUMBO

> > Uneasy Lies The Crown
> > Last Salute To The Commodore
> > An Exercise In Fatality
> > Swan Song
> > Any Old Port In A Storm
> > Suitable For Framing
> > Short Fuse
> > Etude In Black
> > The Greenhouse Jungle
> > The Most Crucial Game
> > Dagger Of The Mind
> > A Stitch In Crime
> > The Most Dangerous Match
> > Lovely But Lethal
> > Candidate For Crime
> > Publish Or Perish
> > Now You See Him
> > Mind Over Mayhem
> > Negative Reaction
> > By Dawn's Early Light
> > Playback
> > A Deadly State Of Mind
> > Forgotten Lady
> > A Case Of Immunity
> > Identity Crisis
> > A Matter Of Honor
> > Fade In To Murder
> > Old Fashioned Murder
> > The Bye Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case
> > Try And Catch Me
> > Murder Under Glass
> > The Conspirators
> > Murder, Smoke, And Shadows
> > Sex And The Married Detective
> > Grand Deceptions
> > Murder, A Self Portrait
> > Agenda For Murder
> > Murder In Malibu
> > Strange Bedfellows