Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)

aka: Agatha Christie: Poirot
aka: Poirot

Based on Agatha Christie's short stories. Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) is a famous Belgian detective, who always gets embroiled in a mystery, usually along with his faithful sidekick Captain Hastings and/or Scotland Yard chief inspector Japp.

True Blood (2008)

Set in the fictional town of Bon Temps (Louisiana), Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress, discovers a new world of creatures when she falls in love with Bill Compton, a vampire.

Life (2007)

A former police officer returns to the force after having been wrongly imprisoned for years.

Lost

The survivors of a plane crash are forced to live with each other on a remote island, a dangerous new world that poses unique threats of its own.

The X Files (1993)

This television series follows the adventures and lives of FBI agents investigating those cases that involve the paranormal or previously unsolved (especially by conventional means). FBI Special Agents Mulder, Scully, Doggett and Reyes work to uncover forces within the United States of America government that would violate people's rights, alien creatures and monsters alike that attack and other mysteries.

American Horror Story (2011)

A family of three move from Boston to Los Angeles as a means of reconciling their past anguish. They move to a decrepit mansion, unaware that the once noble home is haunted.

Twin Peaks (1990)

An idiosyncratic FBI Agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.

The body of a young girl (Laura Palmer) is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.

Are You Afraid of The Dark? (1991)

A group of kids calling themselves "The Midnight Society" spends each episode sitting around a campfire swapping scary stories. Creepy, but never gory or excessively frightening, common subjects included haunted houses, what goes on behind the neighbor's walls, and other things that go bump in the night.

Veronica Mars (2004)

After her best friend is murdered and her father is removed as county sheriff, Veronica Mars dedicates her life to cracking the toughest mysteries in the affluent town of Neptune.

The 4400 (2004)

These are the stories of 4400 abductees after they are returned to Earth. People dealing with traumatic changes, driven by the mystery of what happened and why. Some of them have been affected in mysterious ways, and some will have certain abilities, both good and bad. The pilot has a ball of light sailing towards Earth. But rather than the expected catastrophic event, thousands of returned abductees are left with no memory of their otherworldly experiences. Each has been gone anywhere from a few months to several decades but hasn't aged a day.

Batman Beyond (1999)

aka: Batman of the Future
aka: Batman Tomorrow

An elderly Bruce Wayne passes his cape and cowl to Terry McGinnis, a high school teen who locates the Batcave and discovers the millionaire's secret identity.

Afterworld (2007)

Afterworld is a fully immersive sci-fi series. A new kind of computer-animated entertainment that blends video games, graphic novels and anime into one dynamic experience. Afterworld is about life on Earth after an inexplicable global event render's technology useless and more than 99.9% of the population missing.

The story follows the adventures of Russell Shoemaker, who wakes up in New York after this event and is compelled to walk to Seattle in the faint hope that his wife and child have survived.

Russell’s own harrowing journey, from technological dependence to total self-reliance, mirrors the world he discovers along the way, where other survivors are rebuilding society in strange and surprising ways. Piecing together the complex mystery of what caused the global event, Russell eventually paves the way for the bold new future of mankind.
Note: 3 minute episodes

MythBusters (2003)

A weekly documentary in which two Hollywood special effects experts attempt to debunk urban legends by directly testing them.

Smiley's People (1982)

Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus...

Lost (2010)

The survivors of a plane crash are forced to live with each other on a remote island, a dangerous new world that poses unique threats of its own.

Ghostly Encounters (2005)

So Weird (1999)

A preteen girl travels around the country continually stumbling over supernatural occurrences. Without anyone to believe her, she posts what she finds on her website entitled "So Weird".

Criminal Minds (2005)

An elite group of profilers analyze the nation's most dangerous criminal minds in an effort to anticipate their next moves before they strike again.

Criminal Mind (2005)

An elite group of profilers analyze the nation's most dangerous criminal minds in an effort to anticipate their next moves before they strike again.

MillenniuM (1999)

A former FBI profiler with the ability to look inside the mind of a killer begins working for the mysterious Millennium Group.

Law & Order SVU (1999)

This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a new elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes.

Law (1999)

This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a new elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes.

Psychoville (2011)

A group of seemingly unrelated strangers all receive a mysterious note stating "I know what you did," it sends their lives into a downward spiral...

Devil May Cry (2001)

2,000 years ago the human world was ruled over by the demon world. However, one of the demons, the legendary dark knight Sparda...

Levarage (2008)

A crew of high-tech crooks attempt to steal from wealthy criminals and corrupt businessmen.