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Best Mystery TV Series of 1972

16 Mystery series that started in 1972, ranked by popularity

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16 series

Banacek

★ 7.6
3K 17 1972–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Circle of Fear

★ 7.6
653 23 1972–1973
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The Sixth Sense

★ 7.1
641 25 1972–1972
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Hec Ramsey

★ 7.8
477 10 1972–1974
Drama · Mystery · Western

Clouds of Witness

★ 8.0
441 5 1972–1972
Drama · Mystery

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

★ 8.1
394 4 1972–1973
Crime · Mystery

The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan

★ 6.3
287 16 1972–1972
Animation · Family · Mystery

Dead of Night

★ 7.3
215 7 1972–1972
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Madigan

★ 7.2
213 6 1972–1973
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Whodunnit?

★ 7.9
175 48 1972–1978
Family · Game-Show · Mystery

The Moonstone

★ 7.2
156 5 1972–1972
Drama · Mystery · Thriller

The Frighteners

★ 7.1
93 13 1972–1973
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The Intruder

★ 8.1
34 8 1972–1972
Drama · Mystery

Boo! Theatre

★ 8.2
13 1972–1972
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

La donna di picche

★ 7.4
10 5 1972–present
Crime · Mystery

Paraxenos taxidiotis

★ 8.4
8 256 1972–1973
Crime · Drama · Mystery
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