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While mainstream science usually avoids the paranormal, the television networks have not. Paranormal themed shows have been some of the most enduring and popular ever. There have been sitcoms like Bewitched, drama series like The X-Files, and documentaries like In Search Of. These shows have proven to be winners in both the ratings and at the Emmy awards, showing a great public interest and acceptance of paranormal topics. See if your favorite paranormal shows are listed below!

SeriesPhenomenaEtceteras
The Addams FamilyVampires and everything else spooky1970s Classic sitcom
ALFExtraterrestrials1980s sitcom with a puppet
AngelVampires and other thingsSpinoff of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
BewitchedWitchcraft1960s the classic Witchcraft sitcom with Elizabeth Montgomery
Buffy the Vampire SlayerVampire Slayers, Vampires1990s - 2000s From the 1992 Movie
Casper the Friendly GhostGhostsClassic cartoon series
CharmedWitchcraft1998 - 2006
Dark ShadowsVampires1966 - 1971, a daily spooky soap opera
Destination TruthCryptozoologyThe SciFi Channels Real Monster Hunting Show
Dresden FilesMagic Spells, general spooky stuff2005 Sci Fi Channel, from the book series by Jim Butcher
Freaky LinksParanormal web sites2000
The Ghost and Mrs. MuirGhosts1960s sitcom with Charles Nelson Reiley
GhostbustersGhosts1980s Cartoon based on the movie
GhosthuntersGhostsThe SciFi Channels Real Ghost Hunting Show
The Girl with Something ExtraESP1970s Short-lived Parapsychological sitcom
Harry and the HendersonsSasquatch or Bigfoot1980s sitcom
HexWitchcraft, Demons, Ghosts2004 - 2005 BBC Drama
I Dream of GenieGenies1960s Classic sitcom with Barbara Eden & Larry Hagman
In Search OfExtraterrestrials and everything else paranormal1970s Leonard Nemoy narrated documentry series
Kolchak The Night Stalkervampires, zombies, and everything else paranormal1972 Cult favorite drama with Darren McGavin
MediumCommunicating with the dead2005
My Favorite MartianExtraterrestrials1960s Classic sitcom with Bill Bixby
My Mother the CarReincarnation1960s sitcom
The MunstersFrankenstein, vampires, and everything else spooky1970s Classic sitcom
ReaperSatan, Deals with the Devil, Demons2007 Fox Network
RoswellExtraterrestrialsWB 1999 Drama
Sabrina the Teenage WitchWitchcraft1990s sitcom
Strange Days at Blake Holsey HighParanormal Investigations2005 Drama
TabithaWitchcraft1980s short-lived Bewitched spinoff
The 4400Alien Abductions, Psychokinesis2004 - 2006 Drama
The Ghost WhispererCommunicating with the dead2005
Touched by an AngelAngels1990s drama
The Twilight ZoneExtraterrestrials and everything else paranormal1960s Classic Rod Serling drama series
Third Rock from the SunExtraterrestrials1990s Emmy-winning John Lithgow sitcom
The X-FilesExtraterrestrials, Government Conspiracies, and everything else paranormal1990s Emmy-winning drama with Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Album Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Kolchak The Night Stalker
X-Files Comic Book - #11 - The Ancient of Days The X Files
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I am wondering if you know of any web-sites that deal with people seeing spirits, reading auras, and many of the things that you might see on the tv show "The Others" on NBC. Thank you for your time and nice, informative web-site.

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I really like your website. I have always loved the supernatural and the unexplained.

one of my favorite shows is So Wierd. Maybe you've heard of it. It's about a girl and she always has these wierd things happen to her like seeing ghosts and stuff like that. I know it's just a show but it still facinates me. Well my reason for writing to you is to say that I really like your website and I was wondering if you could maybe give me more information about these kinds of things.

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howdy..i just came across the site and think it's a neat little addition to the web..like yourself, i only recently came across Buffy the Vampire Slayer and am a fan of the X-Files ever since the beginning (is that some kind of superhero show? was my first reaction). I do have a question though. You do have good listings for X-Files and Buffy, yet i feel that both Ghostbusters movies and the cartoon series are valuable avenues for paranormal discussion, particularly the cartoon, which went into great depths to explain the legends of Samhain and even HP Lovecraft issues, not an easy thing to accomplish at 12 in the afternoon. Do you feel that Ghostbusters should be elaborated upon here? Just wondering..keep up the good work.

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Where can I fine Leonard Nemoys In Search Of list of episodes? Where I can Pick the one I want to read? I`m looking for a certain one. Where they find a big rock formation that had a time-portole inside. Like an electromagnetic wave of sort. They had bulldozers come in and demolish it. There were documented cases of a few people entering it and never came back out. I think it was back east. Arizona I think. I`ll never forget that one.

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You forgot Dark Angel.

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I noticed the X-Files on the list... if you have that, you should include Twin Peaks as well. Lots of paranormal stuff in that show! It's got UFOs, doppelgangers, an evil spirit named BOB who uses people as vessels.... everything you could want.