Best Mystery Shows Right Now

Every season reinvents the game, but True Detective’s first outing sets a standard for brooding, cryptic storytelling that too many have tried (and failed) to imitate.

Nostalgia and government secrets collide in a rural town where every flickering light signals something monstrous—Stranger Things proves great mysteries can wear an Eggo-stained sweatshirt.

Sharp, meta, and undeniably fun, Only Murders in the Building finds irresistible twists inside a cozy whodunit format without ever losing its edge.

Severance is a masterclass in corporate dread, drip-feeding you puzzle pieces that leave your paranoia as fractured as its characters.

If you’re craving supernatural unease, FROM delivers relentless tension—a locked-room mystery with no escape and no easy answers.

Dexter is the rare procedural that makes you root for the killer, hiding the real mystery just out of reach until the blade drops.

Criminal Minds dishes out its serial killer intrigue like a dark, addictive snack—sometimes a little formulaic, always haunting.

The Blacklist marinates its high-stakes manhunts in shadowy allegiances and double-crosses, proving the best mysteries are never as simple as black and white.

Part procedural, part dark fairy tale, Grimm mixes creatures and crime solving for a stew of modern folklore with genuine mystery at its heart.

The Mentalist is packed with satisfying cat-and-mouse games, where the smug ‘psychic’ at the center always keeps you guessing until the last tell.