Encyclopedia of Weird Detectives

Editor/Author Green, Paul
Publication Year: 2019
Publisher: McFarland

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-1-4766-7800-9
Category: Social Sciences - Criminology & Law
Image Count: 38
Book Status: Available
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The detective genre has explored supernatural and paranormal themes throughout its colorful history. Stories of detectives investigating spiritualists, ghostly apparitions, the occult and psychics have spanned pulp fiction magazines, comic books, novels, film, television, animation and video games. This encyclopedia covers the history of the genre in its multiple forms and informs and adds to the knowledge of either the new or informed reader.

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Table of Contents

  • Foreword by Frank Price
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Encyclopedia
  • A
  • Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (Psychic Eye Mystery #1) [Novel]
  • Adam Wolfe [Video game]
  • The Adept (Book #1) [Novel]
  • “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire” [Short story]
  • Again a.k.a. Again: FBI Parapsychological Investigator [Video game: Japan]
  • All-Consuming Fire (Virgin New Adventures #27) [Novel; Audio drama]
  • Alone in the Dark [Video game; Film]
  • Alone in the Dark: Illumination [Video game]
  • Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare [Video game]
  • Alone in the Dark 2 [Video game]
  • Alone in the Dark 3 [Video game]
  • Alphas (2011) [TV series]
  • The Amazing Ghost Detectives [Juvenile book]
  • The Amazing Screw-On Head [Comic book]
  • Ambrose Bierce [Comic book character]
  • Ampney Crucis [Comic book character; UK]
  • An American Weredeer in Michigan (Bright Falls Mysteries Book 2) [Novel]
  • Andrew Latter [Short story character]
  • Angel (1999) [TV series]
  • Angel Cop a.k.a. Enzeru Koppu (1989) [OVA; Manga; Japan]
  • Angel Heart (1987) [Film]
  • Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter [Book series; Comic book character]
  • Anno Dracula [Novel]
  • Anonymous Rex: A Detective Story [Novel]
  • Arcana a.k.a. Arukana (2013) [Film; Japan]
  • Archibald the Koala (1998) [Animated TV series; France-UK]
  • Ascott Keane [Pulp fiction character]
  • Aunt Dimity's Death (Aunt Dimity Mystery #1)
  • The Avenger [Pulp fiction character; Radio show]
  • The Avenger (Radio show)
  • Aversion (2009) [Film]
  • “Aylmer Vance and the Vampire” [Short story]
  • B
  • Baffled (1973) [Telefilm]
  • The Baker Street Peculiars [Comic book]
  • Batman: Damned [Comic book]
  • Baylor's Guide to Dreadful Dreams [Beyond Baylor Book #2] [Juvenile book]
  • Baylor's Guide to the Other Side [Beyond Baylor Book #1] [Juvenile book]
  • The Beetle: A Mystery [Novel]
  • Bishaash (2010) [TV series; Bangladesh-UK]
  • Bix Barton [Comic book character; UK]
  • Black Alibi [Novel]
  • Black Butler a.k.a. Kuroshitsuji (2008) [Anime; Manga; Japan]
  • Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic [Anime; Japan]
  • Black Butler: Book of Circus (2014) [Anime; Japan]
  • Black Butler: Book of Murder (2014) [OAV; Japan]
  • Black House [Novel]
  • Black Magic (1944) [Film]
  • Black Magic Woman (A Morris and Chastain Investigation #1)
  • Bless the Child (2000) [Film; U.S./Germany]
  • Blood Alone [Manga; Japan]
  • Blood Rites (The Dresden Files Book #6)
  • Blood Ties (2007) [TV series; Canada]
  • Bookburners [Novel; Serial]
  • Border Patrol (2000) [Telefilm]
  • The Borderlands a.k.a. Final Prayer (2013) [Film; UK]
  • Bright (2017) [Film]
  • Brimstone (1998) [TV series]
  • B.R.P.D.: 1946 [Comic book]
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer [Film; TV series]
  • Bureau 13: Stalking the Night Fantastic [Role-playing game]
  • The Burrowers Beneath [Novel]
  • C
  • Caballistics Inc. [Comic strip; UK]
  • “The Call of Cthulhu” [Short story; Film]
  • Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth [Video game]
  • Carry On Screaming! (1966) [Film; UK]
  • The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, India's Most Private Investigator [Novel]
  • The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
  • The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) [TV series; UK]
  • Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) [Telefilm]
  • The Cat Creeps (1946) [Film]
  • The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts [Novel]
  • Celestial Dogs [Novel]
  • The Champions (1968) [TV series; UK]
  • Chandu the Magician [Radio drama; Film]
  • Changes (The Dresden Files Book #12)
  • Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) [Film]
  • Charlie Chan's Secret (1936) [Film]
  • Cheo Yong: The Paranormal Detective (2014) [TV series; South Korea]
  • Chrono Crusade (2003) [Anime; Manga; Japan]
  • The Clockwork Scarab (Stoker & Holmes Book #1) [Juvenile book]
  • Clue Club (1976) [Animated TV series]
  • The Cobra [Pulp fiction character]
  • Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller [Video game]
  • The Conjuring (2013) [Film]
  • Constantine [Film; TV series]
  • Constantine: City of Demons (2018) [Animated web series]
  • Continuum (2012) [TV series; Canada]
  • Cosmopath [Bengal Station Trilogy #3] [Novel]
  • Creature Cops Special Varmint Unit [Comic book]
  • Criminal Macabre [Comic book]
  • Curandero (2005) [Film; Mexico]
  • Curse of the Black Widow a.k.a. Love Trap (1977) [Film]
  • Curse of the Demon a.k.a. Night of the Demon (1957) [Film]
  • D
  • The Dain Curse [Novel; TV series]
  • Dark Intruder (1965) [Telefilm]
  • Dark Parables [Video game]
  • The Dark Side of the Cross [Novel]
  • Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's [Video game]
  • Dark Tower (1989) [Film; U.S./UK/Spain]
  • Darker Than Black (2007) [Anime; Japan]
  • Darkness Visible (Comic book)
  • Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder [Video game]
  • Darkside Detective [Video game]
  • Dead Beat (The Dresden Files Book #7)
  • The Dead Boy Detectives [Comic book characters]
  • The Dead Case [Video game]
  • The Dead Detective [Novel]
  • The Dead Don't Die (1975) [Telefilm]
  • “The Dead Hand” [Short story]
  • The Dead Kid Detective Agency [Juvenile book]
  • The Dead Letter [Novel]
  • Dead Men Tell (1941) [Film]
  • Dead of the Nite (2013) [Film; UK]
  • Deadly Premonition [Video game]
  • Death Masks (The Dresden Files Book #5)
  • Death Note [Manga; Anime; TV series; Japan]
  • Death Valley (2011) [TV series]
  • Death Warmed Over: Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. (Volume 1)
  • Deliver Us from Evil (2014) [Film]
  • Descendants of Darkness (2000) [Anime; Manga; Japan]
  • Detective Anna (2016) [TV series; Russia]
  • Detective Chimp (Comic book character)
  • Detective Conan a.k.a. Case Closed (1996) [Anime; Manga; Japan]
  • Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings a.k.a. Di Renjie zhi Sidatianwang (2018) [Film; China; Hong Kong]
  • Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame a.k.a. Di renjie: Tong tian di guo (2010) [Film; China; Hong Kong]
  • Detective Pikachu [Video game; Japan]
  • “The Detective's Album: The Phantom Hearse” [Short story]
  • Devil (2010) [Film]
  • Devil May Cry (2007) [Anime; Japan]
  • The Devil Rides Out [Novel; Film; UK]
  • D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die [Video game]
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016) [TV series]
  • Discworld Noir [Video game]
  • The Diviners [Juvenile book]
  • Doctor Dale [Pulp fiction character]
  • Dr. Desmond Drew (Comic book character)
  • Dr. Edward Carstairs M.D. [Short story character]
  • Dr. Ivan Brodsky [Short story character]
  • Dr. John Richard Taverner [Short story character]
  • Dr. Martin Hesselius [Short story character]
  • Doctor Martinus [Pulp fiction character]
  • Dr. Miles Pennoyer [Short story character]
  • Dr. Occult (Comic book character)
  • Doctor Thirteen (Comic book character)
  • Don't Knock Twice (2016) [Film; UK]
  • Double Vision a.k.a. Shuang tong (2002) [Film; Taiwan/Hong Kong]
  • Dracula [Novel; Stage play; Film]
  • The Dresden Files (2007) [TV series]
  • The Dresden Files Roleplaying Game [RPG]
  • Drew Murdoch [Comic book character]
  • Dusk Maiden of Amnesia (2012) [Anime; Manga; Japan]
  • Dylan Dog [Comic book]
  • Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010) [Film]
  • Dylan Dog: Il trillo del diavolo (2012) [Film; Italy]
  • E
  • Ectoplasm (2000) [Radio drama; UK]
  • 18 Seconds (Sherry Moore book #1) [Novel]
  • Elongated Man [Comic book character]
  • Eureka (2006) [TV series]
  • European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman [Novel]
  • The Exorcist III (1990) [Film]
  • Eye of the Daemon (Daemons Inc. #1) [Novel]
  • The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972) [Telefilm]
  • Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) [Film]
  • The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next #1)
  • F
  • The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow (2008)
  • Fallen (1998) [Film]
  • Falling Angel [Novel; Opera]
  • Father Dowling Mysteries (1989) [TV series]
  • Fear No Evil (1969) [Telefilm]
  • Fiction Squad (Comic book)
  • Firewalk [Novel]
  • The First Power (1990) [Film]
  • Flaxman Low (Short story character)
  • Fool Moon (The Dresden Files Book #2)
  • Foreign Devils (Doctor Who Novellas #5) [Novella; UK]
  • Forever Knight (1992) [TV series; Canada-West Germany]
  • 1408 (2007) [Film]
  • Francis Chard [Short story character]
  • Fringe (2008) [TV series]
  • From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (2014) [TV series]
  • From Hell (2001) [Film]
  • The Funky Phantom (1971) [Animated TV series]
  • G
  • Gargoyles (1972) [Telefilm]
  • Ga-Rei [Manga; Japan]
  • Ga-Rei-Zero (2008) [Anime; Japan]
  • The Gates (2010) [TV series]
  • The Ghost Busters (1975) [TV series]
  • Ghostbusters (1984) [Film]
  • Ghost Detective (Myron Vale Investigation Book #1) [Novel]
  • Ghost Detectives; The Lost Bride (Book #1) [Juvenile book]
  • Ghost Detectives; The Missing Dancer (Book #2) [Juvenile book]
  • Ghost Hunt [Novel; Manga; Anime; Japan]
  • The Ghost, Master Magician [Comic book character]
  • Ghost of a Chance (Ghost Finders Book #1) [Novel]
  • “The Ghost of the Grate” [Short story]
  • Ghost Story (The Dresden Files Book #13)
  • The Ghost, Super-Detective [Pulp fiction]
  • Ghost Sweeper Mikami a.k.a. Gosuto suipa Mikami (1993) [Anime; Japan]
  • Ghost Sweeper Mikami Gokuraku Daisakusen!! [Manga; Japan]
  • Ghost Talker's Daydream a.k.a. Teizokurei Daydream (2004) [OVA; Japan]
  • Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective [Video game]
  • Ghosted (2017) [TV series]
  • Ghosts of Mars (20010 [Film]
  • Gilda Joyce: The Bones of the Holy (Book #5) [Juvenile book]
  • Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop (Book #4) [Juvenile book]
  • Gilda Joyce: The Ghost Sonata (Book #3) [Juvenile book]
  • Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake (Book #2) [Juvenile book]
  • Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator (Book #1) [Juvenile book]
  • God Told Me To a.k.a. Demon (1976) [Film]
  • Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973) [Animated TV series]
  • Gotham (2014) [TV series]
  • Gotham by Midnight [Comic book]
  • Grave Peril (The Dresden Files Book #3)
  • Gravity Falls (2012) [Animated TV series]
  • Grey Shapes [Novel]
  • Greywalker [Novel]
  • Grimm (2011) [TV series]
  • Guinea PIG: Pet Shop Private Eye [Graphic novel series]
  • H
  • The Harrowing (2018) [Film]
  • Harry Absalom [Comic book character; UK]
  • Harry Escott [Short story character]
  • Haven (2010) [TV series; Canada-U.S.]
  • Hellbound (1994) [Film]
  • Hellboy [Comic book character]
  • Hellboy (2004) [Film]
  • Hellboy: The Science of Evil [Videogame]
  • Hellraiser: Judgment (2018) [Film]
  • Hellsing (2001) [Anime; Manga; Japan]
  • Help for the Haunted [Novel]
  • Hex-Rated (Brimstone Files Book #1) [Novel]
  • Hoax Hunters [Comic book]
  • Holy Ghost: a Virgil Flowers Novel [Novel]
  • Hope … for the Future [Graphic novel; UK]
  • “The Horror at Red Hook” [Short story]
  • Houdini and Doyle (2016) [TV series; Canada-UK]
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) [Film]
  • The House That Dripped Blood (1971) [Film; UK]
  • The Howling (1981) [Film]
  • The Humbug Murders: An Ebenezer Scrooge Mystery [Novel]
  • The Hypnotist (The Reincarnationist #3) [Novel]
  • I
  • I Was a Teenage Weredeer (Bright Falls Mysteries Book 1) [Novel]
  • The Idylls of the Queen [Novel]
  • In the Electric Mist (2009) [Film; France-U.S.]
  • In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead [Novel]
  • In the Mouth of Madness (1994) [Film]
  • The Incredible Adventures of Dog Mendonça and PizzaBoy a.k.a. As Incríveis Aventuras de Dog Mendonça e PizzaBoy (Graphic novel; Portugal)
  • “The Inmost Light” [Novelette]
  • The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça and Pizzaboy [Video game]
  • Invader Zim (2001) [Animated TV series]
  • Invisible Avenger a.k.a. Bourbon Street Shadows (1958) [Film]
  • The Invisible Detective [Juvenile book series]
  • iZombie (2015) [TV series]
  • J
  • Jackaby [Juvenile book]
  • Jake Helman Files [Book series]
  • Jeffery Wren [Pulp fiction character]
  • Jim Butcher's the Dresden Files [Comic book]
  • Jimmy Holm and the Secret Twelve [Pulp fiction characters]
  • Joe Golem and the Drowning City: An Illustrated Novel (Novel)
  • Joe Golem: Occult Detective [Comic book]
  • John Constantine [Comic book character]
  • John Silence: Physician Extraordinary [Short story anthology]
  • John Thunstone [Pulp fiction character]
  • Jonathan Creek (1997) [TV series; UK]
  • Judge Pursuivant [Pulp fiction character]
  • Jules de Grandin (Pulp fiction character)
  • Justice Inc. (Comic book)
  • Justice League Action (2016) [Animated TV series]
  • Justice League Dark (2017) [Animated film]
  • K
  • Kindaichi Case Files a.k.a. Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo [Manga; Japan]
  • A Kiss Before the Apocalypse (Remy Chandler Book #1) [Novel]
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) [TV series]
  • L
  • Laced: A Regan Reilly Mystery [Novel]
  • Lady Mechanika [Comic book]
  • “The Last Illusion” [Short story]
  • Last Shift (2014) [Film]
  • “The Leather Funnel” [Short story]
  • Legends of Tomorrow (2016) [TV series]
  • The Leopard Man (1943) [Film]
  • Let Us Prey (2014) [Film; UK/Ireland]
  • London Falling (Shadow Police #1) [Novel]
  • “Loot of the Vampire” [Novella]
  • Lord Darcy [Short story character]
  • Lord of Illusions (1995) [Film]
  • Lord Syfret [Short story character]
  • The Lost Room (2006) [TV series]
  • Love Is the Law [Novel]
  • Lucifer (2016) [TV series]
  • Lucius Leffing [Short story character]
  • The Lurkers [Comic book]
  • M
  • Manifest (2018) [TV series)
  • “The Mark of the Beast” [Short story]
  • Mark of the Demon (Kara Gillian book #1) [Novel]
  • Mark of the Vampire (1935) [Film]
  • Martian Manhunter [Comic book character]
  • Martin Mystery (2003) [Animated TV series]
  • The Master Mystery [Film Serial; Novel]
  • Medium (2005) [TV series]
  • Millennium (1996) [TV series]
  • Mistry, P.I. [Comic book]
  • Mona the Vampire (1999) [Animated TV series]
  • Moon of the Wolf (1972) [Telefilm]
  • Moonlight (2007) [TV series]
  • Moris Klaw (Short story character)
  • Morris and Chastain Supernatural Investigations [Book series]
  • The Mothman Prophecies (2002) [Film]
  • Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation (2018) [Anime; Manga; Japan]
  • Murdered: Soul Suspect [Video game]
  • Murdoch Mysteries a.k.a. The Artful Detective (2008) [TV Series; Canada-UK)
  • The Mystery of the Blazing Cliffs (The Three Investigators Mystery Series #32) [Juvenile book]
  • The Mystery of the Coughing Dragon (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Book #14) [Juvenile book]
  • The Mystery of the Cranky Collector (The Three Investigators Mystery Series #43) [Juvenile book]
  • The Mystery of the Dancing Devil (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Book #25) [Juvenile book]
  • “The Mystery the Djara Singh: A Spiritual Detective Story” [Short story]
  • The Mystery of the Green Ghost (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Book #4) [Juvenile book]
  • The Mystery of the Invisible Dog (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Book #23) [Juvenile book]
  • The Mystery of the Magic Circle (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Book #27) [Juvenile book]
  • The Mystery of the Monster Mountain (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Book #20) [Juvenile book]
  • The Mystery of the Scar-Faced Beggar (The Three Investigators Mystery Series #31) [Juvenile book]
  • The Mystery of the Singing Serpent (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Book #17) [Juvenile book]
  • The Mystery of the Sinister Scarecrow (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Book #29) [Juvenile book]
  • The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Book #5) [Juvenile book]
  • The Mystery of the Wandering Caveman (The Three Investigators Mystery Series #34) [Juvenile book]
  • The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Book #3) [Juvenile book]
  • Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok a.k.a. Matentei Loki Ragnarok (2003) [Anime; Japan]
  • N
  • Necropath [Bengal Station Trilogy #1] [Novel]
  • Neils Orsen [Short story character]
  • Neuro: Supernatural Detective a.k.a. Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro (2007) [Anime; Manga; Japan]
  • Nick Knight (1989) [Telefilm]
  • The Night Stalker (1972) [Telefilm]
  • Nightstalkers [Comic book]
  • The Night Strangler (1973) [Telefilm]
  • Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective a.k.a. Mayonaka no Tantei Nightwalker [Video Game; Anime; Japan]
  • Nocturne [Video game]
  • The Norliss Tapes (1973) [Telefilm]
  • The Nun (2018) [Film]
  • O
  • Occult Academy a.k.a. Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin (2010) [Anime; Japan]
  • Occult Detective Club: Doll Cemetery a.k.a. Okaruto tanteidan: Shiningyou no hakaba (2006) [Film; Japan]
  • The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor (Comic book)
  • O.C.T.: Occult Crimes Taskforce [Comic book]
  • Odd Thomas (2013) [Film]
  • Out of the Shadows (2017) [Film; Australia]
  • P
  • Pall in the Family (A Family Fortune Mystery #1) [Novel]
  • Parascientific Escape: Gear Detective a.k.a. Chou Kagaku Dasshutsu: Gear Detective [Video game; Japan]
  • Past Life (2010) [TV series]
  • Penny Dreadful (2014) [TV series]
  • Phantom Quest Corp a.k.a. Yuugen Kaisha (1994) [OVA; Japan]
  • Plastic Man [Comic book character]
  • Poe [Comic book]
  • Pokemon Detective Pikachu (2019) [Film; Japan/USA]
  • Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) [TV series; Canada]
  • The Possessed (1977) [Telefilm]
  • Professor Arnold Rhymer M.D. [Short story character]
  • Professor Nathan Enderby [Short story character]
  • Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files Book #8)
  • PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996) [TV series; Canada]
  • Psych (2006) [TV series]
  • Psychic Detective [Video game]
  • The Psychic Detective [Novel]
  • Psychic Detective Yakumo a.k.a. Shinrei Tantei Yakumo [Novel Series; TV Series; Manga; Anime; Japan]
  • Psychic Squad a.k.a. Zettai Karen Children (2008) [Anime; Manga; Japan]
  • Pushing Daisies (2007) [TV series]
  • Q
  • Question [Comic book character]
  • Question II [Comic book character]
  • R
  • Raines (2007) [TV series]
  • Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) a.k.a. My Partner the Ghost (1969) [TV series; UK]
  • Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000) [TV series; UK]
  • The Reaping (2007) [Film]
  • Regression (2015) [Film]
  • The Return of Chandu (1934) [Film serial]
  • The Return of Doctor X (1939) [Film]
  • The Ring (2002) [Film]
  • Ringu a.k.a. Ring (1998) [Film; Japan]
  • R.I.P.D. [Comic book; SFW]
  • R.I.P.D.: Rest in Peace Department (2013) [Film; SFW]
  • Ritual of Evil (1970) [Telefilm]
  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) [TV series; UK]
  • Rivers of London a.k.a. Midnight Riot [Novel]
  • Rivers of London: Detective Stories [Comic book]
  • Romeo Spikes [Novel]
  • Rotten [Comic book; WW]
  • Route 666 (2001) [Film]
  • S
  • Sapphire and Steel [TV series; Comic book characters; Audio drama; UK]
  • Satan Returns a.k.a. 666: Mo gui fu huo (1996) [Film; Hong Kong]
  • Satan's School for Girls (1973) [Telefilm]
  • Saving Grace (2007) [TV series]
  • The Scarlet Claw (1944) [Film]
  • Scooby Doo Where Are You! (1969) [Animated TV series]
  • Scoop, Vol. 1: Breaking News [Graphic novel]
  • The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co. #1) [Juvenile book]
  • The Secret of Skeleton Island (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Book #6) [Juvenile book]
  • The Secret of Terror Castle (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Book #1) [Juvenile book]
  • The Secret of the Haunted Mirror (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Book #21) [Juvenile book]
  • Semi Dual [Short story character]
  • Sergeant Spook [Comic book character]
  • The Shadow [Pulp fiction character; Radio drama; Film]
  • Shadow Chasers (1985) [TV series]
  • Shadows Over Baker Street [Short story anthology]
  • Sheila Crera (Short story character)
  • Sherlock Holmes (2009) [Film]
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell [Novel]
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened [Video game]
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God [Novel]
  • Silent Mobus a.k.a. Sairento mebiusu [Manga; Anime film; Anime TV series; Japan]
  • Silent Mobius: Case: Titanic a.k.a. Silent Mobius [Video game; Japan]
  • Simon Ark [Short story character]
  • Simon Iff [Short story character]
  • Sir Edward Grey Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels [Comic book]
  • The Sixth Sense (1972) [TV series]
  • Skin Game (The Dresden Files Book #15)
  • Skulduggery Pleasant (Book #1) [Juvenile book]
  • Sleepy Hollow [Film; TV series]
  • Small Favor (The Dresden Files Book #10)
  • Snake Agent (Detective Inspector Chen #1) [Novel]
  • Solange Fontaine [Short story character]
  • Something From the Nightside (Nightside Book #1) [Novel]
  • Special Unit 2 (2001) [TV series]
  • Spectacle [Web comic; Comic book]
  • “Specter of the Yellow Quarter” [Short story]
  • Spectre (1977) [Telefilm]
  • The Spectre [Comic book character]
  • Spell Blind (The Case Files of Justis Fearsson Book #1) [Novel]
  • The Spiritglass Charade (Stoker & Holmes Book #2) [Juvenile book]
  • Stalin's Ghost [Novel]
  • Stan Against Evil (2016) [TV series]
  • Stan Lee's Lucky Man (2016) [TV series; UK]
  • Steve Harrison [Short story character]
  • Storm Front (The Dresden Files Book #1)
  • The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter [Novel]
  • Strange Detective Mysteries [Comic book]
  • Stranger Things (2016) [TV series]
  • String City [Novel]
  • “A Study in Emerald” [Short story; Graphic Novel]
  • Summer Knight (The Dresden Files Book #4)
  • Supernatural (2005) [TV series]
  • Supernatural: The Anime Series (2011) [Anime; Japan]
  • “The Swaying Vision” [Short story]
  • Sweet Silver Blues (Garrett P.I. #1) [Novel]
  • Sweet, Sweet, Rachel (1971) [Telefilm]
  • T
  • Tactics (2004) [Anime; Manga; Japan]
  • Tähdet ovat väärin (2010) [Film; Finland]
  • The Tender Mercy of Roses [Novel]
  • Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (The Theodosia Series Book 1) [Juvenile book]
  • The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) [Animated TV series]
  • The Thirteenth Chair (1929) [Film]
  • Thomas Carnacki [Short story character]
  • The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island (2007) [Film; Germany-South Africa]
  • The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle (2009) [Film; Germany-South Africa]
  • Tokko (2006) [Anime; Manga; Japan]
  • Tokyo Babylon (1992) [OVA; Manga; Japan]
  • Torchwood (2006) [TV series; UK]
  • Touch Detective [Video game]
  • Transylvania 6–5000 (1985) [Film]
  • Trenchcoat Brigade [Comic book]
  • Trick (2000) [TV series; Japan]
  • Trick: The Movie (2002) [Film; Japan]
  • Turn Coat (The Dresden Files Book #11)
  • Twin Peaks (1990) [TV series)
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) [Film]
  • Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) [TV series]
  • U
  • Ultraviolet (1998) [TV series; UK]
  • Under the Lake [Novel]
  • Under the Skin (Ritual Crime Unit Book #1) [Novel]
  • The Undying Monster (1942) [Film]
  • The Undying Monster: A Taste of the Fifth Dimension [Novel]
  • The Unknown [Comic book]
  • V
  • The Vampire Detective (2016) [TV series; South Korea]
  • Vampire Holmes (2015) [Anime; Japan]
  • Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) [Film]
  • Vampire Prosecutor (2011) [TV series; South Korea]
  • Van Helsing [Film; Video game]
  • Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) [Animated short]
  • The Vanishing of Ethan Carter [Video game]
  • Vatican Miracle Examiner a.k.a. Bachikan Kiseki Chosaken [Novel; Manga; Anime; Japan]
  • The Veil [Comic book]
  • “A Victim of Higher Space” [Short story]
  • Vidocq a.k.a. Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq (2001) [Film; France]
  • Violet Rose (Comic book)
  • Visions a.k.a. Visions of Death (1972) [Telefilm]
  • The Void (2016) [Film]
  • W
  • Warehouse 13 (2009) [TV series]
  • Weird Detective [Comic book]
  • The Werewolf's Tale [Novel; WW]
  • Where Dead Soldiers Walk [Novel; WW]
  • White Night (The Dresden Files Book #9)
  • The Wicker Man (1973) [Film; UK]
  • The Wicker Man (2006) [Film]
  • Witch Hunter Robin (2002) [Anime; Japan]
  • Witchblade (Comic book; TV series)
  • The Wizard of Gore (1970 [Film]
  • WolfCop (2014) [Film; Canada]
  • The World Beyond (1978) [Telefilm]
  • The World of Darkness (1977) [Telefilm]
  • Wynonna Earp [Comic book; TV series]
  • X
  • Xenopath [Bengal Station Trilogy #2] [Novel]
  • The X-Files (1993) [TV series]
  • The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) [Film]
  • Y
  • Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon a.k.a. Di Renjie: Shen du long wang (2013) [Film; China]
  • Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) [Film]
  • Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1992) [Anime; Japan]
  • Z
  • Zero Ghost Detective (Comic book character)
  • Appendix: Listing by Medium
  • Bibliography
  • List of Names and Terms