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Shows that feel likeGhost Whisperer (2005–2010)

Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.

If you loved Ghost Whisperer, the closest series we have are True Blood (2008), Sleepy Hollow (2013) and Carnivàle (2003). All three share Ghost Whisperer's cerebral and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Wayward Pines (2015).

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If Ghost Whisperer hit the spot, these will too

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True Blood
2008–2014 · 7 seasons · HBO
★ 7.9sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryMaxHulu

The dead walk among the living and romance tangles with the supernatural

The difference: Pulpy HBO excess — sex, gore and camp instead of weekly comfort

Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides. But in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.

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Sleepy Hollow
2013–2017 · 4 seasons · FOX
★ 7.3drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

A supernatural case-of-the-week anchored by a warm central partnership

The difference: Apocalyptic mythology creeps in and swallows the fun by season three

Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.

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Carnivàle
2003–2005 · 2 seasons · HBO
★ 8.4sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · dramaMax

The same mix in both: ideas, then dream logic

Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.

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The Haunting of Bly Manor
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.4mystery · dramaNetflix

Ghosts as unfinished love and grief that won't pass over

The difference: One serialized gothic story — heavier, sadder, no case-of-the-week

After an au pair's tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate's chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling tale.

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Wayward Pines
2015–2016 · 2 seasons · FOX
★ 7.3drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

A placid small town where the strangeness underneath keeps surfacing

The difference: One paranoid mystery box — tense and trapped, nothing consoling

Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.

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The Strain
2014–2017 · 4 seasons · FX
★ 7.3sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryHulu

The supernatural treated as a problem ordinary professionals must solve

The difference: Gruesome outbreak horror — dread and viscera, zero warmth

A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

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The Order
2019–2020 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.7drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

A hidden magical world running underneath ordinary campus life

The difference: Snarky teen fantasy with cheap edges — charm over polish

Out to avenge his mother's death, a college student pledges a secret order and lands in a war between werewolves and practitioners of dark magic.

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Manifest
2018–2023 · 4 seasons · NBC
★ 7sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · dramaNetflix

Uncanny gifts pressed into service helping strangers, one calling at a time

The difference: A sprawling mythology to track — miss a week and you're lost

After landing from a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers of Montego Air Flight 828 discover five years have passed in what seemed like a few hours. As their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible.

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Lovecraft Country
2020 · 1 season · HBO
★ 7.1drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyMax

Spirits and monsters braided into very human, very grounded stakes

The difference: Brutal 1950s racism and cosmic horror — confrontational, not soothing

The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.

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Swamp Thing
2019 · 1 season · DC Universe
★ 7.3mystery · sci-fi & fantasy · drama

A woman drawn into local mysteries the rational world can't explain

The difference: Body horror in the bayou — and cancelled after a single season

CDC researcher Abby Arcane investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but she soon discovers that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets. When unexplainable and chilling horrors emerge from the murky marsh, no one is safe.

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The OA
2016–2019 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.8sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · dramaNetflix

Death's threshold approached with wonder rather than terror

The difference: A demanding surreal puzzle, cancelled before its story finished

Seven years after vanishing from her home, a young woman returns with mysterious new abilities and recruits five strangers for a secret mission.

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Locke & Key
2020–2022 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.3sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryNetflix

Grief processed through the supernatural, one family secret at a time

The difference: A YA adventure serial — brisk and plotty, light on adult ache

After their dad's murder, three siblings move with their mom to his ancestral estate, where they discover magical keys that unlock powers — and secrets.

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