20 Best Mystery TV Shows on Peacock 2026
Find Peacock’s smartest suspense series, from Supernatural and Line of Duty to The Good Place, Grimm, and more binge-worthy mystery picks.
If you’re searching for a sharp, suspenseful watch list, this roundup of 20 Peacock picks makes it easy to find your next obsession. From the supernatural twists of Supernatural and Grimm to the criminal intrigue of Line of Duty, Vigil, and Law & Order, these series cover every mood from tense investigation to eerie fantasy. You’ll also find smart, conversation-starting favorites like The Good Place, Person of Interest, and The Vampire Diaries, each bringing its own mix of mystery, drama, horror, or thriller energy. Whether you want a case-of-the-week setup or a slow-burn puzzle, this guide keeps the choices varied and binge-worthy.
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Line of Duty
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.
Directed by John Strickland, Jennie Darnell, Douglas Mackinnon, Daniel Nettheim, Jed MercurioCast Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Craig Parkinson, Gregory PiperAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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Supernatural
drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · thriller
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
Directed by Robert Singer, Philip Sgriccia, John F. Showalter, Thomas J. Wright, Kim MannersCast Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard, Jim BeaverAmazon Prime VideoPeacock Premium -
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Directed by Jean de Segonzac, David Platt, Peter Leto, Juan José Campanella, Norberto BarbaCast Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Kelli GiddishHuluPeacock Premium -
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Person of Interest
action · crime · drama · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.
Directed by Chris Fisher, Richard J. Lewis, Frederick E.O. Toye, Jeffrey G. Hunt, Stephen SurjikCast Jim Caviezel, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson, Amy Acker, Taraji P. HensonAmazon Prime VideoPeacock Premium -
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Vigil
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre lead an investigation on land and at sea into a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of Britain’s national security.
Directed by Andy De Emmony, Isabelle Sieb, James Strong, Joss AgnewCast Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie, Gary Lewis, Orla Russell, Shaun EvansPeacock Premium -
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Psych
comedy · crime · mystery
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved.
Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
Directed by Mel Damski, Steve Franks, James Roday Rodriguez, Stephen Surjik, John BadhamCast James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Corbin Bernsen, Maggie LawsonAmazon Prime VideoPeacock Premium -
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The Capture
crime · mystery · thriller
When soldier Shaun Emery's conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns to life as a free man with his young daughter. But when damning CCTV footage from a night out in London comes to light, Shaun's life takes a shocking turn and he must soon fight for his freedom once again.
Directed by Ben Chanan, James Kent, Philippa Langdale, Anthony Philipson, Johnny AllanCast Holliday Grainger, Ben Miles, Lia Williams, Ginny Holder, Ron PerlmanAmazon Prime VideoPeacock Premium -
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The Good Place
comedy · drama · fantasy · mystery · romance
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.
Directed by Dean Holland, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Morgan Sackett, Drew Goddard, Michael SchurCast Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, D'Arcy Carden, Manny JacintoAmazon Prime VideoHuluPeacock Premium -
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Law & Order
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Directed by Constantine Makris, Edwin Sherin, Jace Alexander, David Platt, Richard DobbsCast Sam Waterston, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Steven Hill, Jesse L. MartinNetflixHuluPeacock Premium -
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Broadchurch
crime · drama · mystery
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Directed by James Strong, Paul Andrew Williams, Euros Lyn, Mike Barker, Jessica HobbsCast David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Carolyn PicklesNetflixPeacock Premium -
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The 'Burbs
comedy · mystery
A young couple moves back to the husband's childhood home, only to face threats from new neighbors and uncover dark secrets of their cul-de-sac.
Directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd, Thembi Banks, Rachel Goldberg, Yana Gorskaya, Heather JackCast Keke Palmer, Jack Whitehall, Julia Duffy, Paula Pell, Mark ProkschPeacock Premium -
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The Vampire Diaries
drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · romance · thriller
The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
Directed by Chris Grismer, Joshua Butler, Michael A. Allowitz, Marcos Siega, Pascal VerschoorisCast Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice King, Zach RoerigPeacock PremiumMax -
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Resident Alien
comedy · drama · mystery · sci-fi
Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”
Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill, Brennan Shroff, Shannon Kohli, Kabir Akhtar, Lea ThompsonCast Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi FiehlerNetflixPeacock Premium -
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Grimm
crime · drama · fantasy · mystery
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.
Directed by Norberto Barba, Terrence O'Hara, Eric Laneuville, Aaron Lipstadt, Peter WernerCast David Czarra Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz, Reggie LeeAmazon Prime VideoPeacock Premium -
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Columbo
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski, Harvey Hart, James Frawley, Richard Quine, Leo PennCast Peter Falk, Mike Lally, Dianne Travis, Bruce Kirby, John FinneganAmazon Prime VideoPeacock Premium -
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Bones
crime · drama · mystery
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
Directed by Ian Toynton, Dwight H. Little, Jeannot Szwarc, Chad Lowe, David BoreanazCast Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara TaylorAmazon Prime VideoHuluPeacock Premium -
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Taboo
drama · mystery · thriller
Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.
Directed by Anders Engström, Kristoffer NyholmCast Tom Hardy, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin, Richard DixonPeacock PremiumFreevee -
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The Originals
drama · fantasy · horror · mystery
The Vampire Diaries spin-off that follows the Mikaelsons, a family of millennia-old, power-hungry vampires who want to reclaim the city they built, New Orleans, and dominate all those who have wronged them.
Directed by Matthew Hastings, Chris Grismer, Jeffrey G. Hunt, Jesse Warn, Lance AndersonCast Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Charles Michael Davis, Phoebe Tonkin, Yusuf GatewoodAmazon Prime VideoPeacock Premium -
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Charmed
drama · fantasy · mystery
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.
Directed by John T. Kretchmer, James L. Conway, Joel J. Feigenbaum, Mel Damski, Jon ParéCast Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Brian Krause, Rose McGowan, Dorian GregoryAmazon Prime VideoPeacock Premium -
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Trigger Point
action · crime · drama · mystery · thriller
For London's bomb disposal experts, no day is ever the same as they risk their lives protecting the city from harm.
Directed by Jennie Darnell, Audrey Cooke, Gilles Bannier, Jon East, Jamie DonoughueCast Vicky McClure, Eric Shango, Natalie Simpson, Maanuv Thiara, Nabil ElouahabiPeacock Premium
Wrapping Up
This collection brings together the kinds of shows that keep you guessing, whether you prefer dark investigations, strange worlds, or twist-heavy character drama. From long-running staples to more atmospheric picks, there’s plenty here to match a weekend binge or a slow nightly watch. Bookmark this page so you can come back whenever you want a fresh recommendation, because it’s updated regularly to reflect what’s worth watching on Peacock now. If your mood changes, this list should still have something that fits.
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Last updated: September 11, 2026