Mystery Files (Hong Kong TV series)
Mystery Files (Chinese: 詭案檔案) is a Hong Kong paranormal investigation television series produced by TVB. The show features dramatizations of urban legends, alleged supernatural occurrences, and unsolved mysteries both within Hong Kong and internationally.
The series blends investigative journalism with dramatic reenactments. Each episode typically focuses on one or two specific cases, presenting interviews with people claiming to have witnessed paranormal phenomena, consulting with experts in fields such as parapsychology and history, and offering possible explanations (both rational and supernatural) for the events. The show aims to present the material in a balanced way, allowing viewers to draw their own conclusions.
Recurring themes explored in Mystery Files include ghosts, hauntings, alien encounters, cryptids, curses, and various historical enigmas. The series gained popularity for its suspenseful storytelling and its willingness to explore topics often considered taboo. It ran for several seasons and remains a memorable example of paranormal investigation programming in Hong Kong television history.