Now a major part of life in the western world, 1960s TV embraced all elements of paranormal themes in both comedy and drama, serial and anthology series. Here are some TV shows from the 1960s with paranormal themes:

- The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) – Various paranormal and science fiction stories.
- The Outer Limits (1963-1965) – Science fiction and paranormal anthology series.
- My Favorite Martian (1963-1966) – Comedy about a Martian living on Earth.
- The Munsters (1964-1966) – A sitcom featuring a family of monsters.
- The Addams Family (1964-1966) – A sitcom featuring a quirky, macabre family.
- Dark Shadows (1966-1971) – Gothic soap opera with vampires, witches, and ghosts.
- Bewitched (1964-1972) – A sitcom about a witch living as a suburban housewife.
- Lost in Space (1965-1968) – Sci-fi series with encounters with aliens and space phenomena.
- The Invaders (1967-1968) – Sci-fi series about an architect battling alien invaders.
- The Time Tunnel (1966-1967) – Sci-fi series involving time travel to various historical and future periods.
- The Flying Nun (1967-1970) – Comedy about a nun who can fly due to her small stature.
- UFO (1969-1970) – Sci-fi series about a secret organization battling alien invaders.
- The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968-1970) – A widow living with the ghost of a sea captain.
- The Wild Wild West (1965-1969) – Western spy-fi series with various supernatural elements.
- The Champions (1968-1969) – A secret agent series where three agents gain superhuman abilities after a plane crash and encounter various extraordinary situations.
- The Witchfinder General (1968) – A one-season series following the adventures of a witchfinder and his assistant in a supernatural-themed show.
- Route 66 (1960-1964) – This road trip drama often featured encounters with unusual and paranormal events during the characters’ journeys.
- It Takes a Thief (1968-1970) – A former thief recruited by a secret agency for various missions.
- The Prisoner (1967-1968) – Sci-fi series with surreal and mysterious elements.
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962-1965) – Anthology series with suspenseful and sometimes paranormal stories.
- One Step Beyond (1959-1961) – Anthology series that explored strange and supernatural phenomena.
Please note that some of these series may have started in the late 1960s and continued into the early 1970s.



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