Wed, Feb 16, 1972
A rich stranger, Ben Peterson, arouses the curiosity of the Matlock police, which turns to hatred when he is suspected of a violent sex crime. The battered, molested body of teenager Doreen Henderson is found in the bush and police discover that Peterson was the last person to see her alive.
Wed, May 3, 1972
Conflicts among fruit pickers become a matter for the police when one of the pickers is hacked to death with an axe. and another fruit picker goes on the run, and Constable Gary Hogan's anticipation of meeting a long-lost uncle turns to acute embarrassment when his relative arrives on his doorstep
Wed, Jul 26, 1972
When a prowler terrorizes Matlock, police suspect that he could be a seasonal worker, but further events lead them to believe he could be a local. Another complication involves Sen. Constable Gary Hogan when his life is endangered by a frantic woman, Carol Anderson, who hates being left at home alone, and whose husband, Dick is a commercial travelers.
Wed, Aug 2, 1972
Anti-police feeling runs high when a local man who has escaped from prison is hunted down by Det. Sgt. Madden. An old prospector living on the outskirts of Matlock, Delhunty, becomes embroiled in the hunt. The hunted man is a bushman, who escaped from prison mainly because mainly of his pathological fear of enclosed spaces
Wed, Aug 9, 1972
Ex-speedway driver Bernie Smith becomes involved with local hot-rodders doing up their cars, and the Matlock Police take an interest when they investigate stolen car parts. Bernie's love of his car is straining his marriage, and their neighbour Georgina Cooper is becoming increasingly paranoid about the Smiths. Events reach crisis point when local youths steal Bernie's car, Georgina Cooper tries to electrocute Judy Smith, and Bernie is caught breaking into a garage that he had been sacked from earlier.
Wed, Sep 13, 1972
A burglary investigation causes Det. Alan Curtis to become involved in the strange affair of a blind sharpshooter and his lovely niece, whom he uses as a 'guide dog'. She eventually tries to escape from the situation and forms an attachment to Det. Alan Curtis, but he cannot really help because of he confused nature, she ends up going back to her Uncle, meanwhile a cat burglar is scoping the joint out, the blind man hears the burglar grabs his gun and goes out side his niece comes around the side of the house he hears her and thinking it is the burglar accidentally shoots her dead.
Wed, Sep 20, 1972
A woman's skeleton is found buried at the bottom of the garden of Dr. Bedi's new house, and a post-mortem examination reveals the woman had been killed over 30 years ago. Sgt. Vic Madden finds his loyalties tested by an old friend, John Wilson, whom he suspects could be linked with the murder.
Wed, Sep 27, 1972
When ex-convict Alec McKenzie returns home, the Matlock police look upon him as a possible suspect for a robbery. this is the least of Alec's worries. In the next 36 hours he uncovers jealousy and hate which puts pressure on him until he can't contain it no longer, resulting in violence.
Wed, Oct 11, 1972
An aboriginal knacker's worker, Humphrey, who is always seen with a bag in his hand is branded as a 'bogey-man' by local kids, and parents are alarmed by rumor's that he makes children 'disappear'. When a child does go missing, he stands accused of throwing him in the 'çrunch-munch' machine at work, and some townspeople reach hysteria. The Matlock police embark on a search for the missing child in the storm-water drains beneath the local abattoirs.
Wed, Oct 18, 1972
High school teenager Doreen Jackson, who ran away from home in an effort to bring her parents back together, is feared murdered or kidnapped when her horse returns home riderless. Turmoil and tragedy are created when her brother Noel and a friend Eric try to solve the case themselves. Noel and Eric confront an old man, Walter, whom they believe had a part in the girl's disappearance, with tragic results.