Lee Gibson is convinced that bad luck follows him about and that he can never win - but this time he is determined to do or die when he carries out an armed robbery.
When a callous farmer, Geoff Mitchell, who thinks more of his shotgun than he does of his wife, chases a trespasser off his property, it sets off a chain of events that culminate in a fatal shooting.
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.
Two Matlock boys return home from spending time in Pentridge to recover the hidden proceeds of their crime. They are also seeking vengeance on Salvation Army Major McKenzie, but find they have too much conflicting information when they realise they have been double-crossed.
In the middle of the camping season, Matlock police run up against an irate father and an officious American Army officer - and some surprising result.
An accident involving the use of explosive fuel brings Matlock police to the local camping ground. During their investigations a young girl is found murdered, causing tragedy and complications for the detectives.
A routine investigation turns into a death puzzle for the Matlock police when their enquiries take them among the truck drivers that operated along the Central Highway.
An attractive young girl goes missing from Matlock, a series of bashings follow, then another girl goes missing. Matlock police try to fit the pieces together in what turns out to be a fatal game of cat and mouse.
Norman Miller and his wife open an antique shop, an apparently legitimate business. Because Norman has a police record, Det. Sgt Madden suspects that it may be a cover, but even he is surprised by the outcome of the police investigations.
A dangerous gunman steals a car and bashes it's owner takes Constable Gary Hogan as a hostage, and causes terror for Susan, a woman recently blinded in an accident.
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
Matlock police strike one of their most unusual days which involves them with a happy drunk, an escapee from a hospital, a near-fatal shooting, a young nurse in difficulties, and Mrs. Sparrow who blames Jenny Martino for her son's corruption into a peeping tom.
When Athol Hutchins returns to Matlock to help on his uncles farm, he finds himself the centre of bitter prejudice because of his appearance which threatens to develop into violence.
A petty criminal who is going blind finds an apprentice accomplice who masters the trade rather to well, and they become involved with a Matlock businessman who doesn't report a crime because he has something to hide.
21-year-old Roy and 18-year-old Liz leave Melbourne looking for excitement. They are a violent couple. They find there way to Matlock where they are involved in a hit-and-run, murder, Robbery and kidnapping.
Det. Sgt. Madden is kept busy with a young wayward girl, a series of clever burglaries, and the reappearance of an old friend with a grudge against Det. Sgt. Madden because years ago Madden accidentally killed his son in a robbery.
An attempt to blow a safe in Matlock's largest Roman Catholic Church backfires with fatal consequences, And the other crook gets involved with a girl from the Parish, and she tries to get him to give himself up but it does no good.
Tony Angelini's hired help proves to be more trouble than what she she is worth, First she tries to rob Tony's Place with the help of her husband then she gets involved with a nother crook to rob a pay roll.
Butcher Green's past catches up with him in Matlock when two old mates pressure him to share a lottery prize, which they feel they have a right to. Constable. Gary Hogan is accused of accepting bribes in connection with driver license tests.
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.
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
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.
Farm laborer Vincent Garell's wife, Maria, dies because of a hit-and-run accident. Vincente refuses police aid and determines to take personal revenge on the killer.
A chance make the big time is too much for Ferret Baker to ignore. An all-time loser and petty thief, Ferret unfortunately is out of his depth in this situation.
A parolee gets a chance to win back his wife and son and also his self respect by resisting the efforts of professional criminals who seek to enlist his aid in robbing his employer.
After a party, Det. Alan Curtis is accused of drunkenness and criminal neglect, resulting in the serious injury of a child, when he shifts her at the scene of a car accident.
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.
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.
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.
Fear of the supernatural is exploited when Mrs. Czoska goes to live with her son and daughter-in-law. The situation is made worse by the mutual hatred between the two woman.
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.
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.
An unprovoked attack on a young girl, Judy Winters, and her boyfriend leads to the Matlock police being involved in a bizarre suicide attempts involving introverted office worker David Thompkin.
