Matlock Police

- Season 4

(1974)

Two vicious bashers terrorise Matlock, and police discover they are a couple of girls, Terri Williams and Ruth Church, which brings a few problems to Sen. Det. York. Terri is a tomboy thug who bails up men and kicks the stuffing out of them, a character trait she got after being raped by her stepfather when she was 12 years old.

Investigating a minor assault and robbery, the Matlock police find evidence of a crime of greater significance.

Three teenagers on a rampage indulge in an orgy of sex, robbery and violence across the Matlock area.

The relationship between a young criminal and a middle-aged widow causes a number of problems for the Matlock police during an investigation into a car yard breaking, and an assault on Constable McKenzie.

Two youths break into Dr. Mitchell's car and steal a metal case containing drugs. The youths believe they have a haul of salable drugs, as most phials contain morphine, but one phials contains a deadly specimen of meningitis, which could kill within days.

Sly grog and prostitution at an old De-Licenced pub causes the Matlock police a number of unexpected headaches.

A prowler terrorizes women in a small district outside Matlock, and police experience difficulty tracking him down.

Sen. Det. York is involved in a quick crime, fast cars and a faster women as he and Det. Sgt. Madden solve a mystery involving motor racing and a payroll robbery.

Jenny McVernon and Doug Walmseley are baby's sitting for Sylvia Hammond, but when Jenny checks on the baby she finds it missing. Police can find no evidence of a baby ever having existed, and all their leads take them back to a point in time five years ago. They locate David Hammond, who reported his wife missing in Melbourne four days previously. Meanwhile, a dead baby is discovered near Matlock, and another is reported missing.

Tom Dawson becomes involved in truck hi-jacking to help pay debits on his struggling farm. Robbery ends in murder when Frank West's truck is targeted next.

A nurse stealing morphine for her addicted brother-in-law causes an elderly doctor to be suspected of negligence when his patient dies of an apparent drug overdose.

A sniper is loose in Matlock and he has murder on his mind - or does he? After shooting holes in his neighbor's water tank, a gunman takes to the river in his canoe, pursued by Sen. Det. York and Const. Hogan.

When two likable rogues visit Matlock, their work takes them into some very rich homes whose owners also flaunt the law. When a Matlock businessman double crosses them, they seek a way of revenge, and they find that the businessman occasionally brings up from Melbourne a gambling set-up to entertain his business friends. The pair set out to disrupt the big night.

Police investigations lead to a backyard abortion racket when a woman is found unconscious in her car.

Smugglers who want to cover their operation arrange for Matlock to be visited by a UFO.

Sen. Det. York finds him himself in potentially serious trouble when he shoots a young man while off duty.

Harry Martin is back in Matlock after six years in prison. He says he has come back for his family. The police and others have a $30,000 reason to doubt him.

Det. Sgt. Madden and Sen. Det. York are involved in a murder, marijuana and revenge when some city criminals attempt to set up a drug supply from Matlock.

The death of a leading property owner plunges the Matlock police into the middle of a grim dispute over land rights.

Three young women fall victim to a sexual pervert and are assaulted. The prime suspect is a 17-year-old boy who has grown up in almost complete isolation in a remote area of Matlock.

A farm hand goes on a rampage when he acquires a gun and shoots a policeman.

On a routine job, Const. Hogan apparently disappears into thin air.

Sgt. Kennedy reaches a crisis point in his career when a dispute between an old friend and a company seeking mining rights becomes explosive.

A man with no identity and no memory wanders into Matlock and the police find themselves involved in a murder case.

Matlock police are called to Arthur's Creek where the residents are worried by unusual activity in the nearby hillbilly settlement, and Const. Hogan finds himself in a precarious situation.

An accident in rugged bushland sees Madden and York left for dead by vicious criminal Max Cooper, who is armed and dangerous.

A feud between a share farmer and the land owner ends in tragedy when the land owner pushes the people around him too far.

A misunderstood teenager receives the blame for a rash of shooting incidents in Matlock.

For eight years the town of Ebbalong has made two men's lives a misery. One is the town's policeman, an old friend of Sgt. Kennedy.

A big game hunter comes to Matlock, with a world-wide reputation and a 20 million dollar corporation to back him up. But it's not long before Det. Sgt. Madden starts to wonder what sort of 'game' he is after.

The Matlock police are kept busy when two rival timber mills are at loggerheads and their ideas of good clean opposition become explosive.

When a girl is raped on a lonely road late at night, alcoholic Dennis Fletcher, an old friend of Sgt. Madden, is the most likely suspect.

When a local is shot breaking into the Warner estate at Chinamans Creek, police investigations take them away back into the past.

Dingoes are attacking the flocks of Eagle Run, a sheep station just out side Matlock. But the wild dogs aren't the only killers loose in the rangers.

An old prospector cracks when he comes across a situation he can't handle, and the police find themselves hunting a man whose only friend is his dog.

Floodwaters hit Matlock, and the police are kept busy with an escape from a prison farm.

Detectives from Scotland Yard come to Matlock in search of an international criminal they believe may be hiding in the area.

A couple with marital problems take a holiday in the bush and disaster strikes.

Sen. Det. Steve York embarks on a personal crusade against corruption in the local council.

Edgar becomes involved with an old friend's daughter and her boyfriend, a vicious car thief.

When a slightly retarded youth is electrocuted, his father sets out to avenge his death.

A spate of shootings occur as someone takes pot-shots at pigeons, cars and Const. Hogan, keeping the Matlock police frantically busy searching for the guilty party or parties.

Lack of understanding by the townspeople of bindi towards a commune leads to a case of arson.

While investigating the mystery of disappearing girls, the Matlock police discover a white slave trading racket where young girls are spirited away to become prostitutes in the big cities, 14-year-old Jenny Perkins becomes one of their victims, but is protected by Sue Palmer, an unwilling accomplice. The situation becomes dangerous as the police tangle with the small band of slavers who make a living out of selling people.