8.9/101,125 votesLoading...#1 - The Tale of the Dream Girl
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 3/26/1994
A teenager thinks he's just met the girl of his dreams when he puts on a mysterious ring that won't come off. Trouble begins when he learns that years ago she was killed in a car accident, and he realizes she wants to lure him to an early grave.
Director: David Winning
Writer: N/A
8.7/101,088 votesLoading...#2 - The Tale of the Dead Man's Float
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/1995
Zeke is good at chemistry, but not at girls. When he befriends one, she teaches him how to swim at the school pool. However, the pool is haunted by the ghost of a body that was previously buried underneath the school.
Director: D.J. MacHale
Writer: N/A
8.6/101,090 votesLoading...#3 - The Tale of the Midnight Madness
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/26/1993
An old movie theater has two weeks before they close down for good. Ever since the multiplex came into town, the older movie theater has made less than six dollars per day. All of a sudden, the mysterious Dr. Vink appears and offers them a horror movie he made decades ago. He promises the owner and his staff that his movie would save them from closing down and it works! Dr. Vink's horror movie, Nosferatu: The Demon Vampire, starts attracting more than fifty people a night. The staff wonders what attracts people to this film and unfortunately they find out. The terrifying vampire jumps out of the movie and into the real world where it can have all the victims it wants. Now the staff must pull the plug on the movie before it gets out of hand!
Director: D.J. MacHale
Writer: Chloe Brown
8.5/10894 votesLoading...#4 - The Tale of Apartment 214
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/1994
After moving into a new apartment complex with her mother, Stacy finds herself without any friends. She befriends an older woman named Madeline that lives nearby and they soon start to spend quite a bit of time together. But when Stacy breaks a promise to visit Madeline on one specific afternoon, Madeline is enraged and comes after Stacy.
Director: Scott Peters
Writer: Scott Peters
8.5/10965 votesLoading...#5 - The Tale of Badge
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 4/20/1996
Gwen is constantly being upstaged by her brother- even on her birthday. Her grandmother Willy gives her a special necklace and a magical flute that holds the key to a family secret. When her brother accidentally releases an evil creature named Badge, it's up to Gwen to use her musical gift to save her family and herself.
Director: David Winning
Writer: N/A
8.4/101,005 votesLoading...#6 - The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 8/28/1993
Years ago a boy named Ricky Hagerdy drowned. His close friend Mike Buckley tried to save him, but failed. Ever since that day he's felt guilty for what happened. Trouble begins when he starts seeing Ricky's ghost everywhere he looks.
Director: David Winning
Writer: Cassandra Schafhausen
8.3/101,416 votesLoading...#7 - The Tale of Laughing in the Dark
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/22/1992
A kid named Josh decides to prove that a fun house isn't haunted by stealing the nose of the clown who is supposed to haunt the place. He learns that the story isn't fiction when Zeebo pays him a little visit.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: Chloe Brown
8.3/101,073 votesLoading...#8 - The Tale of the Prom Queen
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/7/1992
Two boys befriend a young woman where they encourage her to join them in search of a legend that comes every year.
Director: Jean-Marie Comeau
Writer: Chloe Brown
8.2/101,030 votesLoading...#9 - The Tale of the Dark Music
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/31/1992
Andy Carr moves in the new neighborhood where things don't start out well until he figures out that there's something hidden inside his basement.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: Chloe Brown
8.2/10909 votesLoading...#10 - The Tale of the Dangerous Soup
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 4/16/1994
Dr. Vink is back and now running his own restaraunt, The Wild Boar. After staff members continually decide to just quit at the drop of a hat, two employees soon discover why. Dr. Vink makes his famous soup with a special ingredient that he gets from his employees- FEAR. However, the two accidentally release the creature that gathers the fear and give it the ability to prey upon anyone.
Director: D.J. MacHale
Writer: Chloe Brown
8.1/10745 votesLoading...#11 - The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1994
Ethan wants to be a comic book artist, but his submissions are constantly rejected by companies. One day, he's invited to a comic shop, where he gets the only copy of the comic ""The Ghastly Grinner."" He accidentally brings the supervillain to life and it starts turning everyone into giggling mindless idiots.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: N/A
8.1/10938 votesLoading...#12 - The Tale of the Mystical Mirror
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/1995
Employees from a boutique are disappearing and no one knows why. Soon after getting a job there, Cindy discovers the truth. Mrs. Valenti, the owner, is really centuries old and using her youthful employees to stay young.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/101,053 votesLoading...#13 - The Tale of the Super Specs
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/26/1992
Weeds, a prankster, buys his friend Marybeth a pair of super spec glasses as part of an April's Fool Day where once she places on the glasses, strange figures appear and can't be explained.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: Chloe Brown
8.0/10938 votesLoading...#14 - The Tale of Old Man Corcoran
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 10/2/1993
Two boys befriend a group of hide 'n' seekers who play their game in a graveyard that's rumored to be haunted by a caretakers's ghost. They soon find out that it might not be just a rumor.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: Scott Peters
8.0/10873 votesLoading...#15 - The Tale of the Unfinished Painting
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/1995
A girl who loves to draw starts spending time at an art gallery, finishing up paintings that have never been completed. But she soon finds out that once you sign your name to a painting, you're trapped inside of it for life.
Director: David Winning
Writer: N/A
8.0/10868 votesLoading...#16 - The Tale of the Night Shift
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 2/3/1996
A new girl starts volunteering during the nightshift at the local hospital. But the hospital seems to have more than just a new volunteer. Someone or something is feeding on the hospital's patients and employees, draining them of their blood and turning them into walking zombies.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/101,194 votesLoading...#17 - The Tale of the Lonely Ghost
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/29/1992
A girl who desperately wants to be friends with her snotty cousin and her group of friends agrees to spend the night in the haunted house next door to become part of the group.
Director: D.J. MacHale
Writer: Naomi Janzen
7.9/101,088 votesLoading...#18 - The Tale of the Pinball Wizard
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/14/1992
Ross, a mischievous kid, goes to the mall where his old habits sometimes get the best of him.
Director: D.J. MacHale
Writer: N/A
7.9/10917 votesLoading...#19 - The Tale of the Doll Maker
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/1994
A young girl goes to the countryside to spend a summer with her best friend but she discovers that her friend is missing. She soon discovers that a mysterious doll house in the attic is responsible for her friend's disappearance.
Director: David Winning
Writer: N/A
7.9/10892 votesLoading...#20 - The Tale of the Bookish Babysitter
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/1994
A young boy named Ricky, who is obsessed with TV, is put under the care of a babysitter named Belinda. Belinda has a reputation for making children interested in reading. That's because she makes the books come alive. Literally.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10739 votesLoading...#21 - The Tale of the Quicksilver
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 4/2/1994
A long time ago a young girl named Laura was haunted by someone or something lurking in the walls of her house. She tried to get rid of the ghost but failed and died in the process. A year later, two new brothers move into the same house and discover that history repeats itself.
Director: Michael Keusch
Writer: N/A
7.8/10740 votesLoading...#22 - The Tale of the Crimson Clown
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 4/9/1994
A young bratty boy learns a lesson when a Chucky-like clown doll comes to life and starts to terrorize him.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: N/A
7.8/10856 votesLoading...#23 - The Tale of the Chameleons
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/1995
When a chameleon bites a girl at a pet store, the lizard takes on her form and plots to take over the world.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: N/A
7.8/10315 votesLoading...#24 - The Tale of the Silver Sight (3)
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 4/2/2000
The Midnight Society continues to go in search of the original members who each hold a clue to the mystery. The final episode focuses on Vange and Andy's search for 'The Riddle Man'.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/101,061 votesLoading...#25 - The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/10/1992
Some new neighbors move into a neighborhood. They are originally from Eastern Europe, wear black, collect blood, and only are active at night.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chloe Brown
The Best Episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Every episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark?!
This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. Each...
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Best Episodes Summary
"The Tale of the Dream Girl" is the best rated episode of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?". It scored 8.9/10 based on 1125 votes. Directed by David Winning and written by N/A, it aired on 3/26/1994. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Tale of the Dead Man's Float".