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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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  1. Background image for The Tale of the Prom Queen
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Tale of the Prom Queen

    S1:E12

    Two boys befriend a young woman where they encourage her to join them in search of a legend that comes every year.

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  2. Background image for The Tale of the Twisted Claw
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Tale of the Twisted Claw

    S1:E4

    In a twist of "The Monkey's Paw," two boys scare an old lady to death the night before Halloween just as the next night they receive a hand granting them wishes with consequences.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
  3. Background image for The Tale of the Hungry Hounds
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Tale of the Hungry Hounds

    S1:E5

    Two girls go to an attic where one of them tries on a uniform that belonged to a dead relative where her spirit lives on.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Tale of the Midnight Madness
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Tale of the Midnight Madness

    S2:E2

    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!

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
  5. Background image for The Tale of Locker 22
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Tale of Locker 22

    S2:E3

    In the 1970s, a young girl named Candy Warren was forced to work on her Chemistry assignment after school. However, neither she nor her teacher noticed that the gas line of her Bunsen burner was frayed. This caused an accident, claiming Candy's life. Years later, a young girl gets Candy's locker and soon finds herself haunted by Candy's ghost.

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  6. Background image for The Tale of the Dream Girl
    8.9/10(1.2k votes)

    #6 - The Tale of the Dream Girl

    S3:E10

    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.

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    Director:David Winning
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Tale of the Dead Man's Float
    8.7/10(1.1k votes)

    #7 - The Tale of the Dead Man's Float

    S5:E1

    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.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Tale of the Night Shift
    8.5/10(985 votes)

    #8 - The Tale of the Night Shift

    S5:E13

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Tale of Apartment 214
    8.4/10(918 votes)

    #9 - The Tale of Apartment 214

    S3:E2

    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.

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    Director:Scott Peters
  11. Background image for The Tale of the Dangerous Soup
    8.1/10(925 votes)

    #10 - The Tale of the Dangerous Soup

    S3:E13

    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.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
  12. Background image for The Tale of Station 109.1
    8.1/10(949 votes)

    #11 - The Tale of Station 109.1

    S5:E3

    Chris is obsessed with death. His brother tries to get him to snap out of it by locking him in a hearse and turning up the radio full blast. The radio goes right to 109.1. When Chris goes to the station, DJ Roy mistakes him for a dead man, and sends him to the afterlife.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
  13. Background image for The Tale of the Captured Souls
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Tale of the Captured Souls

    S1:E7

    A family moves to a small house in the summer where they befriend a young man, where the family starts feeling weaker every day.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors

    S1:E8

    Some new neighbors move into a neighborhood. They are originally from Eastern Europe, wear black, collect blood, and only are active at night.

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    Director:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Tale of the Whispering Walls
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Tale of the Whispering Walls

    S2:E7

    While driving to a carnival, a babysitter and the two children she's looking after get lost. When their car breaks down, she goes inside a house to call for help. Trouble begins when she disappears and the kids soon find out that while they aren't the only ones in the house, they're the only ones that are alive.

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  16. Background image for The Tale of the Frozen Ghost
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Tale of the Frozen Ghost

    S2:E8

    When Daphne takes Charlie to stay with his aunts, they mention something about a ghost. Charlie's terrified when he keeps seeing a strange, glowing boy complaining that he's cold.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
  17. Background image for The Tale of the Full Moon
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Tale of the Full Moon

    S2:E9

    Two young pet detectives try to figure out where all the neighborhood cats are disappearing to. They find a clue when looking through a neighbor's back yard. He seems to have a rather large collection of cat collars hidden in his backyard. They begin to suspect that he's a werewolf, but unfortunately, no one believes them.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
    Writer:Ron Oliver
  18. Background image for The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle

    S2:E10

    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.

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  19. Background image for The Tale of the Magician's Assistant
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - The Tale of the Magician's Assistant

    S2:E11

    A young boy, Todd, starts doing the one thing that he's wanted to do since his father died, further his interest in magic. He becomes an assistant to the great magician Shandu and learns the rules of being a magician: Only let the audience see what you want them to see, never touch another magician's wand unless he hands it to you, and never get caught in your own reflection. But trouble ensues when Todd makes an unwise decision to take Shandu's wand and use it for himself.

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  20. Background image for The Tale of the Vacant Lot
    8.0/10(888 votes)

    #19 - The Tale of the Vacant Lot

    S5:E11

    A young girl, who feels inferior to her peers, encounters a strange woman in an empty lot who seems to have everything she'd ever want. The woman doesn't seem to want anything important in return. But when the young girl starts losing her looks, she finds that what she's given up is more important to her than she thought.

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  21. Background image for The Tale of the Dollmaker
    7.9/10(938 votes)

    #20 - The Tale of the Dollmaker

    S3:E5

    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.

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    Director:David Winning
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Tale of the Quicksilver
    7.9/10(754 votes)

    #21 - The Tale of the Quicksilver

    S3:E11

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Tale of the Phantom Cab
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #22 - The Tale of the Phantom Cab

    S1:E1

    Two brothers, while lost in the woods, come across a mysterious cab driver and a very unusual man named Dr. Vink who won't let any of his victims go unless they solve a riddle.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
  24. Background image for The Tale of the Bookish Babysitter
    7.8/10(910 votes)

    #23 - The Tale of the Bookish Babysitter

    S3:E6

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Tale of the Crimson Clown
    7.7/10(756 votes)

    #24 - The Tale of the Crimson Clown

    S3:E12

    A young bratty boy learns a lesson when a Chucky-like clown doll comes to life and starts to terrorize him.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Tale of the Mystical Mirror
    7.7/10(873 votes)

    #25 - The Tale of the Mystical Mirror

    S5:E4

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"The Tale of the Prom Queen" is the best rated episode of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Jean-Marie Comeau and written by Chloe Brown, it aired on 11/7/1992. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Tale of the Twisted Claw".