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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 Dream Girl
    8.9/10(1.2k votes)

    #4 - 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
  5. Background image for The Tale of the Midnight Madness
    8.5/10(1.1k votes)

    #5 - 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
  6. Background image for The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle
    8.4/10(1.0k votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for The Tale of Apartment 214
    8.4/10(917 votes)

    #7 - 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
  9. Background image for The Tale of the Dangerous Soup
    8.1/10(924 votes)

    #8 - 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
  10. Background image for The Tale of the Captured Souls
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - 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
  11. Background image for The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - 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
  12. Background image for The Tale of Old Man Corcoran
    8.0/10(954 votes)

    #11 - The Tale of Old Man Corcoran

    S2:E13

    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.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
  13. Background image for The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner
    8.0/10(763 votes)

    #12 - The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner

    S4:E9

    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.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Tale of the Dollmaker
    7.9/10(937 votes)

    #13 - 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
  15. Background image for The Tale of the Quicksilver
    7.9/10(754 votes)

    #14 - 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
  16. Background image for The Tale of the Unfinished Painting
    7.9/10(886 votes)

    #15 - The Tale of the Unfinished Painting

    S4:E12

    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.

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

    #16 - 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
  18. Background image for The Tale of the Bookish Babysitter
    7.8/10(909 votes)

    #17 - 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
  19. Background image for The Tale of the Silver Sight (3)
    7.8/10(324 votes)

    #18 - The Tale of the Silver Sight (3)

    S7:E3

    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'.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Tale of the Hatching
    7.7/10(929 votes)

    #19 - The Tale of the Hatching

    S2:E12

    Two siblings, Jazz and Augie, are sent to boarding school while their parents are away. They immediately notice that the school is quite different and has some rather strange rules. For example, only calm, soothing tones are allowed inside the school and the students are only given the option to eat something called 'sponge' for meals daily. Jazz and Augie soon learn why the owners are so strange and have these odd rules in place.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
  21. Background image for The Tale of the Crimson Clown
    7.7/10(755 votes)

    #20 - 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
  22. Background image for The Tale of the Quiet Librarian
    7.7/10(732 votes)

    #21 - The Tale of the Quiet Librarian

    S4:E6

    A library is haunted by the ghost of a former librarian who dislikes noisy children.

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    Director:David Winning
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Tale of the Dream Machine
    7.6/10(923 votes)

    #22 - The Tale of the Dream Machine

    S2:E5

    Sean Hackett finds a strange old typewriter in his house that once belonged to a writer who mysteriously vanished. He loves to write short stories, but soon finds that whatever he types comes to life as it's read. Things seem harmless enough until he writes a story for English class in which his best friend dies.

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  24. Background image for The Tale of the Dark Dragon
    7.6/10(791 votes)

    #23 - The Tale of the Dark Dragon

    S2:E6

    A teenager buys a potion from Sardo's magic shop hoping to make himself cooler, since he was in a accident that caused him to have to wear a brace on his leg. He soon finds himself changing, but also discovers that the potion has some very bad side effects.

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  25. Background image for The Tale of the Curious Camera
    7.6/10(786 votes)

    #24 - The Tale of the Curious Camera

    S3:E9

    After getting his portraits back from the basketball team, Matt finds that he didn't show up in the photos. To make it up to him, the photographer gives him an antique camera because it has apparently 'chosen' him. Matt soon learns that anything he takes a picture of willhave something bad happen to it. Whether you want it or not.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Tale of the Water Demons
    7.6/10(836 votes)

    #25 - The Tale of the Water Demons

    S4:E3

    Shawn McKenzie visits his relatives and works in a job for the summer where him and his cousin deliver groceries to an old man's house and see why he's very odd.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
    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".