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The Best Episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark?

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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. 8.9/10(1.1k votes)

    #1 - The Tale of the Dream Girl

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    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:N/A
  2. 8.7/10(1.1k votes)

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

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    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:N/A
  3. 8.6/10(1.1k votes)

    #3 - The Tale of the Midnight Madness

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    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
  4. 8.5/10(981 votes)

    #4 - The Tale of Badge

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    S5:E13

    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.

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    Director:David Winning
    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.4/10(1.0k votes)

    #5 - The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle

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    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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  6. 8.4/10(912 votes)

    #6 - The Tale of Apartment 214

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    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
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  8. 8.3/10(1.4k votes)

    #7 - The Tale of Laughing in the Dark

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    S1:E2

    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.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
  9. 8.2/10(1.0k votes)

    #8 - The Tale of the Dark Music

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    S1:E11

    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.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
  10. 8.2/10(1.1k votes)

    #9 - The Tale of the Prom Queen

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    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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  11. 8.1/10(921 votes)

    #10 - The Tale of the Dangerous Soup

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    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. 8.1/10(759 votes)

    #11 - The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner

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    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:N/A
  13. 8.1/10(943 votes)

    #12 - The Tale of the Mystical Mirror

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    S5:E3

    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:N/A
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  14. 8.0/10(1.1k votes)

    #13 - The Tale of the Super Specs

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    S1:E6

    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.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
  15. 8.0/10(951 votes)

    #14 - The Tale of Old Man Corcoran

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    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
  16. 8.0/10(884 votes)

    #15 - The Tale of the Night Shift

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    S5:E11

    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:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.9/10(1.2k votes)

    #16 - The Tale of the Lonely Ghost

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    S1:E3

    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.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
  18. 7.9/10(1.1k votes)

    #17 - The Tale of the Pinball Wizard

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    S1:E13

    Ross, a mischievous kid, goes to the mall where his old habits sometimes get the best of him.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.9/10(933 votes)

    #18 - The Tale of the Dollmaker

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    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:N/A
  20. 7.9/10(904 votes)

    #19 - The Tale of the Bookish Babysitter

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    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:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.9/10(751 votes)

    #20 - The Tale of the Quicksilver

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    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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  22. 7.9/10(883 votes)

    #21 - The Tale of the Unfinished Painting

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    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:N/A
  23. 7.8/10(869 votes)

    #22 - The Tale of the Chameleons

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    S5:E4

    When a chameleon bites a girl at a pet store, the lizard takes on her form and plots to take over the world.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
    Writer:N/A
  24. 7.8/10(321 votes)

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

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    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:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  25. 7.7/10(1.1k votes)

    #24 - The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors

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    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:N/A
  26. 7.7/10(922 votes)

    #25 - The Tale of the Dream Machine

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    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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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 1150 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".