The Best Episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? Season 4

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.5/10(885 votes)

   #1 - The Tale of the Renegade Virus

   S4:E110/1/1994

   A boy and his friend are constantly getting each other in trouble. One friend decides to plant a virus in the new virtual reality system this his friend is going to play. But things don't go as planned when the virus tries to take over the player's body and escape to the real world.

   Directors:Ron Oliver, D.J. MacHale

   Writer:Chloe Brown

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   Directors:Ron Oliver, D.J. MacHale

   Writer:Chloe Brown
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   6.9/10(558 votes)

   #2 - The Tale of the Long Ago Locket

   S4:E210/8/1994

   A boy is transported by to the Revolutionary War, where he must help a solider return to his girlfriend, before she marries another man.

   Directors:David Winning, D.J. MacHale

   Writer:Chloe Brown

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   Directors:David Winning, D.J. MacHale

   Writer:Chloe Brown
3. 

   7.6/10(854 votes)

   #3 - The Tale of the Water Demons

   S4:E310/15/1994

   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.

   Director:Ron Oliver

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Ron Oliver

   Writer:Unknown
4. 

   7.2/10(750 votes)

   #4 - The Tale of Cutter's Treasure: Part 1

   S4:E410/29/1994

   When a teenager finds a spyglass locked in a treasure chest at the magic shop, the ghost of an evil pirate is released.

   Directors:David Winning, D.J. MacHale

   Writer:Unknown

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   Directors:David Winning, D.J. MacHale

   Writer:Unknown
5. 

   7.3/10(747 votes)

   #5 - The Tale of Cutter's Treasure: Part 2

   S4:E510/29/1994

   Rush must find a way to save Max with the help of Dr. Vink and Sardo.

   Director:D.J. MacHale

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:D.J. MacHale

   Writer:Unknown
6. 

   7.7/10(748 votes)

   #6 - The Tale of the Quiet Librarian

   S4:E611/5/1994

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

   Director:David Winning

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:David Winning

   Writer:Unknown
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7. 

   7.5/10(703 votes)

   #7 - The Tale of the Silent Servant

   S4:E711/12/1994

   Two kids on a farm find a scarecrow with a magic spell, and they use it. The scarecrow does whatever they order it to. At first it's great, their new servant puts up an entire fence that they were supposed to build. But they find that it has it's drawbacks when they order it to make a baseball dugout and it tears apart the new fence for wood. Things get serious when one of them accidentally orders it to kill.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Unknown

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8. 

   7.5/10(673 votes)

   #8 - The Tale of the Room for Rent

   S4:E811/19/1994

   Jessie's grandfarther wants to earn some extra money, so he decides to rent out the extra room in his house. One night, Jessie sees a man enter the local psychic's house through the ceiling. When she returns home, she's shocked to find that the not only is the room of their house rented out, but the new tenant is the ghostly man that she saw.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Unknown

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   8.0/10(786 votes)

   #9 - The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner

   S4:E912/3/1994

   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:Unknown

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   Director:Ron Oliver

   Writer:Unknown
10. 

    7.5/10(690 votes)

    #10 - The Tale of the Fire Ghost

    S4:E1012/10/1994

    While celebrating their dad's birthday at the firehouse he works at, Jimmy and Roxanne end up being left alone when a call comes in and the firefighters must take off to stop a fire. They soon find that they're not exactly the only occupants of the firehouse. There's a fire ghost who's seeking revenge.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Scott Peters

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Scott Peters
11. 

    7.2/10(529 votes)

    #11 - The Tale of the Closet Keepers

    S4:E111/7/1995

    Aliens kidnap several youngsters from Earth to put on display in their zoo.

    Director:David Winning

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:David Winning

    Writer:Unknown
12. 

    7.9/10(900 votes)

    #12 - The Tale of the Unfinished Painting

    S4:E121/14/1995

    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:Unknown

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    Director:David Winning

    Writer:Unknown
13. 

    7.2/10(749 votes)

    #13 - The Tale of Train Magic

    S4:E131/21/1995

    Tim loves trains and everything about them, just like his father did who used to work at the station. After an electric train is mysteriously sent to him, he puts it on the track with the rest of his collection and watches it go. But at 7:13 PM he finds himself sucked into the mysterious town train, which is actually Train 713, a train that crashed and killed everyone aboard years ago.

    Director:D.J. MacHale

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:D.J. MacHale

    Writer:Unknown