7.6/10854 votes#1 - The Tale of the Renegade Virus
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1994
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.
Director: D.J. MacHale, Ron Oliver
Writer: Chloe Brown
7.0/10534 votes#2 - The Tale of the Long Ago Locket
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1994
A boy is transported by to the Revolutionary War, where he must help a solider return to his girlfriend, before she marries another man.
Director: D.J. MacHale, David Winning
Writer: Chloe Brown
7.6/10828 votes#3 - The Tale of the Water Demons
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1994
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: N/A
7.2/10724 votes#4 - The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (1)
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/1994
When a teenager finds a spyglass locked in a treasure chest at the magic shop, the ghost of an evil pirate is released.
Director: D.J. MacHale, David Winning
Writer: N/A
7.3/10722 votes#5 - The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (2)
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1994
Rush must find a way to save Max with the help of Dr. Vink and Sardo.
Director: D.J. MacHale
Writer: N/A
7.7/10721 votes#6 - The Tale of the Quiet Librarian
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1994
A library is haunted by the ghost of a former librarian who dislikes noisy children.
Director: David Winning
Writer: N/A
7.6/10679 votes#7 - The Tale of the Silent Servant
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1994
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10654 votes#8 - The Tale of the Room for Rent
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1994
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10749 votes#9 - 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
7.5/10665 votes#10 - The Tale of the Fire Ghost
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/1994
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: N/A
Writer: Scott Peters
7.2/10505 votes#11 - The Tale of the Closet Keepers
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/1995
An aspiring young artist apprentices under the owner of a studio/gallery who is actually a witch, who traps victims inside paintings.
Director: David Winning
Writer: N/A
8.0/10875 votes#12 - 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
7.2/10730 votes#13 - The Tale of Train Magic
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1995
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: N/A
The Best Episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? Season 4
Every episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? Season 4!
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"The Tale of the Renegade Virus" is the best rated episode of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" season 4. It scored 7.6/10 based on 854 votes. Directed by D.J. MacHale, Ron Oliver and written by Chloe Brown, it aired on 10/1/1994. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Tale of the Long Ago Locket".