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

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

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. 8.1/10(761 votes)

    #1 - 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:N/A
  2. 7.9/10(885 votes)

    #2 - 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:N/A
  3. 7.7/10(731 votes)

    #3 - 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:N/A
  4. 7.6/10(835 votes)

    #4 - 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:N/A
  5. 7.5/10(863 votes)

    #5 - The Tale of the Renegade Virus

    S4:E1

    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.

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  6. 7.5/10(687 votes)

    #6 - The Tale of the Silent Servant

    S4:E7

    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.5/10(676 votes)

    #7 - The Tale of the Fire Ghost

    S4:E10

    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.

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    Director:N/A
  9. 7.4/10(659 votes)

    #8 - The Tale of the Room for Rent

    S4:E8

    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.

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    Director:N/A
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  10. 7.3/10(728 votes)

    #9 - The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (2)

    S4:E5

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

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.2/10(730 votes)

    #10 - The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (1)

    S4:E4

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

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    Writer:N/A
  12. 7.2/10(514 votes)

    #11 - The Tale of the Closet Keepers

    S4:E11

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

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    Director:David Winning
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.2/10(738 votes)

    #12 - The Tale of Train Magic

    S4:E13

    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.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
    Writer:N/A
  14. 6.9/10(540 votes)

    #13 - The Tale of the Long Ago Locket

    S4:E2

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

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner" is the best rated episode of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" season 4. It scored 8.1/10 based on 761 votes. Directed by Ron Oliver and written by N/A, it aired on 12/3/1994. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Tale of the Unfinished Painting".