8.7/101,094 votes#1 - The Tale of the Dead Man's Float
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/1995
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.
Director: D.J. MacHale
Writer: N/A
7.0/10566 votes#2 - The Tale of Station 109.1
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 11/4/1995
Chris is obsessed with death. His brother tries to get him to snap out of it by locking him in a hearse and turning up the radio full blast. The radio goes right to 109.1. When Chris goes to the station, DJ Roy mistakes him for a dead man, and sends him to the afterlife.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: Scott Peters
8.1/10941 votes#3 - The Tale of the Mystical Mirror
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/1995
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10861 votes#4 - The Tale of the Chameleons
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/1995
When a chameleon bites a girl at a pet store, the lizard takes on her form and plots to take over the world.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: N/A
6.9/10321 votes#5 - The Tale of Prisoners Past
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/1995
Scott and his step-brother hate each other and can't seem to get along. After fighting on their school field trip to a famous prison, they accidentally release One-Eyed Jack, an ex-prisoner's ghost, and he follows them home. They finally have to learn to cooperate in order to get the ghost to rest in peace.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: N/A
7.6/10812 votes#6 - The Tale of C7
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/1995
A family buys an old abondoned hotel, with the intentions of fixing it up and re-opening it. But when the old jukebox is pulled out and fixed, it starts to play a long-forgotten song late at night, summoning a restless spirit from the nearby lake.
Director: Ron Oliver, David Winning
Writer: N/A
6.8/10465 votes#7 - The Tale of the Manaha
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/30/1995
A blithe boy name Jonah enlists in a camping expedition with a group of misfits where an ancient legend has awoken in the woods.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.5/10714 votes#8 - The Tale of the Unexpected Visitor
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 1/13/1996
Using the equipment of Jeff's father, who's working on a special space project, two friends send some of their music into space. This apparently attracts the attention of an alien creature who has received their message.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/10458 votes#9 - The Tale of the Vacant Lot
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 1/20/1996
A young girl, who feels inferior to her peers, encounters a strange woman in an empty lot who seems to have everything she'd ever want. The woman doesn't seem to want anything important in return. But when the young girl starts losing her looks, she finds that what she's given up is more important to her than she thought.
Director: D.J. MacHale, Ron Oliver
Writer: Scott Peters
7.3/10777 votes#10 - The Tale of a Door Unlocked
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/27/1996
Justin visits Sardo's Magic Mansion and buys a miniature door from Sardo that's supposed to let him see the future. He sees an unfamiliar girl trapped in a fire. But soon a new girl, Ashley, arrives at school and looks exactly like the girl that Justin saw in the fire. It's up to him to save her from the future.
Director: D.J. MacHale
Writer: Chloe Brown
8.0/10872 votes#11 - The Tale of the Night Shift
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 2/3/1996
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10656 votes#12 - The Tale of the Jagged Sign
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 3/9/1996
A young girl, Claudia, goes to visit her relatives at the boarding house for the elderly that they own. She's bored at first but soon learns the legend of a ghost who haunts a special spot of a mountain in the woods. Her time spent away from home gets even more unusual when she actually sees the ghost himself.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: N/A
8.5/10969 votes#13 - The Tale of Badge
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 4/20/1996
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.
Director: David Winning
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? Season 5
Every episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? Season 5!
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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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"The Tale of the Dead Man's Float" is the best rated episode of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" season 5. It scored 8.7/10 based on 1094 votes. Directed by D.J. MacHale and written by N/A, it aired on 10/7/1995. This episode is rated 1.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Tale of Station 109.1".