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The Worst 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. Background image for The Tale of the Renegade Virus
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    #1 - 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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    #2 - 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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    #3 - 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:Unknown
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    #4 - 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:Unknown
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    #5 - 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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - 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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner
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    #7 - 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:Unknown
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    #8 - 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:Unknown
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    #9 - 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:Unknown
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    #10 - 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:Unknown
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    #11 - 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:Unknown
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    #12 - The Tale of the Forever Game

    S6:E1

    When Peter gets fed up with his tag-along sister Monica, he speeds up on ahead of her and his friend during their bike ride. They become seperated and Peter finds himself trapped in a place where he's forced to play a mysterious game, and his friend and sister are trapped in the woods until the game is finished. If Peter wins this game, he'll be free to leave. But if he loses, he'll be trapped there forever.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - The Tale of the Misfortune Cookie

    S6:E2

    Wishing that his life was more exciting, David gets more than he bargained for when he uses an ancient set of fortune cookies. However, his new life doesn't turn out exactly as he'd expected.

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    #14 - The Tale of the Virtual Pets

    S6:E3

    Isabel and Kate discover that Diggers, the newest and coolest Virtual Pets around, have a mind of their own, and playing with them can be very dangerous.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - The Tale of the Zombie Dice

    S6:E4

    Some kids discover that Mr. Click, the owner of the giant video arcade, has a sinister secret. If he challenges you to a game, don't play him, because if you lose you may never be seen again!

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    Director:Adam Weissman
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - The Tale of the Gruesome Gourmets

    S6:E5

    Brothers Tommy and David discover some scary secrets about their new upstairs neighbors. They seem to be inviting guests over that never return. Clues within the neighbor's apartment seem to prove that they're eating their guests.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #17 - The Tale of Jake the Snake

    S6:E6

    During ice hockey try-outs, Wiley finds a stick that used to belong to Jake the Snake, a great player. While using the stick, Wiley seems to have a natural talent for hockey and even makes the team. Soon after, he not only gets an ego, calling himself Wiley the Snake, but starts to shed his skin and gain a strange appetite for mice... Similar to a snake.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - The Tale of the Hunted

    S6:E7

    A girl living in rural Canada is pressured by her dad and friends to go wolf hunting with them, but a mysterious wolf called The Blaze is about to show her the cruelty of hunting through an animal's eyes.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - The Tale of the Wisdom Glass

    S6:E8

    Friends Allan and Jimmy are in for a cyber shock after they steal a computer game called "The Wisdom Glass" and find themselves transported to a strange game-world where they end up on trial for the theft of the game.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #20 - The Tale of Oblivion

    S6:E10

    On the way to school, Max and Shelly visit Sardo's Magic Mansion to get some art supplies. Sardo talks Max into buying a pencil box containing a pencil and eraser. At school Max uses his new art supplies and learns that they erase more than just drawings!

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    Director:Unknown
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    #21 - The Tale of Vampire Town

    S6:E11

    Adder, a self-proclaimed teenage vampire hunter, gets more than he bargained for when he convinces his parents to travel to Wisteria for a vacation. Trouble ensues when during his hunt for vampires, some local townspeople think he's a vampire and start to hunt him.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #22 - The Tale of the Secret Admirer

    S6:E12

    Shy Meggie is thrilled when she discovers she's got a secret admirer. But her excitement turns to fear when she realizes her secret admirer may be writing to her from beyond the grave.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #23 - The Tale of Bigfoot Ridge

    S6:E13

    Danielle stumbles upon a strange mystery when she travels to Bigfoot Ridge in search of her missing friend, Gina.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - The Tale of the Silver Sight (1)

    S7:E1

    Gary, the President of the Midnight Society from the original episodes is back and needs the help of his brother Tucker and his friends to help track down the members of the FIRST Midnight Society from way back in 1937 and help solve an ancient mystery and prevent an evil force from being unleashed on the world. Part one focuses on Tucker and Gary's search for 'The General' and his clue to the puzzle.

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    #25 - The Tale of the Silver Sight (2)

    S7:E2

    The Midnight Society split up and go in search of the original members who each hold a clue to the mystery. Part two focuses on Quinn's search for 'The Homecoming Queen' and Megan's search for 'The Tycoon'.

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    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Tale of the Renegade Virus" is the worst rated episode of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Ron Oliver, D.J. MacHale and written by Chloe Brown, it aired on 10/1/1994. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Tale of the Long Ago Locket".