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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. 5.0/10(510 votes)

    #1 - The Tale of the Stone Maiden

    S7:E5

    When Julie breaks up with her boyfriend Kevin, he mysteriously disappears. It's then up to Julie to uncover a centuries old legend that led to his disappearance, and to bring him back. Trouble is, there's a mysterious statue in the park that has other plans for Kevin.

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    Director:Adam Weissman
    Writer:N/A
  2. 5.1/10(578 votes)

    #2 - 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:N/A
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  3. 5.4/10(578 votes)

    #3 - 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:N/A
  4. 5.5/10(725 votes)

    #4 - The Tale of Badge

    S5:E8

    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.

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    Director:David Winning
    Writer:N/A
  5. 5.6/10(524 votes)

    #5 - The Tale of the Time Trap

    S7:E8

    Jason buys an ancient lamp from Sardo at his Magic Mansion. Yes indeed, it holds a genie who will grant his every wish. But this isn't an ordinary genie, and Jason will pay a high price for every wish he makes.

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  6. 5.8/10(561 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. 5.9/10(555 votes)

    #7 - 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:N/A
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  9. 6.0/10(579 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. 6.2/10(633 votes)

    #9 - The Tale of the Walking Shadow

    S6:E9

    When the local high school decides to stage Macbeth, it unleashes some terrifying ghosts lurking backstage. Ross and Vanessa find out why the play is haunted and must get rid of the gremlins without getting blood on their hands.

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  11. 6.2/10(592 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. 6.2/10(558 votes)

    #11 - The Tale of the Many Faces

    S7:E12

    Emma wants to be a model, but doesn't think she's pretty enough. She meets a strange woman, Madame Visage, who thinks Emma is absolutely beautiful. So beautiful, in fact, that she wants to steal her face!

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  13. 6.4/10(720 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. 6.4/10(574 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. 6.4/10(365 votes)

    #14 - The Tale of the Last Dance

    S7:E10

    Tara plays the violin beautifully. So beautifully, that someone has fallen in love with her. But this person lives in underground caves and isn't a normal human being. He wants Tara to be his, and his alone, and will stop at nothing to have her.

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  16. 6.4/10(589 votes)

    #15 - The Tale of the Night Nurse

    S7:E13

    Nicki and AJ are seeing the ghosts from a birthday party that happened many years ago. It's the party of a little girl who died mysteriously, and everyone blamed her Nurse. Now, the Nurse is back, and she's trying to make history repeat itself.

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  17. 6.5/10(836 votes)

    #16 - The Tale of the Hungry Hounds

    S1:E5

    Two girls go to an attic where one of them tries on a uniform that belonged to a dead relative where her spirit lives on.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
    Writer:N/A
  18. 6.5/10(623 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. 6.5/10(516 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. 6.6/10(466 votes)

    #19 - The Tale of the Manaha

    S5:E9

    A blithe boy name Jonah enlists in a camping expedition with a group of misfits where an ancient legend has awoken in the woods.

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  21. 6.6/10(541 votes)

    #20 - The Tale of the Reanimator

    S7:E7

    Julie works for Mr. Doyle in his plant store. He's a nice but strange guy, and she discovers that he's cooking up something odd in his workshop. It's a potion that brings dead plants hack to life! Question is, what would happen if the potion were poured on a grave?

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    Director:Adam Weissman
    Writer:N/A
  22. 6.7/10(473 votes)

    #21 - The Tale of C7

    S5:E7

    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.

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  23. 6.7/10(522 votes)

    #22 - The Tale of the Lunar Locusts

    S7:E4

    Jake meets a beautiful new girl at school who wants to wear his ring. Jake thinks she's great, until he starts to see that there's something very strange about this girl. She's not from his neighborhood and she's not from his town. In fact, she's not from his planet.

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  24. 6.8/10(992 votes)

    #23 - The Tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice

    S1:E9

    Dean, a troubled student, awakens an ancient secret hidden in the school.

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  25. 6.8/10(939 votes)

    #24 - The Tale of the Final Wish

    S2:E1

    Jill is a thirteen year old that still loves things her peers have grown out of, such as unicorns and fairy tales. One night she wishes that she could be in a fairy tale world forever. After her wish is granted, she finds that living in a fairy tale isn't as happy as she'd once imagined.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
  26. 6.8/10(328 votes)

    #25 - The Tale of the Chameleons

    S5:E5

    When a chameleon bites a girl at a pet store, the lizard takes on her form and plots to take over the world.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
    Writer:N/A

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Tale of the Stone Maiden" is the worst rated episode of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?". It scored 5/10 based on 510 votes. Directed by Adam Weissman and written by N/A, it aired on 4/16/2000. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Tale of Jake the Snake".