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The Best Episodes of Ghost Stories Season 1

Every episode of Ghost Stories Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Ghost Stories Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Ghost Stories Season 1

Ghost Stories is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1997 to 1998 on the cable channel FOX Family. The show was narrated by...

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  1. 7.6/10(19 votes)

    #1 - The New Nanny

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    S1:E24

    A nanny spends a terrifying first night with her strange new charge.

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  2. 7.4/10(30 votes)

    #2 - All Night Diner

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    S1:E11

    Abandoning her family, a woman drives out of town and stops at an all night diner. Inside, she is harassed by strange customers who know too much of her past, causing her to flee to another diner. But to her horror, she discovers that it's the same diner with the same tormentors. Turns out she was killed in a car crash and is trapped in her own purgatory of guilt.

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  3. 7.1/10(16 votes)

    #3 - Fatal Distraction

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    S1:E23

    A frustrated writer is tempted to cheat on his wife by a mysterious woman he sees through his apartment window. But when he discovers that she is a ghost, it's too late -- and intends to get her revenge.

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  4. 6.9/10(19 votes)

    #4 - You'll Wake the Dead

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    S1:E32

    A cruel young couple wage a campaign of noisy terror to evict an old lady from their duplex. The old lady dies, only to return to exact retribution from her tormentors.

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  5. 6.7/10(22 votes)

    #5 - Personal Demons

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    S1:E9

    A social worker pursuing a mentally unbalanced man who escaped from a halfway house discovers that her client is prodded to murderous actions by a malevolent demon.

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  6. 6.7/10(13 votes)

    #6 - It's Only a Movie

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    S1:E28

    Joey Howell, jaded horror film fan, wins being a role of an extra in a horror film. But when he arrives on the set, Joey finds that things are not as they seem. The movie is being played out for real - and he's the star victim.

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  8. 6.7/10(28 votes)

    #7 - Consumers

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    S1:E29

    A young guy gets a job working the night shift at a supermarket frequented by the neighborhood elderly. Much to his horror, he discovers that they are shopping for young bodies to take over and inhabit.

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  9. 6.5/10(30 votes)

    #8 - Last Flight Out

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    S1:E2

    A year after the plane crash that claimed her husband and child, a guilt ridden woman takes a night flight. Amid the storm-tossed flight, the woman is haunted by ghosts of her past.

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  10. 6.3/10(27 votes)

    #9 - Landscape of Lost Dreams

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    S1:E7

    A couple returns to their honeymoon hotel in a last ditch effort to save their crumbling marriage. When the wife vanishes, the husband is suspected of killing her.

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  11. 6.3/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Sleep No More

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    S1:E19

    A dream psychologist who takes on her patients' nightmares yearns to escape her work and insensitive husband. But when her nightmares start to invade her waking hours, she seeks refuge - into a peaceful dreamscape.

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  12. 6.2/10(31 votes)

    #11 - Step-Sister

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    S1:E3

    When a young girl's mother remarries, she moves into her step-father's house, only to find herself haunted by the ghost of her jealous step-brother. But soon she discovers he's trying to warn her - about his own death and the danger she now finds herself in.

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  13. 6.2/10(110 votes)

    #12 - Cold in the Grave

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    S1:E8

    A divorced, embittered repairman murders a woman he picked up in the bar, stashes her body in an industrial refrigerator, and dumps it into the river.

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  14. 6.2/10(20 votes)

    #13 - Point Hope

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    S1:E20

    A woman is saved from suicide by a mysterious lighthouse keeper with more on his mind than her salvation.

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  15. 6.2/10(17 votes)

    #14 - The Stainless Blade

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    S1:E21

    The famous magician Vance Delbert passes on the secret of his magic sword.

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  16. 6.2/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Mirror, Mirror

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    S1:E35

    A haggish old dowager is murdered by her put-upon niece and young boyfriend, only to return to haunt them in mirrors.

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  17. 6.1/10(20 votes)

    #16 - Cold Dark Space

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    S1:E14

    A frenzied man finds himself trapped in a nightmarish hospital room. Surrounded by the dead from his past, it appears he's lost in a limbo world between life and death. We discover this is all the delusion of an astronaut adrift in space with his dead co-pilots as company.

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  18. 6.1/10(17 votes)

    #17 - Sara's Friends

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    S1:E16

    Sara works in a morgue, but she has lots of friends - on the gurney. But when a grifter tries to con her out of the morgue patient's valuables, he learns that Sara's friends will go above and beyond - the grave.

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  19. 6.0/10(14 votes)

    #18 - Underground

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    S1:E27

    An attendant, working in a subterranean garage, finds himself trapped in a nightmarish underworld.

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  20. 5.9/10(16 votes)

    #19 - Cloistered

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    S1:E10

    A lonely care-giver to the elderly falls for a man whom she believes is kept in his house by his domineering mother. But as their secret relationship grows, she is horrified to learn that the young man is not what he seems.

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  21. 5.9/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Beat the Reaper

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    S1:E17

    A man on death row prays for a governor's pardon. One night he has a ghostly visitation from his dead partner, who shows him how to escape. But trapped in the bowels of the prison, the man is terrified to learn that the ghost is the Angel of Death, intent upon keeping his prize, and not being cheated.

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  22. 5.9/10(11 votes)

    #21 - Going Down

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    S1:E41

    The experience of having been trapped and held hostage in an elevator has left Kate Bradshaw claustrophobic and mute. In the end, Kate triumphs over her fears as well as her captor.

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  23. 5.9/10(17 votes)

    #22 - Parting Shot

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    S1:E43

    A paparazza seeks the ultimate shot - of the now dead celebrity at a funeral home. But after finally getting the picture, she finds that the ghost of the celebrity starts to relentlessly hound her.

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  24. 5.8/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Bless Me Father

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    S1:E39

    A young disillusioned priest is sent to take over a dying parish, but finds his presence is resented by the older priest. The young priest soon finds himself haunted by the ghost of a girl he left behind to join the clergy.

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  25. 5.7/10(18 votes)

    #24 - The State of Grace

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    S1:E22

    A lonely hospital orderly falls in love with a beautiful woman who just happens to be comatose. A la Sleeping Beauty she is reawakened by his feelings for her - yet only he alone can see her in a wakened state.

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  26. 5.7/10(17 votes)

    #25 - Resting Place

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    S1:E33

    A grieving father refuses to accept the loss of his son, presumed dead from the bombing of a clinic in Africa. When the son miraculously returns home, his mother slowly begins to suspect the truth - his father's undying love has resurrected the living dead.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The New Nanny" is the best rated episode of "Ghost Stories" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/9/1998. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "All Night Diner".