Are You Afraid of the Dark? — Season 1
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About this season
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 episode opens with members of the Midnight Society at their secret spot in the woods, where they prepare their fire and the night's storyteller announces the title of the his or her offering. However, the cameras soon leave the storyteller and switch to the tale being told.
Episodes (13)
1. The Tale of the Phantom Cab
7.7Aired 15 August 1992 • 23 min
Two brothers, while lost in the woods, come across a mysterious cab driver and a very unusual man named Dr. Vink who won't let any of his victims go unless they solve a riddle.
2. The Tale of Laughing in the Dark
4.5Aired 22 August 1992 • 24 min
A kid named Josh decides to prove that a fun house isn't haunted by stealing the nose of the clown who is supposed to haunt the place. He learns that the story isn't fiction when Zeebo pays him a little visit.
3. The Tale of the Lonely Ghost
5.5Aired 29 August 1992 • 24 min
A girl who desperately wants to be friends with her snotty cousin and her group of friends agrees to spend the night in the haunted house next door to become part of the group.
4. The Tale of the Twisted Claw
8.5Aired 12 September 1992 • 23 min
In a twist of "The Monkey's Paw," two boys scare an old lady to death the night before Halloween just as the next night they receive a hand granting them wishes with consequences.
5. The Tale of the Hungry Hounds
8.0Aired 19 September 1992 • 24 min
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.
6. The Tale of the Super Specs
5.2Aired 26 September 1992 • 24 min
Weeds, a prankster, buys his friend Marybeth a pair of super spec glasses as part of an April's Fool Day where once she places on the glasses, strange figures appear and can't be explained.
7. The Tale of the Captured Souls
8.0Aired 3 October 1992 • 24 min
A family moves to a small house in the summer where they befriend a young man, where the family starts feeling weaker every day.
8. The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors
8.0Aired 10 October 1992 • 24 min
Some new neighbors move into a neighborhood. They are originally from Eastern Europe, wear black, collect blood, and only are active at night.
9. The Tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice
6.7Aired 17 October 1992 • 25 min
Dean, a troubled student, awakens an ancient secret hidden in the school.
10. The Tale of Jake and the Leprechaun
6.5Aired 24 October 1992 • 24 min
Jake, an inspiring young actor, is in a play where during rehearsals strange things start happening to him where it's only a matter of time before opening night.
11. The Tale of the Dark Music
7.3Aired 31 October 1992 • 24 min
Andy Carr moves in the new neighborhood where things don't start out well until he figures out that there's something hidden inside his basement.
12. The Tale of the Prom Queen
9.0Aired 7 November 1992 • 24 min
Two boys befriend a young woman where they encourage her to join them in search of a legend that comes every year.
13. The Tale of the Pinball Wizard
4.5Aired 14 November 1992 • 24 min
Ross, a mischievous kid, goes to the mall where his old habits sometimes get the best of him.