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 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.
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Episodes
1. The Tale of the Phantom Cab
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dean, a troubled student, awakens an ancient secret hidden in the school.
10. The Tale of Jake and the Leprechaun
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.
