List of Are You Afraid of the Dark? episodes

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Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a Canadian-American television series that aired on YTV and Nickelodeon from 1991 to 1996. The pilot episode "The Tale of the Twisted Claw" aired on Nickelodeon on October 25, 1991 as a Halloween special. The following year, the series premiered on Nickelodeon's SNICK on August 15, 1992 and YTV on September 2, 1992, and aired until February 3, 1996.

A revival series consisting of two seasons ran from 1999 to 2000 on Nickelodeon and the Family Channel. In February 2019, it was announced that the series would be revived again for a limited series premiering on Nickelodeon on October 11, 2019.[1][2] In October 2020, the casting for a second season, titled Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows, was announced.[3]

As of March 19, 2021, 100 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? have aired, concluding the ninth season.

Series overview[]

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
Original series
113October 25, 1991 (1991-10-25)November 21, 1992 (1992-11-21)YTV
Nickelodeon
213June 19, 1993 (1993-06-19)October 2, 1993 (1993-10-02)
313January 8, 1994 (1994-01-08)April 16, 1994 (1994-04-16)
413October 1, 1994 (1994-10-01)January 21, 1995 (1995-01-21)
513October 7, 1995 (1995-10-07)February 3, 1996 (1996-02-03)
1999 revival
613February 6, 1999 (1999-02-06)May 15, 1999 (1999-05-15)Nickelodeon
Family Channel
713April 2, 2000 (2000-04-02)June 11, 2000 (2000-06-11)
2019 revival
Carnival of Doom3October 11, 2019 (2019-10-11)October 25, 2019 (2019-10-25)Nickelodeon
Curse of the Shadows6February 12, 2021 (2021-02-12)March 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)

Original series episodes[]

Season 1 (1992)[]

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"The Tale of the Phantom Cab"Ron OliverChloe BrownAugust 15, 1992 (1992-08-15) (Nickelodeon)
September 2, 1992 (1992-09-02) (YTV)

Two brothers who often fight with each other get lost in the woods, and come across a mysterious cab driver named Flynn. He leads the two boys to an unusual man named Dr. Vink to help them find their way out. The catch is that Vink will not help any of his guests until they solve one of his riddles. Failure to do so results in undesired consequences.

  • Storyteller : Frank
  • Guest star : Aron Tager as Dr. Vink
22"The Tale of Laughing in the Dark"Ron OliverChloe BrownAugust 22, 1992 (1992-08-22)

Josh decides to prove that an amusement park fun house isn't haunted by stealing the nose from a prop of Zeebo the clown (a circus performer who died in a funhouse fire while evading the police for robbery), and is haunted by a chain of strange events punctuated by goofy laughter.

  • Storyteller : Betty Ann
  • Guest star : Christian Tessier as Josh
  • Notable cast : Aron Tager as Zeebo & the Circus Carney
33"The Tale of the Lonely Ghost"D.J. MacHaleNaomi JanzenAugust 29, 1992 (1992-08-29)

Amanda is stuck spending time at her aunt's house, and desperately wants to be friends with her snotty cousin Beth. She agrees to spend the night in the haunted house next door to become part of her group of friends. She soon finds out that the story regarding the "haunted" house may actually be true with a living connection close by.

44"The Tale of the Twisted Claw"D.J. MacHaleChloe BrownSeptember 5, 1992 (1992-09-05)

In a twist on the classic story "The Monkey's Paw", two boys, Kevin and Dougie, play a mean trick on an old lady the night before Halloween. The next night the boys return for trick or treating "disguised" in costumes, but rather than candy she gives them a wooden vulture's claw. She tells the boys that this "gift" grants wishes warning them to "be careful what they wish for". The two boys start making wishes with unintended terrifying consequences.

  • Storyteller : David
55"The Tale of the Hungry Hounds"D.J. MacHaleAnne AppeltonSeptember 12, 1992 (1992-09-12)

Amy and Pam discover their late aunt's old horse-riding jacket in a trunk. When Pam puts on the jacket, she becomes possessed by the aunt's spirit, who must feed her hungry dogs in order to rest in peace.

66"The Tale of the Super Specs"Ron OliverChloe BrownSeptember 19, 1992 (1992-09-19)

A prankster named Weeds buys a pair of novelty X-ray specs that allow the wearer to see into another dimension populated by figures in black that are looking to merge with the known universe.

  • Storyteller : Gary
  • Guest stars : Eugene Byrd as Weeds and Richard Dumont as Sardo
77"The Tale of the Captured Souls"D.J. MacHaleAnne AppeltonSeptember 26, 1992 (1992-09-26)

Danielle and her parents rent a lakeside room for the summer where they befriend the young property owner Peter. Strangely the residence is full of mirrors which the owner cites as a "hobby", and even stranger the parents start feeling weaker by the day and Danielle is prematurely hitting puberty. Is this a classic case of growing pains or are Peter and his mirrors the cause of it?

88"The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors"Jacques PayetteChloe BrownOctober 3, 1992 (1992-10-03)

A new family moves into Emma's neighborhood. They are originally from Rovno, Ukraine, wear black, collect blood and are only active at night.

  • Storyteller : Betty Ann
99"The Tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice"D.J. MacHaleStephen ZollerOctober 24, 1992 (1992-10-24)

Dean is a high school outcast who gets a chance to have some power from awakening an ancient secret hidden in the school. In doing so, he briefly forgets the person who cares for him most without realizing it.

  • Storyteller : Betty Ann
1010"The Tale of Jake and the Leprechaun"D.J. MacHaleNick WebbOctober 17, 1992 (1992-10-17)

Jake Joysen (Benjamin Plener) is an aspiring, young actor who is excited to be part of a play titled Will o' the Wisp, but Jake himself soon learns in due time that there is much more to the play than meets the eye.

  • Storyteller : Eric
1111"The Tale of the Dark Music"Ron OliverChloe BrownOctober 10, 1992 (1992-10-10)

Andy moves into a new neighborhood where things do not start out well until he figures out that there is something hidden inside his basement that only seems to appear whenever music is played.

  • Storyteller : Eric
1212"The Tale of the Prom Queen"Jean-Marie ComeauChloe BrownNovember 7, 1992 (1992-11-07)

In this story loosely based on Resurrection Mary, three kids investigate the urban legend of a girl who died on a bridge while waiting for her prom date.

  • Storyteller : Kristen
1313"The Tale of the Pinball Wizard"D.J. MacHaleLouise LamarreNovember 14, 1992 (1992-11-14)

Despite his boss' warnings, a boy named Ross plays a pinball game at a mall arcade...and soon discovers that the game is all too real when he's left inside the mall after closing time.

Season 2 (1993)[]

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
141"The Tale of the Final Wish"D.J. MacHaleChloe BrownJune 19, 1993 (1993-06-19)

Jill is a 13 year old who is reluctant to give up her childhood fairytales, which results in her school friends and family mocking her. She makes a wish one night saying she just wants everyone to leave her alone. The Sandman grants her wish by placing her inside her own nightmarish fairytale.

152"The Tale of the Midnight Madness"D.J. MacHaleChloe BrownJune 26, 1993 (1993-06-26)

Dr. Vink helps a struggling movie theater gain more patrons with a copy of the classic vampire film, Nosferatu. When Dr. Vink gets cheated out of what was promised to him in saving the theater, he curses the famous movie monster, Count Orlok to step out of the movie and haunt the theater and it's up to two teenage ushers to help break the curse.

163"The Tale of Locker 22"David WinningChloe BrownJuly 3, 1993 (1993-07-03)

A new student from France is assigned a locker that once belonged to a hippie girl named Candy Warren who died in a chemistry lab explosion in 1968. The new student soon discovers that Candy's spirit wants her to go back in time to prevent her death. The girl succeeds with the help of her friend who makes the teacher, Mr. Shaffner, realize the dangers of using broken equipment that could have caused a tragedy. Returning to the present, they are shocked to see that Candy is their vice principal.

174"The Tale of the Thirteenth Floor"Michael KeuschAnne AppeltonJuly 10, 1993 (1993-07-10)

Siblings Billy and his adopted sister Karen like to spend their free time playing hockey on the 13th floor of their apartment building, but this stops when a strange toy company rents out the thirteenth floor to store their new products and has picked Karen to test them out.

185"The Tale of the Dream Machine"David WinningDarren KotaniaJuly 17, 1993 (1993-07-17)

An aspiring writer finds a typewriter that makes whatever is written come true. Things seem harmless enough until he writes a pair of stories that end up putting his best friend and the girl he likes in danger.

  • Storyteller : Kiki (told by Gary due to Kiki's laryngitis)
196"The Tale of the Dark Dragon"D.J. MacHaleAllison Lea BingemanJuly 24, 1993 (1993-07-24)

A teenage boy with a debilitating leg injury from a car accident buys a potion from Sardo's Magic Shop in order to cure his injury and get his confidence back. However, the more the boy uses the potion, the more his inner demons turn him into a monster.

  • Storyteller : David (for Gary's birthday, borrowing Sardo)
  • Guest star : Richard Dumont as Sardo
207"The Tale of the Whispering Walls"D.J. MacHaleAllison Lea BingemanJuly 31, 1993 (1993-07-31)

After a day in the park, babysitter Louise and two pre-teenagers get lost in the highway and stop at a mansion where things are not what they seem.

  • Storyteller : Betty Ann
218"The Tale of the Frozen Ghost"Ron OliverNaomi JanzenAugust 14, 1993 (1993-08-14)

A rich kid and his grumpy babysitter head off to his poor aunts' house in the country, where a little boy who can only utter, "I'm cold" haunts the woods.

229"The Tale of the Full Moon"Ron OliverRon OliverAugust 21, 1993 (1993-08-21)

An aspiring pet detective suspects his mother's new boyfriend might be a werewolf.

  • Storyteller : Frank
2310"The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle"David WinningCassandra SchafhausenAugust 28, 1993 (1993-08-28)

Mike hasn't been the same since his friend Ricky died in an accident while riding his shiny, red bicycle. Things get worse when Mike begins seeing Ricky's ghost and the red bicycle and discovers that his younger brother will die just like Ricky did unless he does something to change his brother's fate.

  • Storyteller : David
2411"The Tale of the Magician's Assistant"Ron OliverCassandra SchafhausenSeptember 11, 1993 (1993-09-11)

Todd becomes the new assistant to an elderly stage magician named Shandu, who teaches him everything he needs to know about magic with his three magical rules. But when Todd steals Shandu's magic wand, he unleashes an evil spirit and must rely on Shandu's rules to trap the spirit.

  • Storyteller : Gary
2512"The Tale of the Hatching"D.J. MacHaleChloe BrownSeptember 25, 1993 (1993-09-25)

Siblings Jasmine (nicknamed "Jazz") and Augie enroll at a boarding school run by a strange couple who need slaves to care for their alien eggs.

  • Storyteller : David
2613"The Tale of Old Man Corcoran"Ron OliverScott PetersOctober 2, 1993 (1993-10-02)

Two boys from a tough city move into a new neighborhood where a group of kids invite them to play hide and seek in a cemetery, rumored to be haunted by a ghost known as Old Man Corcoran.

  • Storyteller : Kiki
  • Note : This is Nathaniel Moreau and Rachel Blanchard's final episode. In "The Tale of the Midnight Ride," Gary mentions that their characters had moved away.

Season 3 (1994)[]

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
271"The Tale of the Midnight Ride"D.J. MacHaleDarren KotaniaJanuary 8, 1994 (1994-01-08)

In a modern retelling of Sleepy Hollow, Ian Matthews moves to the legendary town. He soon meets a girl (Katie) who becomes his new girlfriend, but a local bully who also has eyes on her is jealous of the two. He challenges Ian to go-to the bridge of souls of which the headless horseman can never cross and stick a knife in a pumpkin proving he was there. The following night after being chased by the bully in disguise he meets the ghost of Ichabod Crane who has lost his way. After pointing him in the direction away from the bridge, Ian is soon chased by the real headless horseman. Ian manages to make it across the bridge of souls destroying the horseman, and then runs into Crane again who remarks that he meant to go "that way" referring to the bridge.

  • Storyteller : Tucker
  • Guest star : Arthur Holden as Ichabod Crane's Ghost
  • Notable cast : Rachel Wilson as Katie
  • Note : Introduces Tucker to the cast.
282"The Tale of Apartment 214"Scott PetersScott PetersJanuary 15, 1994 (1994-01-15)

After Stacey moves into a new apartment with her mother, she befriends an elderly woman living next door by coming by for visits. The old woman tells Stacey to visit her on a special day of importance in particular, and Stacey promises to do so.

  • Storyteller : Kiki
  • Note : The campfire was not extinguished.
293"The Tale of Watcher's Woods"David WinningGregory KennedyJanuary 22, 1994 (1994-01-22)

After Sarah and Kelly get lost in the woods, they discover the terrifying truth behind the legend of "Watcher's Woods".

  • Storyteller : Sam
  • Guest star : Jewel Staite as Kelly
  • Notable cast : Tom Rack as The watcher
  • Notes : The campfire was not extinguished. Introduces Sam to the cast.
304"The Tale of the Phone Police"Jean-Marie ComeauDavid PrestonJanuary 29, 1994 (1994-01-29)

Jake's penchant for making prank phone calls lands him in trouble with a covert government agency called The Phone Police that pursue and erase the existence of anyone who messes with the telephone.

  • Storyteller : Tucker
315"The Tale of the Dollmaker"David WinningDavid PrestonFebruary 5, 1994 (1994-02-05)

Melissa comes to the country to visit her aunt and uncle, and is excited to see her friend Susan. They tell Melissa though that she moved back to the city a few months ago. Melissa decides to explore her friend's now vacant home and discovers a dollhouse in the attic along with a mysterious door.

  • Storyteller : Betty Ann
  • Notable cast : Amanda Walsh as Susan
326"The Tale of the Bookish Babysitter"Iain PattersonStory by : Cliff Bryant & Alice Elliot
Teleplay by : David Preston
February 12, 1994 (1994-02-12)

Twelve year old Ricky is obsessed with TV and video games and is not happy when his mother hires a babysitter named Belinda to look after him one night. Belinda makes a deal with him that if he reads a book for five minutes he can watch TV the rest of the night. Ricky is excited and starts to read but cannot do it as he finds the books too boring, opting for video games in his room. Things take an unexpected turn when the characters from one of the books come alive in the real world forcing Ricky to finish his own story about how it ends with Belinda's help.

  • Storyteller : Betty Ann
  • Notable cast : Natalie Radford as Belinda the babysitter
337"The Tale of the Carved Stone"Ron OliverSusan KimFebruary 26, 1994 (1994-02-26)

Alison just moved into a new town and is struggling to make new friends. She stops by Sardo's shop where he sells her a "friendship stone" that unknown to the shop owner grants the wearer the ability to time travel. Alison is soon pursued by a powerful sorcerer named Brother Septimus who is after his stone, but is able to escape to the 1890s through her mirror. In this different time period she makes friends with the former occupant (Tom Bradshaw) of the house in which she now lives.

  • Storyteller : Gary
  • Guest stars : Frank Gorshin as Brother Septimus and Richard Dumont as Sardo.
  • Notable cast : John White as Tom Bradshaw
348"The Tale of the Guardian's Curse"D.J. MacHaleChloe BrownMarch 5, 1994 (1994-03-05)

Josh and Cleo's family vacation is canceled yet again when Dr. Capel-Smith stops their father on his way out of the museum and finds a mummy buried there. There is a legend of a curse for anyone who digs it up, but only Josh believes it.

359"The Tale of the Curious Camera"Ron OliverSusan KimMarch 19, 1994 (1994-03-19)

When a bullied kid named Matt visits a photographer about his school picture, he ends up with the photographer's mysterious camera, which predicts doom for anything -- and anyone -- it photographs.

3610"The Tale of the Dream Girl"David WinningDavid PrestonMarch 26, 1994 (1994-03-26)

A teenage janitor named Johnny falls for a girl named Donna, but a string of bizarre events lead Johnny to believe that his dream girl may be a nightmare.

  • Storyteller : Sam
  • Notable cast : Fab Filippo as Johnny Angelli
3711"The Tale of the Quicksilver"Michael KeuschWendy BrotherlinApril 2, 1994 (1994-04-02)

Two brothers move into the same house where a girl died trying to get rid of a demon spirit known as The Quicksilver and discover that history might be repeating itself.

3812"The Tale of the Crimson Clown"Ron OliverDarren KotaniaApril 9, 1994 (1994-04-09)

Sam is described as a mean "rotten" kid who despises his brother Mike. Their mother's birthday is coming up and Mike finds the perfect gift, but Sam winds up stealing the money his brother had saved up buying a video game instead. Mike finds out what his brother did, and having no money to buy the gift points to a clown doll in the shop saying that if Sam does not stop being nasty the "Crimson Clown" would get him. Sam scoffs at his brother's story despite the clown disappearing from the shop when they leave, but he doesn't realize that the "Crimson Clown" may indeed be out to get him just like Mike says.

3913"The Tale of the Dangerous Soup"D.J. MacHaleChloe BrownApril 16, 1994 (1994-04-16)

Reed Hanson is a young guy who appears to fear nothing. He applies for a job at The Wild Boar restaurant where he meets a waitress names Nonnie, and the head chef named Dr. Vink who makes a hugely popular dish at the restaurant called "The Dangerous Soup". One evening after hours the two hear screaming coming from a waitress trapped in the freezer. Vink is confronted by Reed and Nonnie where he is forced to reveal the secret ingredient of the soup after releasing the dazed waitress.

Season 4 (1994–1995)[]

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
401"The Tale of the Renegade Virus"Ron OliverAndrew Mitchell & Gerard LewisOctober 1, 1994 (1994-10-01)

A boy who enjoys playing pranks goes too far one day and is punished by being trapped in a virtual reality game infected with a living computer virus bent on scrambling the most advanced computer system out there: the human brain.

  • Storyteller : Gary
412"The Tale of the Long Ago Locket"David WinningGerald WexlerOctober 8, 1994 (1994-10-08)

A boy is transported back to the Revolutionary War, where he must help a soldier return to his girlfriend before he is killed on the battlefield.

  • Storyteller : Sam
  • Guest star : Will Friedle as Jimmy Armstrong
423"The Tale of the Water Demons"Ron OliverScott PetersOctober 15, 1994 (1994-10-15)

Two cousins deliver food to an old sea captain who lives in fear of underwater zombies who haunt him the minute he falls asleep.

  • Storyteller : Tucker
434"The Tale of Cutter's Treasure"D.J. MacHaleChloe BrownOctober 29, 1994 (1994-10-29)

Part one of two. When a teenager finds a spyglass locked in a treasure chest at Sardo's magic shop, the ghost of an evil pirate is released.

  • Storytellers : Gary and Frank
  • Guest stars : Charles S. Dutton as Captain Jonas Cutter, Richard Dumont as Sardo, and Aron Tager as Dr. Vink
  • Note : This was both Dumont's and Tager's fourth appearance in the series.
445"The Tale of Cutter's Treasure Part II"D.J. MacHaleChloe BrownOctober 29, 1994 (1994-10-29)

Conclusion. Rush must find a way to save Max with the help of Dr. Vink and Sardo.

  • Storytellers : Gary and Frank
  • Guest stars : Charles S. Dutton as Captain Jonas Cutter, Richard Dumont as Sardo, and Aron Tager as Dr. Vink
  • Notes : This was both Dumont's and Tager's fifth appearance in the series. It was also Tager's final appearance as Dr. Vink in the series. This was the only time that Dr. Vink was an ally to the protagonist.
456"The Tale of the Quiet Librarian"David WinningSusan KimNovember 5, 1994 (1994-11-05)

A forgotten book forces two bitter rivals to work together to avoid the clutches of a former librarian's spirit who insists that "silence is golden" -- and traps those who don't follow this rule.

  • Storyteller : Kiki
467"The Tale of the Silent Servant"Jean-Marie ComeauWendy BrotherlinNovember 12, 1994 (1994-11-12)

Cousins Anne and Jared bring a scarecrow to life with a magic spell and use it to do their chores at their uncle's farm. At first it goes well, until one of them accidentally orders it to commit murder.

  • Storyteller : Betty Ann
  • Guest star : Tyler Labine as Mark
478"The Tale of the Room for Rent"Will DixonLucy FalconeNovember 19, 1994 (1994-11-19)

A teenage girl stays with her grandfather, who takes in a ghost looking to possess the girl's grandfather so he can find his lost love.

  • Storyteller : Sam
489"The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner"Ron OliverRon OliverDecember 3, 1994 (1994-12-03)

A young comic book artist, beset by rejection and lazy parents who don't support his dreams, buys an unfinished copy of a rare comic book -- and accidentally unleashes its villain who turns his victims into drooling, giggling zombies.

  • Storyteller : Betty Ann
4910"The Tale of the Fire Ghost"Jean-Marie ComeauScott PetersDecember 10, 1994 (1994-12-10)

While celebrating their dad's birthday at the firehouse, Jimmy and Roxanne are left alone when the firemen go on call. They soon find that there is an incendiary ghost who's seeking revenge against firemen.

  • Storyteller : Tucker
5011"The Tale of the Closet Keepers"Iain PatersonStory by : Michael Kevis
Teleplay by : David Preston
January 7, 1995 (1995-01-07)

A deaf girl and her bully get lost in a strange building, which turns out to be a futuristic zoo which houses kids from all over the world as the main exhibit.

  • Storyteller : Kiki
5112"The Tale of the Unfinished Painting"David WinningLucy FalconeJanuary 14, 1995 (1995-01-14)

Cody, an aspiring young artist, apprentices under an art gallery owner who insists all of her students use her paintbrushes, which may be the reason why a lot of young artists are going missing.

5213"The Tale of Train Magic"D.J. MacHaleGerald WexlerJanuary 21, 1995 (1995-01-21)

A young boy, obsessed with trains and railroads because of his deceased conductor father, starts playing with a toy train set that transports him inside -- and takes him on a deadly ride.

  • Storyteller : Frank
  • Guest star : Gregory Smith as Tim
  • Note : This was the last appearance of Frank. In "The Tale of the Dead Man's Float", Gary mentions he moved away.

Season 5 (1995–1996)[]

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
531"The Tale of the Dead Man's Float"D.J. MacHaleWill DixonOctober 7, 1995 (1995-10-07)

A boy named Zeke and his friend Clorice reopen an abandoned swimming pool, only to discover what lies there might be best left buried and forgotten.

  • Storyteller : Stig
  • Guest star : Jay Baruchel as Joe
  • Notes : This was Baruchel's first and last appearance in the original series. Introduces Stig to the cast.
542"The Tale of Station 109.1"Ron OliverScott PetersNovember 4, 1995 (1995-11-04)

Chris, who is fascinated with death and dying, discovers a radio station that guides the recently deceased into the afterlife -- and is mistaken for a dead man by a shrill-voiced DJ named Roy.

553"The Tale of the Mystical Mirror"Craig PryceDavid WiechorekNovember 11, 1995 (1995-11-11)

Cindy gets a job at a boutique run by a former beauty queen who transforms her customers and employees into dogs so she can harvest their beauty for an occult ritual.

564"The Tale of the Chameleons"Iain PattersonMark D. PerryNovember 18, 1995 (1995-11-18)

Janice gets bitten by an unusual species of chameleon that has the power to take over someone's life after it bites its victim twice and sprays it with water.

  • Storyteller : Betty Ann
  • Guest stars : Tia and Tamera Mowry as Janice/The Chameleon
575"The Tale of Prisoners Past"Ron OliverAlan KingsbergDecember 2, 1995 (1995-12-02)

Two stepbrothers help an old prisoner ghost reunite with his daughter after the two accidentally bring the spirit home from a field trip.

586"The Tale of C7"David WinningDavid PrestonDecember 9, 1995 (1995-12-09)

A family moves into a house by the lake where an ancient jukebox revives the memory of a fallen soldier.

  • Storyteller : Sam
  • Note : This was the last episode to be directed by David Winning.
597"The Tale of the Manaha"Will DixonGerald WexlerDecember 30, 1995 (1995-12-30)

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

608"The Tale of the Unexpected Visitor"Jacques LabergeAlan KingsbergJanuary 13, 1996 (1996-01-13)

Two teenage boys accidentally contact aliens through the sound equipment on one of their father's computers.

  • Storyteller : Kiki
619"The Tale of the Vacant Lot"Lorette LeBlancGerald WexlerJanuary 20, 1996 (1996-01-20)

Catherine stumbles upon an open-air market run by a woman in a burqa, who will give Catherine everything she wants for a price. As Catherine begins enjoying having the best of everything, she soon discovers that the burqa-clad shopkeep wants more than cash for her services -- and that Catherine's sister may be the next victim.

  • Storyteller : Kiki
6210"The Tale of a Door Unlocked"Ron OliverScott PetersJanuary 27, 1996 (1996-01-27)

Sardo sells a magic door to a teenage boy which, once he opens, reveals the future -- and the boy must use the magic to save his crush from a house fire.

  • Storyteller : Gary
  • Note : This was Dumont's sixth and final appearance as Sardo in the original series.
6311"The Tale of the Night Shift"D.J. MacHaleChloe BrownFebruary 3, 1996 (1996-02-03)

A night shift hospital volunteer named Amanda soon discovers that a vampire is lurking the halls and feeding off the staff and patients.

6412"The Tale of the Jagged Sign"Will DixonSusan KimMarch 9, 1996 (1996-03-09)

Spending her summer break at her aunt's retirement home was not Claudia's first choice, but it turns out to be more interesting than she expected when a ghostly boy begins stalking her and a strange symbol appears on the side of a mountain.

6513"The Tale of Badge"Iain PattersonWendy BrotherlinApril 20, 1996 (1996-04-20)

An insecure girl named Gwen, convinced that she has no special talent in her family, discovers from her Irish grandmother that she has been chosen to carry on the magic her Irish side of the family has had for generations -- and puts her skills to the test when her brother is abducted by an evil leprechaun named Badge.

  • Storyteller : Gary

First revival series episodes[]

Season 6 (1999)[]

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
661"The Tale of the Forever Game"Iain PattersonMark D. PerryFebruary 6, 1999 (1999-02-06)

A teen boy finds himself trapped, along with his best friend and his sister, as pawns in a life or death board game.

  • Storyteller : Tucker
  • Villain : Nathaniel and the Burden Beast
  • Guest star : Kyle Downes as Nathaniel
672"The Tale of the Gruesome Gourmets"Lorette LeBlancMichael KoegelFebruary 13, 1999 (1999-02-13)

Tommy and David suspect that their overly-cheery new neighbors who are into cooking are the reason why the people in town have gone missing.

  • Storyteller : Megan
  • Villain : None
  • Guest star : Kathleen Fee as Dotty
  • Notes : This was Kathleen Fee's second appearance in the series overall (Her first was in Season 5, Episode 13 - The Tale of the Night Shift, as Nurse Hantin).
683"The Tale of the Zombie Dice"Adam WeissmanMaggie LeighFebruary 20, 1999 (1999-02-20)

Alex and his friends go to a new arcade owned by a man named Mr. Click, who has a strange way of dealing with anyone who loses at his games.

  • Storyteller : Vange
  • Villain : Mr. Click
  • Guest star : Jay Baruchel as Alex
  • Note : This was Baruchel's first appearance in the revived series and second appearance overall.
694"The Tale of the Misfortune Cookie"Adam WeissmanMark D. PerryFebruary 27, 1999 (1999-02-27)

David, a struggling comic book artist slaving away at his parents' failing Chinese restaurant, takes his grandfather's golden fortune cookies and wishes that his life would be better, which sends him into an alternate reality where David is famous for his comic books and the restaurant is a success. But the wish goes awry when his parents in this reality are too busy with the restaurant's success to care about being a family, his sister (now a punk who lives with her delinquent boyfriend) plots on selling the golden fortune cookies to start a new life away from her family, and a black-clad Chinese warrior is after David.

  • Storyteller : Andy
  • Villain : The Bad Side
  • Guest star : Adam MacDonald as Eddy West
705"The Tale of Jake the Snake"Mark SoulardAlan KingsbergMarch 13, 1999 (1999-03-13)

A struggling ice hockey player named Wiley finds a former hockey great's stick and uses it to ace the try-outs, but discovers that the stick has cursed him into becoming a snake.

  • Storyteller : Tucker
  • Villain : Jake "The Snake" Desmond
716"The Tale of the Virtual Pets"Iain PattersonAlice Eve CohenMarch 20, 1999 (1999-03-20)

The late 1990s fad of virtual pets gets skewered in this tale of a computer-illiterate girl whose choice in not getting into the latest toy fad (Diggers) becomes the key in stopping them when it is found that the Diggers are aliens who feed on information and brainwash humans.

  • Storyteller : Vange
  • Villain : The Diggers
727"The Tale of the Hunted"Lorette LeBlancGaylen JamesMarch 27, 1999 (1999-03-27)

After finding a strange necklace and having a nightmare, Diana, a hunter's daughter out to bag a legendary wolf known as "The Blaze", wakes up in the body of a wolf and must learn what life is like to be hunted like an animal.

  • Storyteller : Andy
  • Villain : The Hunters
738"The Tale of the Wisdom Glass"Jacques LabergeMark D. PerryApril 1, 1999 (1999-04-01)

A rich kid named Allan befriends a kid named Jimmy after accidentally stealing a computer game called "The Wisdom Glass". When the two play the game at home, they discover an invitation to a party that turns out to be a trial from another dimension over stealing "wisdom".

  • Storyteller : Quinn
  • Villain : The people in the Cyberworld
749"The Tale of the Walking Shadow"Lorrete LeBlancMatthew CopeApril 3, 1999 (1999-04-03)

Ross gets more than a bad case of stage fright when he lands a part in an adaptation of Macbeth (known as "The Scottish Play" due to the popular theater tradition of not saying the actual name of the play) and discovers that the original actors all died before they could finish it.

  • Storyteller : Megan
  • Villain : Adrian
  • Guest star : Jay Baruchel as Ross Doyle
  • Note : This was Baruchel's second appearance in the revived series and third appearance overall.
7510"The Tale of Oblivion"Jim DonovanJames MorrisApril 10, 1999 (1999-04-10)

A boy named Max buys a pencil that can make whatever is drawn turn real and an eraser that banishes whatever is drawn to a dimension called "Oblivion", where all that is forgotten is forced to stay -- including a bloodthirsty Viking warrior who wants out of Oblivion and into the real world.

  • Storyteller : Tucker
  • Villain : Kronos the Conqueror
  • Guest star : Richard Dumont as Sardo
  • Note : This was Dumont's first appearance as Sardo in the revived series and seventh appearance overall.
7611"The Tale of Vampire Town"Mark SoulardAllison Lea BingemanApril 17, 1999 (1999-04-17)

Adder, a self-proclaimed teenage vampire hunter, gets more than he bargained for when he travels to the town of Wisteria, where the locals think he is a vampire and start to hunt him.

  • Storyteller : Quinn
  • Villain : Dreyfus the Vampire and Stanley
  • Guest star : Kyle Downes as Adder
  • Note : Downes had previously appeared in the episode "The Tale of the Forever Game" as a different character. This was his last appearance in the series.
7712"The Tale of the Secret Admirer"Mark SoulardEric WeinerMay 8, 1999 (1999-05-08)

Shy Meggie is thrilled when she discovers she has a secret admirer, but her excitement turns to fear when she realizes her admirer was her mother's jilted high school lover who died in a metal shop explosion and plans on repeating history if he does not get what he wants.

  • Storyteller : Megan
  • Villain : Teddy
7813"The Tale of Bigfoot Ridge"Lorette LeBlancRandy HollandMay 15, 1999 (1999-05-15)

In search of their missing friend, Gina, Danielle and Kirk venture into a mountain area haunted by a ghost who captures its prey in the darkness.

Season 7 (2000)[]

No.
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No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
791"The Tale of the Silver Sight, Part 1"Mark SoulardD.J. MacHaleApril 2, 2000 (2000-04-02)

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 1937. Together, they must solve an ancient mystery and prevent an evil force from being unleashed on the world. This episode focuses on Tucker and Gary's search for "The General" and his clue to the puzzle.

  • Storyteller : None
  • Villain : The evil spirit
  • Special guest star : Ross Hull as Gary
  • Guest star : Ryan Cooley as Waif Kid
802"The Tale of the Silver Sight, Part 2"Mark SoulardD.J. MacHaleApril 2, 2000 (2000-04-02)

The Midnight Society splits up and goes in search of the original members who each hold a clue to the mystery. This episode focuses on Quinn's search for "The Homecoming Queen" and Megan's search for "The Tycoon".

  • Storyteller : None
  • Villain : The evil spirit
  • Special guest star : Ross Hull as Gary
  • Guest star : Ryan Cooley as Waif Kid
813"The Tale of the Silver Sight, Part 3"Mark SoulardD.J. MacHaleApril 2, 2000 (2000-04-02)

The Midnight Society continues to go in search of the original members who each hold a clue to the mystery. The final episode focuses on Vange and Andy's search for "The Riddle Man".

  • Storyteller : Gary and Tucker's grandfather, Gene
  • Villain : The evil spirit
  • Special guest star : Ross Hull as Gary
  • Guest star : Ryan Cooley as Waif Kid
824"The Tale of the Lunar Locusts"Jim DonovanMichael KoegelApril 9, 2000 (2000-04-09)

Jake gets a new girlfriend named Ellen who is literally out of this world when she gives him a ring that will make him the harbinger of an alien invasion.

  • Storyteller : Megan
  • Villain : The unborn alien babies
  • Guest star : Figure skater Tara Lipinski as Ellen and Aaron Ashmore as Jake
835"The Tale of the Stone Maiden"Adam WeissmanMark D. PerryApril 16, 2000 (2000-04-16)

In this loose parody of the Greek story Pygmalion, a teenage girl named Julie breaks up with her boyfriend, Kevin, out of fear that her family will not like him -- and things get strange when a statue in the park suddenly has a mate around the same time that Kevin goes missing.

  • Storyteller : Megan
  • Villain : The maiden statue
  • Guest star : Kathleen Fee as the sculptor Vivian White
  • Notes : This was Kathleen Fee's third appearance in the series overall (Her first in Season 5, Episode 13 - The Tale of the Night Shift, as Nurse Hantin. Her second was in Season 6, Episode 6 - The Tale of the Gruesome Gourmets, as Dotty.).
846"The Tale of Highway 13"Jim DonovanTed ElrickApril 23, 2000 (2000-04-23)

Best friends Craig and Justin buy and renovate a 1969 muscle car (a Pontiac GTO) that belonged to two friends who died when they challenged a truck to a game of chicken on an abandoned highway.

  • Storyteller : Quinn
  • Villain : None
  • Guest stars : Benjamin Plener as Justin and Adam MacDonald as Bulldog
  • Notes : This was Plener's second appearance in the series overall (his first in Season 1, Episode 10 - The Tale of Jake and the Leprechaun, as Jake). This was also MacDonald's second appearance in the series overall (his first in Season 6, Episode 5 - The Tale of the Misfortune Cookie, as Eddy West).
857"The Tale of the Reanimator"Adam WeissmanKenny DavisApril 30, 2000 (2000-04-30)

In this loose homage to the 1985 comedy horror film, Re-Animator, a girl named Julie (not the same one from "The Tale of the Stone Maiden") works for a plant store owner who just created an elixir that can bring dead plants back to life -- and an accident soon proves that the elixir's powers of re-animation also applies to dead humans.

  • Storyteller : Quinn
  • Villain : Reanimated zombie
868"The Tale of the Time Trap"Jim DonovanJim MorrisMay 7, 2000 (2000-05-07)

A shy boy named Jason buys a Persian victory box to become a better person -- and ends up with more than he bargained for when a tastelessly-dressed genie named Belle grants his every wish with dire consequences and traps Sardo in the box when he foolishly wishes for more wishes.

  • Storyteller : Tucker
  • Villain : Belle the genie
  • Guest stars : Jay Baruchel as Jason and Richard Dumont as Sardo
  • Notes : This was Baruchel's third appearance in the revived series and fourth (and final) appearance overall. This was also Dumont's second appearance as Sardo in the revived series and eighth (and final) appearance overall.
879"The Tale of the Photo Finish"Mark SoulardAlan KingsbergMay 14, 2000 (2000-05-14)

Prep school students Chandler and Alex try out for a position with The Lions Society, and the friendship is strained when Chandler is chosen over Alex, since Chandler is a legacy student while Alex has a scholarship. Things get worse when Chandler's initiation calls for him to steal the headmaster's portrait, which contains the photo of Jasper Davis, a former student who fell off the clubhouse roof to escape being bullied and is not going to let death get in the way of revenge.

  • Storyteller : Andy
  • Villain : Jasper Davis
8810"The Tale of the Last Dance"Jim DonovanMark D. PerryMay 21, 2000 (2000-05-21)

In this loose homage to Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, Tara is a violinist who wishes someone would appreciate her talents, as her boyfriend does not, and gets her wish from a strange mutant figure who lives inside the school.

  • Storyteller : Andy
  • Villain : None
8911"The Tale of the Laser Maze"Mark SoulardPeggy SarlinMay 28, 2000 (2000-05-28)

Athletic, overly-competitive twins Ashley and Kara compete in a strange version of laser tag that turns out to be a plot to kidnap and clone Earth's most competitive kids to fight in a distant planet's war.

  • Storyteller : Tucker
  • Villain : Drake
9012"The Tale of Many Faces"Lorette LeBlancAlan KingsbergJune 4, 2000 (2000-06-04)

A struggling teenage model named Emma finds employment with a stage actress who uses a magic book to steal young women's faces and use them as her own.

  • Storyteller : Vange
  • Villain : Madame Visage
9113"The Tale of the Night Nurse"Mark SoulardMichael KoegelJune 11, 2000 (2000-06-11)

When Nicki and AJ move into their grandparents' house, they see images of a young girl celebrating her birthday and learn that she was a relative who died when her live-in nurse allegedly injected her with poison, and that the nurse has mistaken AJ for her murder victim.

  • Storyteller : Vange
  • Villain : The nurse (unintentionally)
  • Note : This is the series finale for the revived series.

Second revival series episodes[]

Carnival of Doom (2019)[]

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
921"Part One: Submitted for Approval"Dean IsraeliteBenDavid GrabinskiOctober 11, 2019 (2019-10-11)0.75[4]

As the new girl in school, Rachel feels out of place until The Midnight Society invites her to join the group. All she has to do is tell a terrifying story.

  • Storyteller : Rachel
  • Villain : Mr. Tophat
932"Part Two: Opening Night"Dean IsraeliteBenDavid GrabinskiOctober 18, 2019 (2019-10-18)0.82[5]

After a disappearance links to Rachel's story, The Midnight Society decides to go to the Carnival of Doom.

  • Storyteller : None
  • Villain : Mr. Tophat
943"Part Three: Destroy All Tophats"Dean IsraeliteBenDavid GrabinskiOctober 25, 2019 (2019-10-25)0.69[6]

Rachel decides to take charge and end Mr. Tophat's reign of horror.

  • Storyteller : None
  • Villain : Mr. Tophat

Curse of the Shadows (2021)[]

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Title [7]Directed byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
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951"The Tale of the Haunted Woods"Jeff WadlowJT BillingsFebruary 12, 2021 (2021-02-12)0.50[8]

Five kids investigate the disappearance of their friend, the leader of The Midnight Society, whose fate may be tied to a mysterious curse that haunts their seaside town.

Storyteller: Sardo (Magic Shop Owner)

Villain: The Shadowman
962"The Tale of the Night Frights"Jeff WadlowJT BillingsFebruary 19, 2021 (2021-02-19)0.32[9]

As the Midnight Society digs deeper into the mystery, they discover themselves haunted by an evil entity known as the Shadowman.

Storyteller: None

Villain: The Shadowman
973"The Tale of the Phantom Light"Mathias HerndlAlex EbelFebruary 26, 2021 (2021-02-26)0.30[10]

The Midnight Society seeks help from an unlikely source - the ghost of someone who may know how the curse was created a generation earlier.

Storyteller: None

Villain: The Shadowman
984"The Tale of the Danse Macabre"Mathias HerndlJT BillingsMarch 5, 2021 (2021-03-05)0.40[11]

On the eve of the school dance, the Midnight Society wrestles with the possibility that evil still lurks among them and the nightmare is far from over.

Storyteller: None

Villain: The Shadowman
995"The Tale of the Midnight Magic"Jeff WadlowJT Billings and Alex EbelMarch 12, 2021 (2021-03-12)0.27[12]

With dark forces growing stronger and the curse claiming another victim, a shattered Midnight Society prepares to fight back against the Shadowman.

Storyteller: None

Villain: The Shadowman
1006"The Tale of the Darkhouse"Jeff WadlowJT BillingsMarch 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)0.49[13]

Luke gets help from the beyond to uncover more supernatural secrets, and devises a bold plan to finally end the curse of the shadows.

Storyteller: None

Villain: The Shadowman

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