List of Are You Afraid of the Dark? episodes facts for kids

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 visitors go unless they solve a riddle.

• Storyteller : Frank
• Guest star : Aron Tager as Dr. Vink

Josh decides to prove that a funhouse isn't haunted by stealing the nose of Zeebo, the clown who's supposed to haunt the place. He learns that the story isn't fiction when Zeebo pays him a little visit.

• Storyteller : Betty Ann
• Guest star : Christian Tessier as Josh
• Notable cast : Aron Tager as Zeebo & the Circus Carney

Amanda, who desperately wants to fit in 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.

• Storyteller : David
• Guest star : Laura Bertram as Amanda
• Notable cast : Pauline Little as Aunt Dottie

In a twist of "The Monkey's Paw", two boys play a prank on an old woman the night before Halloween. The next night, she gives them a wooden vulture foot that grants wishes with unintended terrifying consequences.

• Storyteller : David
• The Tale of the Twisted Claw previously served show's pilot episode, airing as a Halloween special on YTV on October 31, 1990, and then on Nickelodeon on October 25, 1991, before Are You Afraid of the Dark? became a regular television series.

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.

• Storyteller : Kristen
• Guest star : Mia Kirshner as Pam

Weeds, a prankster, buys his girlfriend Marybeth a pair of super spec glasses as part of his April Fools' Day collection, but the joke's on Weeds and Marybeth when they begin to see faceless humans from another dimension.

• Storyteller : Gary
• Guest stars : Eugene Byrd as Weeds and Richard Dumont as Sardo

A family moves into a small summer home run by a young man, and things get weird when the daughter, Dani, notices mirrors everywhere and discovers that she and her parents are growing older by the day.

• Storyteller : Kiki
• Notable cast : Ethan Tobman as Peter Kirlan III and Barbara Eve Harris as Sally Sellman

Emma thinks her new Ukrainian neighbors are vampires, and must do what she can to keep them away from her and her family.

• Storyteller : Betty Ann

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

Jake, an aspiring young actor, is in a play where, during rehearsals, strange things start happening to him when it's only a matter of time before opening night.

• Storyteller : Eric

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

• Storyteller : Betty Ann

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

Ross, a mischievous kid, goes to the shopping mall and plays a pinball game that comes to life when the mall closes at night.

• Storyteller : Gary
• Notable cast : Polly Shannon as Sophie
• Note : The Tale of the Pinball Wizard was filmed at the Rockland Centre in Mount Royal, Quebec, as can be seen in the end credits.

Jill, a 13-year old girl who loves fairytales, learns that there's an evil side to "Happily ever after" when The Sandman drags her under the bed and places her family and friends under a sleeping curse.

• Storyteller : Kristen
• Guest star : Bobcat Goldthwait as The Sandman

Dr. Vink helps an old movie theater in danger of closing by showing a "special" version of the vampire classic, Nosferatu (1922).

• Storyteller : Frank
• Guest star : Aron Tager as Dr. Vink and Christopher Heyerdahl as Count Orlok

A young French immigrant from the 1990s discovers that the locker at her new school is haunted by a hippie chick named Candy Warren who died in a chemistry lab accident in 1968 and needs the 1990s girl's help in fixing the past.

• Storyteller : Kristen
• Guest star : Jennifer Irwin as Candy Warren

Siblings Karen and Billy find that their usual hangout -- an unused 13th floor of a building -- has been replaced by a strange factory filled with extraterrestrial toys and gadgets.

• Storyteller : Betty Ann
• Guest star : Christopher Heyerdahl as Leonid

An aspiring writer finds a typewriter that makes whatever is written come true.

• Storyteller : Kiki (told by Gary due to Kiki's laryngitis)
• Note : The Tale of the Dream Machine is the only episode to have a story be typed and not told by the actual person who came up with the story.

A teenager who was injured in a car crash buys a potion from a magic shop to become the popular boy he wishes he could be, but his deep-seated insecurities begin turning him into a monster, and things get worse when a girl who has a crush on him steals the potion for herself.

• Storyteller : David (for Gary's birthday, borrowing Sardo)
• Guest star : Richard Dumont as Sardo

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

• Storyteller : Betty Ann

A spoiled rich kid and his babysitter head off to his aunt's house in the country, where there's a ghost haunting the place during the cold weather.

• Storyteller : Kristen
• Guest star : Melissa Joan Hart as Daphne

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

• Storyteller : Frank

Mike Buckley is haunted by the ghost of his friend who died in a bicycle accident and must find out what the ghost wants from him.

• Storyteller : David

A boy becomes the new assistant to an elderly stage magician, but soon gets into great trouble after he steals the magician's magic wand.

• Storyteller : Gary

Siblings Jazz and Augie enroll at a boarding school run by a strange couple who need human children to care for their lizard alien offspring.

• Storyteller : David

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 : The Tale of Old Man Corcoran is David (Nathaniel Moreau) and Kristen's (Rachel Blanchard) final episode. In "The Tale of the Midnight Ride," Gary mentions that their characters had moved away.

Ian Matthews moves in to the legendary town of Sleepy Hollow, where he meets a new girlfriend, the local bully and the notorious Headless horseman.

• Storyteller : Tucker
• Guest star : Arthur Holden as Ichabod Crane's Ghost
• Notable cast : Rachel Wilson as Katie
• Note : The Tale of the Midnight Ride introduces Tucker to the cast.

Stacey and her Mom move into a new apartment only to find that the apartment next door to theirs is occupied by a kindly old woman who's been dead for ten years.

• Storyteller : Kiki
• Note : The campfire was not extinguished.

After Sarah and Kelly get lost, 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. The Tale of Watcher's Woods introduces Sam to the cast.

A prank phone caller named Jake is captured by a covert agency that targets those who don't respect the phone and erase their identities.

• Storyteller : Tucker

Melissa suspects that a mysterious dollhouse might be related to the disappearance of her friend Susan.

• Storyteller : Betty Ann
• Notable cast : Amanda Walsh as Susan

A babysitter shows a TV-addicted boy that books can be just as exciting as television...especially when the books' characters come to life.

• Storyteller : Betty Ann
• Notable cast : Natalie Radford as Belinda

A new girl in town trying to makes friends buys a magic stone, which causes her to go back in time to the 1890s to meet another lonely child who lived in the house.

• Storyteller : Gary
• Guest stars : Frank Gorshin as Brother Septimus and Richard Dumont as Sardo.
• Notable cast : John White as Tom Bradshaw

A boy and his sister, wishing to spend more time with their father, get more than they bargained for when their father's work comes home, in the form of an Egyptian curse and a live mummy.

• Storyteller : Tucker
• Guest star : Danny Cooksey as Josh Dugan
• Notable cast : Vanessa King as Cleo Dugan
• Note : The Tale of the Guardian's Curse was filmed at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

After complaining about his school picture, a boy is gifted a camera by the school photographer and begins using it...only to find that the camera's photos predict doom.

• Storyteller : Betty Ann
• Guest star : Eddie Kaye Thomas as Matt
• Notable cast : Christian Tessier as Kullback

A lonely, teenaged janitor named Johnny finds a ring in his locker and puts it on. At the same time, a young woman named Donna begins appearing around him and a chain of strange events make Johnny think Donna is out to get him.

• Storyteller : Sam
• Notable cast : Fab Filippo as Johnny Angelli

Two boys move into a house that once belonged to a girl who died in a fire trying to exorcise a demon known as "Quicksilver", and now the only way the boys can get rid of Quicksilver is to get help from the dead girl's living twin.

• Storyteller : Kiki
• Guest star : Tatyana Ali as Laura / Connie
• Notable cast : Stuart Stone as Doug Johnston

After a bratty little boy blows his brother's money meant for their mother's birthday, the other brother warns him that The Crimson Clown, a clown doll at an antique shop, will come after him for being a bad kid. The bratty boy doesn't think the story is real...until he finds the clown doll in his room.

• Storyteller : Gary
• Notable cast : Michael Barry as Sam

A young man and a waitress discover the terrifying secret behind their restaurant's most popular item on the menu, and why the staff members keep quitting.

• Storyteller : Frank
• Guest stars : Neve Campbell as Nonnie and Aron Tager as Dr. Vink
• Notable cast : Martin Watier as Paul

A boy who enjoys playing pranks goes too far one day and is punished by being trapped in a virtual reality game where a demonic virus sets out to infect his brain.

• Storyteller : Gary

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

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

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 : The Tale of Cutter's Treasure: Part 1 was both Dumont's and Tager's fourth appearance in the series.

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 : The Tale of Cutter's Treasue: Part 2 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. It was the only time that Dr. Vink was an ally to the protagonist.

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 anyone and anything who makes noise in the library.

• Storyteller : Kiki

Two kids bring a scarecrow to life to do their chores on a farm. It seems like a good idea, until the scarecrow inadvertently is given orders to kill.

• Storyteller : Betty Ann
• Guest star : Tyler Labine as Mark

A pilot killed in combat during World War II, haunts the man he believes killed him and stole his girlfriend, the latter of whom is a psychic who allegedly communicates with the dead.

• Storyteller : Sam

A young, struggling comic book artist unleashes a villain from a rare comic book, who turns people into drooling, giggling zombies.

• Storyteller : Betty Ann

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

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

• Storyteller : Kiki

An aspiring young artist apprentices under the owner of a studio who uses cursed paintbrushes to trap victims inside the paintings they complete and sign.

• Storyteller : Gary
• Guest star : Jewel Staite as Cody

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 a train and takes him on a deadly ride.

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

A science geek named Zeke and his crush, Clorice, discover the terrifying secret of their school's abandoned swimming pool.

• 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.

A youth obsessed with death discovers a radio station which takes its listeners to the afterlife -- and is mistaken for a recently-deceased man by the radio station's obnoxiously loud, squinty-eyed psychopomp/DJ.

• Storyteller : Stig
• Guest stars : Ryan Gosling as Jamie and Gilbert Gottfried as DJ Roy.

A teenage girl named Cindy gets a job at a local make-up shop run by a former beauty queen, but a chain of strange events and disappearances lead Cindy to discover the real reason behind her boss's beauty.

• Storyteller : Betty Ann
• Guest star : Laura Bertram as Laurel

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

• Storyteller : Betty Ann
• Guest stars : Tia and Tamera Mowry as Janice and The Chameleon

Two unlikely stepbrothers help an old prison ghost reunite with his adult daughter.

• Storyteller : Tucker
• Guest star : Christopher Castile as Jason

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

• Storyteller : Sam
• Note : The Tale of C7 was the last episode to be directed by David Winning.

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

• Storyteller : Tucker
• Guest star : Michael Greyeyes as The Shaman

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

• Storyteller : Kiki

A shy young girl discovers a mysterious, open-air market run by a woman in a burqa who provides her everything she needs to be popular...for a very high price.

• Storyteller : Kiki

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

• Storyteller : Gary
• Note : The Tale of a Door Unlocked was Dumont's sixth and final appearance as Sardo in the original era.

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

• Storyteller : Sam
• Guest star : Emmanuelle Chriqui as Amanda, Tyrone Benskin as Jack Palmer and Jorgito Vargas Jr. as Felix

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.

• Storyteller : Kiki
• Guest star : Hillary Hawkins as Kate

Gwen, an insecure girl who doesn't believe in her musical talent, gets a chance to test her gift when an ancient spirit kidnaps her brother and the girl discovers that she's next in line to carry on the magic on the Irish side of her family.

• Storyteller : Gary

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

• Storyteller : Tucker
• Villain : Nathaniel and the Burden Beast
• Guest star : Kyle Downes as Nathaniel

When all the kids at school get virtual pets, it changes them in a very scary way. Luckily, Kate isn't tech-savvy, and must save her friends from being slaves to the monsters that live inside the toys.

• Storyteller : Vange
• Villain : The Diggers

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 he's famous and the restaurant is successful, but the family doesn't know who he is and a warrior in black armor is after David.

• Storyteller : Andy
• Villain : The Bad Side
• Guest star : Adam MacDonald as Eddy West

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 : The Tale of the Zombie Dice was Baruchel's first appearance in the first revived era and second appearance overall.

Two boys, Tommy and David, suspect that their chubby, overly-cheery new neighbors may be cannibals.

• Storyteller : Megan
• Villain : None
• Guest star : Kathleen Fee as Dotty
• Notes : The Tale of the Gruesome Gorumets 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).

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

A girl living in rural Canada is pressured by her dad and friends to go wolf hunting with them, and a mysterious wolf known as The Blaze curses the girl to live life as an animal being hunted for sport.

• Storyteller : Andy
• Villain : The Hunters

Allan and Jimmy are in for a cyber shock after Allan tricks Jimmy into shoplifting a computer game called "The Wisdom Glass" and find themselves transported to a strange game-world where they end up on trial for the theft of the game.

• Storyteller : Quinn
• Villain : The people in the Cyberworld

When the local high school decides to stage Macbeth (known as "The Scottish Play" due to the popular theater superstition of not mentioning Macbeth by name), it unleashes some terrifying ghosts lurking backstage. Ross and Vanessa find out why the play is haunted and must get rid of the curse without getting blood on their hands.

• Storyteller : Megan
• Villain : Adrian
• Guest star : Jay Baruchel as Ross Doyle
• Note : The Tale of the Walking Shadow was Baruchel's second appearance in the first revived era and third appearance overall.

A boy, tired of being pushed into lame recreational activities and lessons, learn how to erase his problems, literally with an enchanted art kit, complete with a pencil that makes drawings real and an eraser that sends them to a dimension where all that is forgotten reside...including a bloodthirsty Viking that was kept there due to being too dangerous to live in the real world.

• Storyteller : Tucker
• Villain : Kronos the Conqueror
• Guest star : Richard Dumont as Sardo
• Note : The Tale of Oblivion was Dumont's first appearance as Sardo in the first revived era and seventh appearance overall.

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.

• Storyteller : Tucker
• Villain : The Aumbra
• Guest star : Hayden Christensen as Kirk

Shy Meggie is thrilled when she discovers she has a secret admirer, but her excitement turns to fear when she realizes her admirer is from beyond the grave...and out for revenge.

• Storyteller : Megan
• Villain : Teddy

Adder, a spoiled goth boy obsessed with vampire lore, finds himself getting more than he bargained for when he finds himself face-to-face with real-life bloodsucking fiends.

• 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. The Tale of Vampire Town was his last appearance in the series.

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. The first episode of the Tale of the Silver Sight 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

The Midnight Society splits up and goes in search of the original members who each hold a clue to the mystery. The second episode of the Tale of the Silver Sight 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

The Midnight Society continues to go in search of the original members who each hold a clue to the mystery. The third and final episode of the Tale of the Silver Sight 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

A mysterious girl shows up at school and knows about a threat that could kill off the entire planet, and only the help of a dumb jock and a snobby popular girl can save the world.

• Storyteller : Megan
• Villain : The unborn alien babies
• Guest star : Figure skater Tara Lipinski as Ellen and Aaron Ashmore as Jake

In a loose parody of the Greek story Pygmalion, a boy is turned into a statue in the woods after he refuses to introduce his artist girlfriend to his snobby parents. She then tries to save him with the help of two eccentric adults.

• Storyteller : Megan
• Villain : The maiden statue
• Guest star : Kathleen Fee as the sculptor Vivian White
• Notes : The Tale of the Stone Maiden 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.).

Best friends Craig and Justin fix up a wrecked V8 from a junkyard and get caught up in a dark deal with a group of ghosts from the 1960’s.

• Storyteller : Quinn
• Villain : None
• Guest stars : Benjamin Plener as Justin and Adam MacDonald as Bulldog
• Notes : It 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). It 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).

In a loose homage to the 1985 comedy horror film, Re-Animator, a girl works at a greenhouse with her boss, a secret scientist trying to bring his wife back from the dead.

• Storyteller : Quinn
• Villain : Reanimated zombie

Jason buys an ancient 'Persian victory box' from Sardo's Magic Shop which houses a genie who grants Jason's every wish - with dire consequences.

• Storyteller : Tucker
• Villain : Belle the genie
• Guest stars : Jay Baruchel as Jason and Richard Dumont as Sardo
• Notes : The Tale of the Time Trap was Baruchel's third appearance in the first revived era and fourth (and final) appearance overall. It was also Dumont's second appearance as Sardo in the first revived era and eighth (and final) appearance overall.

A boy who wants to join a stuck-up popular fraternity at his school steals a photograph of theirs and uncovers a tragic mystery dating back to the 1940’s.

• Storyteller : Andy
• Villain : Jasper Davis

In a 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

Athletic, overly-competitive twins Ashley and Kara must learn to work together if they stand any chance of escaping a strange version of laser tag in which the winners get cloned and sent to other planets.

• Storyteller : Tucker
• Villain : Drake

A self-conscious teen model discovers a cult of girls run by an old crone who steals their beauty for herself.

• Storyteller : Vange
• Villain : Madame Visage
• Guest stars : Sarah Edmondson as Emma

Two teen girls spend the week at their grandfather's house and discover that one of their ancestors died at the hands of her nurse.

• Storyteller : Vange
• Villain : The nurse (unintentionally)
• Note : The Tale of the Night Nurse is the series finale for the first revived era.

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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.

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

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 : Max

• Storyteller : Max