The 10 Most Spine-Tingling ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark? ’ Episodes Ever

Picture the scenario: it’s a Saturday night during the 1990s, and you and your friends can be found gathered around your giant TV while the members of the Midnight Society gather around their campfire. It’s time for another chilling episode of the Nickelodeon favorite, Are You Afraid of the Dark?. With a spooky story, a bowl of popcorn, and a cozy blanket wrapped securely around you, yes it was a simpler time, but that was small comfort once the show started because with twisted tales of ghosts, ghouls, and even alien invasions, this show had us all reaching for the lights. So join us if you dare for a trip down memory lane, as we snap back to the days of Snick and recount the 10 most spine-tingling Are You Afraid of the Dark? episodes ever!

10. The Tale of The Hungry Hounds- Season 1, Episode 5

“The Tale of the Hungry Hounds” tells the story of two cousins who couldn’t be more different. Amy the city slicker and her country cousin Pam search for information on their long-dead aunt Dora. The girls know her tragic death centered around a horseback riding incident yet the rest was shrouded in mystery. Then one day the girl’s rummaging goes a little too far when Pam puts on her dead aunts riding jacket and magically morphs into her ghost. On a mission she heads out to the barn, revealing to Amy the reason she could never rest peacefully.

Long story short, she forgot to feed the hounds before the hunt and they had been cooling on their heels in the barn for a few years. The girls head to the barn to feed the ghost dogs and hear the tragic tale of their aunt’s death. She had released the fox for the hunt too soon and gone chasing off after it on horseback when the horse spooked and she fell to her death. Finally with the hounds fed and the truth revealed the aunt rides away into the afterlife, and the next day Pam’s mother magically changed her mind about her taking riding lessons. It has a nice ending but the eerie howls of the hounds are something that follows you long after the episode is over.

9. The Tale of the Thirteenth Floor- Season 2, Episode 4

“Tale of the Thirteenth Floor” focuses on brother and sister pair Billy and Karen as they use the 13th floor of their apartment building as their own personal play space. Before long there are some new tenants moving in, and they are just a little bit different. Not only do they wear very 90’s jumpsuits, talk like robots, and say creepy things, but they invite Karen to test out their new toy line. Just Karen, not Billy, who tags along anyway much to the chagrin of this odd group of toy manufacturers.

As the day wears on and Billy wears out, Karen learns the truth behind the strange visitors: they are here for more than just children’s toys, they are here for her! Karen learns she had been accidentally left behind years ago by this galactic clan. Suddenly her adoption, the reason she always felt so different, and her strange dreams all make sense. Karen isn’t quite ready to leave her new planet and brother behind so she ends up escaping, but not before the truth about her is revealed. What really creeps in the mind about this episode is the question of how much we really know ourselves and our past. How much do we really know and how much do we just assume? Could there be more to us than even we know? Duh-duh-duh!