The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner
Are You Afraid of the Dark? - S4 - E9
Ethan wants to be a comic book artist, but his submissions are constantly rejected by companies. One day, he's invited to a comic shop, where he gets the only copy of the comic ""The Ghastly Grinner."" He accidentally brings the supervillain to life and it starts turning everyone into giggling mindless idiots.
Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Season 4 - 13 Episode s
4x1 - The Tale of the Renegade Virus
October 1, 1994
A boy and his friend are constantly getting each other in trouble. One friend decides to plant a virus in the new virtual reality system this his friend is going to play. But things don't go as planned when the virus tries to take over the player's body and escape to the real world.
4x2 - The Tale of the Long Ago Locket
October 8, 1994
A boy is transported by to the Revolutionary War, where he must help a solider return to his girlfriend, before she marries another man.
4x3 - The Tale of the Water Demons
October 15, 1994
Shawn McKenzie visits his relatives and works in a job for the summer where him and his cousin deliver groceries to an old man's house and see why he's very odd.
4x4 - The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (1)
October 29, 1994
When a teenager finds a spyglass locked in a treasure chest at the magic shop, the ghost of an evil pirate is released.
4x5 - The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (2)
October 29, 1994
Rush must find a way to save Max with the help of Dr. Vink and Sardo.
4x6 - The Tale of the Quiet Librarian
November 5, 1994
A library is haunted by the ghost of a former librarian who dislikes noisy children.
4x7 - The Tale of the Silent Servant
November 12, 1994
Two kids on a farm find a scarecrow with a magic spell, and they use it. The scarecrow does whatever they order it to. At first it's great, their new servant puts up an entire fence that they were supposed to build. But they find that it has it's drawbacks when they order it to make a baseball dugout and it tears apart the new fence for wood. Things get serious when one of them accidentally orders it to kill.
4x8 - The Tale of the Room for Rent
November 19, 1994
Jessie's grandfarther wants to earn some extra money, so he decides to rent out the extra room in his house. One night, Jessie sees a man enter the local psychic's house through the ceiling. When she returns home, she's shocked to find that the not only is the room of their house rented out, but the new tenant is the ghostly man that she saw.
4x9 - The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner
December 3, 1994
Ethan wants to be a comic book artist, but his submissions are constantly rejected by companies. One day, he's invited to a comic shop, where he gets the only copy of the comic ""The Ghastly Grinner."" He accidentally brings the supervillain to life and it starts turning everyone into giggling mindless idiots.
4x10 - The Tale of the Fire Ghost
December 10, 1994
While celebrating their dad's birthday at the firehouse he works at, Jimmy and Roxanne end up being left alone when a call comes in and the firefighters must take off to stop a fire. They soon find that they're not exactly the only occupants of the firehouse. There's a fire ghost who's seeking revenge.
4x11 - The Tale of the Closet Keepers
January 7, 1995
An aspiring young artist apprentices under the owner of a studio/gallery who is actually a witch, who traps victims inside paintings.
4x12 - The Tale of the Unfinished Painting
January 14, 1995
A girl who loves to draw starts spending time at an art gallery, finishing up paintings that have never been completed. But she soon finds out that once you sign your name to a painting, you're trapped inside of it for life.
4x13 - The Tale of Train Magic
January 21, 1995
Tim loves trains and everything about them, just like his father did who used to work at the station. After an electric train is mysteriously sent to him, he puts it on the track with the rest of his collection and watches it go. But at 7:13 PM he finds himself sucked into the mysterious town train, which is actually Train 713, a train that crashed and killed everyone aboard years ago.