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.
Season 1
S01E01 The Tale of the Phantom CabTwo 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.
S01E02 The Tale of the Laughing in the DarkA 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.
S01E03 The Tale of the Lonely GhostA 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.
S01E04 The Tale of the Twisted ClawIn 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.
S01E05 The Tale of the Hungry HoundsTwo girls go to an attic where one of them tries on a uniform that belonged to a dead relative where her spirit lives on.
S01E06 The Tale of the Captured SoulsWeeds, 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.
S01E07 The Tale of the Nightly NeighborsA family moves to a small house in the summer where they befriend a young man, where the family starts feeling weaker every day.
S01E08 The Tale of the Dark MusicSome new neighbors move into a neighborhood. They are originally from Eastern Europe, wear black, collect blood, and only are active at night.
S01E09 The Tale of Jake and the LeprechaunDean, a troubled student, awakens an ancient secret hidden in the school.
Season 2
S02E01 The Tale of the Sorcerers ApprenticeJill is a thirteen year old that still loves things her peers have grown out of, such as unicorns and fairy tales. One night she wishes that she could be in a fairy tale world forever. After her wish is granted, she finds that living in a fairy tale isn't as happy as she'd once imagined.
S02E02 The Tale of the Prom QueenAn old movie theater has two weeks before they close down for good. Ever since the multiplex came into town, the older movie theater has made less than six dollars per day. All of a sudden, the mysterious Dr. Vink appears and offers them a horror movie he made decades ago. He promises the owner and his staff that his movie would save them from closing down and it works! Dr. Vink's horror movie, Nosferatu: The Demon Vampire, starts attracting more than fifty people a night. The staff wonders what attracts people to this film and unfortunately they find out. The terrifying vampire jumps out of the movie and into the real world where it can have all the victims it wants. Now the staff must pull the plug on the movie before it gets out of hand!
S02E03 The Tale of the Pinball WizardIn the 1970s, a young girl named Candy Warren was forced to work on her Chemistry assignment after school. However, neither she nor her teacher noticed that the gas line of her Bunsen burner was frayed. This caused an accident, claiming Candy's life. Years later, a young girl gets Candy's locker and soon finds herself haunted by Candy's ghost.
S02E04 The Tale of the Final WishTwo siblings generally spend all their free time playing hockey on the 13th floor of their apartment building. However, one day the regular elevator operator disappears and they find that the floor is now being used by a company to manufacture toys and games. However, the toys that they're creating aren't exactly from this world.
S02E05 The Tale of Locker 22Sean Hackett finds a strange old typewriter in his house that once belonged to a writer who mysteriously vanished. He loves to write short stories, but soon finds that whatever he types comes to life as it's read. Things seem harmless enough until he writes a story for English class in which his best friend dies.
S02E06 The Tale of the HatchingA teenager buys a potion from Sardo's magic shop hoping to make himself cooler, since he was in a accident that caused him to have to wear a brace on his leg. He soon finds himself changing, but also discovers that the potion has some very bad side effects.
S02E07 The Tale of the Frozen GhostWhile driving to a carnival, a babysitter and the two children she's looking after get lost. When their car breaks down, she goes inside a house to call for help. Trouble begins when she disappears and the kids soon find out that while they aren't the only ones in the house, they're the only ones that are alive.
S02E08 The Tale of the Thirteenth FloorWhen Daphne takes Charlie to stay with his aunts, they mention something about a ghost. Charlie's terrified when he keeps seeing a strange, glowing boy complaining that he's cold.
S02E09 The Tale of the Midnight MadnessTwo young pet detectives try to figure out where all the neighborhood cats are disappearing to. They find a clue when looking through a neighbor's back yard. He seems to have a rather large collection of cat collars hidden in his backyard. They begin to suspect that he's a werewolf, but unfortunately, no one believes them.
S02E10 The Tale of the Dream MachineYears ago a boy named Ricky Hagerdy drowned. His close friend Mike Buckley tried to save him, but failed. Ever since that day he's felt guilty for what happened. Trouble begins when he starts seeing Ricky's ghost everywhere he looks.
Season 3
S03E01 The Tale of the Magicians AssistantWhen a teenager moves to Sleepy Hollow, he learns that some of the folks believe in the old legend of the headless horseman. He soon learns that it's not just a legend.
S03E02 The Tale of Old Man CorcoranAfter moving into a new apartment complex with her mother, Stacy finds herself without any friends. She befriends an older woman named Madeline that lives nearby and they soon start to spend quite a bit of time together. But when Stacy breaks a promise to visit Madeline on one specific afternoon, Madeline is enraged and comes after Stacy.
S03E03 The Tale of the Full MoonLong ago, three girls attending camp got lost in the woods, only leaving behind their whistles. At the same exat time, a camper went crazy and started babbling about a Watcher within the woods, creating the nickname Watcher's Woods. When two present day campers get lost, they find that there's definitely something evil in the woods.
S03E04 The Tale of the Whispering WallsTwo boys learn that the telephone is a serious matter and should not be used as a toy when a group of vigilantes called the Phone Police bust anyone who does not follow the rules of the phone. And the Phone Police can do more than just put you in jail. They can erase your entire existance.
S03E05 The Tale of the Shiny Red BicycleA young girl goes to the countryside to spend a summer with her best friend but she discovers that her friend is missing. She soon discovers that a mysterious doll house in the attic is responsible for her friend's disappearance.
S03E06 The Tale of Watchers WoodsA young boy named Ricky, who is obsessed with TV, is put under the care of a babysitter named Belinda. Belinda has a reputation for making children interested in reading. That's because she makes the books come alive. Literally.
S03E07 The Tale of Apartment 214Alison Denny moves to a new town and desperately wants to fit in and find friends, but is having trouble getting them to accept her. When she buys a carved stone from Sardo's Magic Mansion, she discovers that it allows her to go back to a time when when another family was living in her new home.
S03E08 The Tale of the Phone PoliceA mummy is delivered to a museum owned by an archeologist. The mummy happens to be a dead pharaoh queen whose ancient potion and ring brings eternal life. The trouble begins when the mummy mysteriously disappears.
S03E09 The Tale of the DollmakerAfter getting his portraits back from the basketball team, Matt finds that he didn't show up in the photos. To make it up to him, the photographer gives him an antique camera because it has apparently 'chosen' him. Matt soon learns that anything he takes a picture of willhave something bad happen to it. Whether you want it or not.
S03E10 The Tale of the Bookish BabysitterA teenager thinks he's just met the girl of his dreams when he puts on a mysterious ring that won't come off. Trouble begins when he learns that years ago she was killed in a car accident, and he realizes she wants to lure him to an early grave.
Season 4
S04E01 The Tale of the Carved StoneA 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.
S04E02 The Tale of the Guardians CurseA boy is transported by to the Revolutionary War, where he must help a solider return to his girlfriend, before she marries another man.
S04E03 The Tale of the Curious CameraShawn 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.
S04E04 The Tale of the Crimson ClownWhen a teenager finds a spyglass locked in a treasure chest at the magic shop, the ghost of an evil pirate is released.
S04E05 The Tale of the Dangerous SoupRush must find a way to save Max with the help of Dr. Vink and Sardo.
S04E06 The Tale of Cutters Treasure - Part OneA library is haunted by the ghost of a former librarian who dislikes noisy children.
S04E07 The Tale of Cutters Treasure - Part TwoTwo 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.
S04E08 The Tale of the Renegade VirusJessie'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.
S04E09 The Tale of the Quiet LibrarianEthan 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.
S04E10 The Tale of the Water DemonsWhile 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.
S04E11 The Tale of the Silent ServantAliens kidnap several youngsters from Earth to put on display in their zoo.
S04E12 The Tale of the Room for RentA 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.
S04E13 The Tale of the Ghastly GrinnerTim 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.
Season 5
S05E04 Train MagicEmployees from a boutique are disappearing and no one knows why. Soon after getting a job there, Cindy discovers the truth. Mrs. Valenti, the owner, is really centuries old and using her youthful employees to stay young.
S05E05 The Tale of the Dead Mans FloatScott and his step-brother hate each other and can't seem to get along. After fighting on their school field trip to a famous prison, they accidentally release One-Eyed Jack, an ex-prisoner's ghost, and he follows them home. They finally have to learn to cooperate in order to get the ghost to rest in peace.
S05E06 The Tale of the Jagged SignA family buys an old abondoned hotel, with the intentions of fixing it up and re-opening it. But when the old jukebox is pulled out and fixed, it starts to play a long-forgotten song late at night, summoning a restless spirit from the nearby lake.
S05E07 The Tale of Station 109 1 (featuring Ryan Gosling)Gwen is constantly being upstaged by her brother- even on her birthday. Her grandmother Willy gives her a special necklace and a magical flute that holds the key to a family secret. When her brother accidentally releases an evil creature named Badge, it's up to Gwen to use her musical gift to save her family and herself.
S05E08 The Tale of the Mystical MirrorA blithe boy name Jonah enlists in a camping expedition with a group of misfits where an ancient legend has awoken in the woods.
S05E09 The Tale of Prisoners PastUsing the equipment of Jeff's father, who's working on a special space project, two friends send some of their music into space. This apparently attracts the attention of an alien creature who has received their message.
S05E11 The Tale of BadgeA young girl, who feels inferior to her peers, encounters a strange woman in an empty lot who seems to have everything she'd ever want. The woman doesn't seem to want anything important in return. But when the young girl starts losing her looks, she finds that what she's given up is more important to her than she thought.
S05E12 The Tale of the ManahaJustin visits Sardo's Magic Mansion and buys a miniature door from Sardo that's supposed to let him see the future. He sees an unfamiliar girl trapped in a fire. But soon a new girl, Ashley, arrives at school and looks exactly like the girl that Justin saw in the fire. It's up to him to save her from the future.
S05E13 Tale of the Unexpected VisitorA new girl starts volunteering during the nightshift at the local hospital. But the hospital seems to have more than just a new volunteer. Someone or something is feeding on the hospital's patients and employees, draining them of their blood and turning them into walking zombies.
S05E15 The Tale of the Vacant Lot
S05E16 The Tale of a Door Unlocked
S05E17 The Tale of the Night Shift
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