Tales From the Cryptkeeper

ABC (ended 1997)
  • Season 3
    • Ep 13
      Too Cool for School
      12/6/97
      9.3
      While in a science lab, two girls play with some of the items in there. Soon, they end up leaving, with frog eggs and some serum containing Dinosaur DNA on the floor. No big deal, right? Wrong. Because, when the Cryptkeeper comes into play (this time as a janitor), these girls end up runing from a offspring of their mess... dinofrogs...moreless
    • Ep 12
      Monsters Ate My Homework
      11/29/97
      10
      After Evan gets away with telling his teacher the ultimate lie that a monster ate his homework, he gets a visit from some monsters inquiring after the missing homework, and about having him for dinner.
    • Ep 11
      It's for You
      11/22/97
      8.0
      For Christmas, Gary receives a phone line for his bedroom with the proviso that he doesn't "abuse the privilege". Naturally, Gary immediately begins making prank calls, but he soon finds the tables turned when one of the people he called begins stalking him via telephone. Gary pays the caller a visit and discovers Mrs. Emma Needham, an old lady who soon proves that she's not as nice she initially appeared...moreless
    • Ep 10
      Town Gathering
      11/15/97
      10
      Erin, who has a reputation for making up stories, discovers that no one will believe her when she discovers that the people proposing a new business deal to her mother are actually aliens planning to make a meal out of the townsfolk.
    • Ep 9
      All Booked Up
      11/8/97
      8.0
      Book-hater Greg is forced by a mysterious librarian to endlessly relive a bunch of classic stories.
    • Ep 8
      Drawn & Quartered
      11/1/97
      9.4
      Aspiring artist Ralph finds a magic pencil that allows him to put life into his drawings and take revenge on the bullies who have been harassing him, but revenge isn't as sweet as he thought.
    • Ep 7
      So Very Attractive
      10/25/97
      10
      Julia, obsessed with the idea of being more beautiful, puts on a miracle cream that fulfills her wish but causes her to attract the unwanted attention of all sorts of creatures.
    • Ep 6
      Trouble in Store
      10/18/97
      9.3
      Derek and Rob, trying to steal from Rodman's Department Store, get locked in the store overnight as the mannequins come to life.
    • Ep 5
      Competitive Spirit
      10/11/97
      7.4
      Vincent tells Tom a ghost story about a Mountain Spirit In order to spook out his main competitor before the big ski race, but the spirit really exists and comes to torment Vincent for his deceptive ways.
    • Ep 4
      Unpopular Mechanics
      10/4/97
      7.4
      Randall, who loves to invent destructive mechanical gadgets, gets his comeuppance as his appliances suddenly turn on him.
    • Ep 3
      Waste Not, Haunt Not
      9/27/97
      8.2
      When brothers Richard and Stephen improperly dispose of the toxic waste from their failed Science Fair Project in a nearby bog, it comes back to haunt them in the form of a Bog Blob.
    • Ep 2
      Imaginary Friend
      9/20/97
      10
      To relieve boredom while awaiting the grande opening of Laserland, teens Leo and Jamie decide to play "welcome wagon" by taunting the new neighbor, 9-year-old Mary Anne. But Mary Anne's new, ghostly "imaginary friend" turns the table on the bullies, escalating when Leo snatches the girl's beloved kitten, Boo.
    • Ep 1
      Sharon Sharalike
      9/13/97
      4.0
      Selfish Shauna, unwilling to share even her most neglected toys with he younger sister Katie, spitefully hides Sharon Sharalike, the new doll that they've just received. But Shauna learns a lesson when she hears Sharon crying in the dead of night and comes to discover that the doll has mysteriously come to life.moreless
  • Season 2
    • Ep 13
      Transylvania Express
      12/10/94
      9.0
      An unscheduled detour takes two surfer dudes to Transylvania, where they end up riding a midnight express train... that's populated with vampires and other fiendish foes. Soon the boys find it hard to distinguish between their friends and enemies.
    • Ep 12
      Chuck (and Melvin) and the Beanstalker
      12/3/94
      8.0
      Hunky, self-involved Chuck and his homely brother, Melvin, pay a visit to the ominous trader, who offers them a bag of magic beans in trade for Chuck's beloved, trusty steed. As expected, a beanstalk grows and the siblings intend to loot the castle in the clouds... but they soon find themselves trying to escape the wrath of a giant, cyclops Beanstalker.moreless
    • Ep 11
      Hunted
      11/19/94
      8.0
      A greedy person named Hunter sets his "sights" in the deepest foliages of the Amazon, recklessly trapping every animal that he can. He was prepared to sell them to the bidders who bid the highest. The smallest boy in the local tribe, who is referred as 'the kid', tells him a story of Onnaya, a beast that can change form. Hunter mocked at the story. Later, on the same night, Hunter awoke to see that all his animals he trapped were set free and the grounds destroyed. He tried to hunt Onnaya, but he realizes, he isn't the hunter, he was hunted.moreless
    • Ep 10
      Uncle Harry's Horrible House of Horrors
      11/12/94
      6.3
      The vault guard tells a story this time. (See the one before the last episode). This one is about a little boy, whose uncle is always verbiestert. One day he succeeds the little to bring his uncle by means of a spirits train finally again for laughing.
    • Ep 9
      The Brothers Gruff
      11/5/94
      8.0
      Eddie's fears come true when he crosses a bridge and is followed home by a mischeivious bridge troll. Luckily Eddie's best friend Sheldon, a member of a weird society called 'Jr. Monster-Buster,' knows what to do. However, the situation turns from bad to worse when Eddie's disbelieving, older brother is kidnapped by the troll.moreless
    • Ep 8
      Growing Pains
      10/29/94
      10
      The Old Witch imprisons the Cryptkeeper in a scarecrow and hogs the spotlight with her tale. Dorky plant enthusiast Wendell falls for Rose, the new girl at school. Aiding in Wendell's battle with the class bullies, Rose reveals her thorns and insists that the bullies turn over a new leaf...
    • Ep 7
      The Haunted Mine
      10/22/94
      10
      Old aunt Melva decides to visit Dale in the country. They walk into an uncanny mine which is the home of remarkable shapes.
    • Ep 6
      Dead Men Don't Jump
      10/15/94
      9.0
      Once again the guard and the witch have an encounter.''They told a story of a basketball kid who plays with a highly dangerous opponent.
    • Ep 5
      The Weeping
      10/8/94
      10
      Camille and her friend go on a roadtrip and arrive at their final destination: an inn, which is haunted by a woman's spirit.
    • Ep 4
      All the Gory Details
      10/1/94
      8.4
      Two reporters are sent to an old abandoned house that was once owned by a doctor who was believed to have created a number of deformed monsters.
    • Ep 3
      The Avenging Phantom/Myth Conceptions
      9/24/94
      7.1
      (The Avenging Phantom)''A young boy named Jimmy is unsure of himself and escapes reality by reading the comic book 'The Avenging Phantom,' a series about an anti-hero who takes revenge upon those who wrong him. When he wishes that he could have someone like his hero to take revenge on those who have wronged him he gets his wish, but with dire consequences...''''(Myth Conceptions)''An archaeologist searching for the tomb of Medusa is warned about those who have failed in such searches before by a young girl named Zola, but he refuses to listen, hoping to seize the treasure he assumes is held within. When he does finally find the tomb, he has a run-in with a mythical creature that ends his career prematurely...moreless
    • Ep 2
      Cold Blood, Warm Heart/The Spider and the Flies
      9/17/94
      9.6
      The Cryptkeeper and the Old Witch meet at the beach and swap stories. In "Cold Blood, Warm Heart," the Old Witch tells the tales of two lakes that are haunted by monsters.
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      ''In "The Spider and the Flies," the Cryptkeeper tells the story of a city that is haunted by a spider.moreless
    • Ep 1
      Game Over
      9/10/94
      9.0
      Two boys get their just desserts for skipping school to play video games when one night, video game characters appear... to attack them! But, not everything appears as it seems....
  • Season 1
    • Ep 13
      Ghost Ship
      12/18/93
      6.0
      Ben and its friend plan an excursion with the brand-new white yacht of Ben's father. Did the boys with the crazy ship ram into something? Does the expensive boat go under? The shipwrecked are very glad when an old boat discovers it.
    • Ep 12
      Grounds for Horror
      12/11/93
      0.0
      Petey and his friends go into a "vacation warehouse" - unfortunately containing the severe Bill. The forest spirit, Trollix, provides children for change....
    • Ep 11
      This Wraps It Up
      12/4/93
      0.0
      On a field trip to the pyramids, Naomi, a young girl, becomes the "object" of her classmates' neverending ridiculing because she is the only girl. When a mummy unleashes a curse from its time on their lives, Naomi is the only one who can defeat the mummy and his curse and save their lives.moreless
    • Ep 10
      Gorilla's Paw
      11/20/93
      7.0
      Unpopular Walter would do anything just to be a member of Kingpin's secret club, assuming that it would make him popular. To gain membership, Walter steals a gorilla's paw that grants wishes, though he's unaware that the wishes come with terrifying consequences.
    • Ep 9
      Fare Tonight
      11/13/93
      9.5
      Best friends Mildred and Camille are obsessed with vampires -- so much so that they create a homemade vampire detector. Going on the hunt for vampires isn't quite as difficult as one would think... since there's a bloodsucker hiding right under their noses.
    • Ep 8
      Hyde and Go Shriek
      11/6/93
      0.0
      After a bully scares away a boy's (supposed a nice kid) pet mouse, the boy gets revenge.
    • Ep 7
      Cave Man
      10/30/93
      10
      Peter's father, a scientist, forgets his son's birthday while working hard to discover the secrets of a frozen caveman. When the caveman thaws and returns to life, Peter befriends the beast and they set out for the amusement park -- but the caveman has problems adapting to modern technology.
    • Ep 6
      The Sleeping Beauty
      10/23/93
      10
      A prince and his geeky friend attempt to awaken Sleeping Beauty, but the prince's kiss becomes a curse when she springs to life and attempts to kill them.
    • Ep 5
      The Works, In Wax
      10/16/93
      9.5
      Craig discovers, in the visit of the wax figures cabinet, the horror in the fright chamber becomes true, if one goes into the pictures. So not only it is in danger, but rather also the monsters. As Mr. deceitful, Boswick the museum buy and dismantle he wants, and help Craig and the monsters. They banish the businessman as a wax figure into the fright chamber.moreless
    • Ep 4
      Gone Fishing/A Little Body of Work
      10/9/93
      8.2
      In "Gone Fishin'," Randy seems to find his uncle's fishing hobby distasteful, but Uncle Ned claims that "if you take the bait, you pay the price" -- a lesson that Ned's soon to learn from the fish.''''In "A Little Body of Work," Eddie and Herman challenge Kevin to a race in the Mustang he's rebuilding. The hoodlums go to great lengths to win the race, only to have their devious plan revealed by Kevin's Mustang.moreless
    • Ep 3
      Pleasant Screams
      10/2/93
      9.5
      The Cryptkeeper cannot get to sleep, so he tells a story about nightmares, thinking that it will get himself to sleep. When Mr. Perty ends up in a graveyard with a girl named Jenny Lawson he doesn't have a clue what's going on. Both characters know each other by name but can't remember why or how they know each other. Then a man with a mask starts stalking them. Soon they end up in all sorts of places with monsters and villains, and the masked man. They soon begin to think that they're in a nightmare...just one question: Whose having the nightmare?moreless
    • Ep 2
      Nature
      9/25/93
      7.7
      When brothers Rick and Teddy attend a family picnic, they start tormenting ants in an antpile. That is, until, a anti-magnifying ray shrinks them the size of an ant. The brothers and the ants quickly find themselves befriending one another to deal with obstacles -- but the largest obstacle is Rick and Teddy's baby sister, who now appears to be a giant.moreless
    • Ep 1
      While the Cat's Away
      9/18/93
      7.5
      Two brothers, Dwight and Stan, have their hopes set on getting new state-of-the-art dirtbikes, but they have no cash. So the duo devise a plan to rob the mansion of a vacationing person... unaware that the vacationing resident is the Cryptkeeper - and his mansion is filled with all sorts of nasty monsters.moreless