So let's have a look at entries 8-5
8) It's a Mystery
Neil Buchanan makes his second appearance on this list with this show that was at times basically Most Haunted for children. Each show would include case files on various different ghost stories from around the country and then investigate them for possible explanations. There was one particular episode I remember about the appearance of Doppelgangers which left me looking out for my double everywhere, thank you CITV.
7) Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Wow this show scared me as a kid yet I couldn't help but watch it every Saturday morning to see who was telling the story and also to see if there was going to be any famous guest stars. The one story I really remember is one about a boy who used his camera to take photos of people and steal their youth and it turned out he was actually about 80 (this may have also been the episode Mellissa Joan Hart starred in). One thing was certain with this show you really didn't know if it was going to end well or not for those involved.
Just one more thing, the Midnight Society, it says they're all from different schools/years etc.. so how did they meet to decide to create the society and how liberal must their parents be?
6) Round the Twist
Yes I realise these last three shows have all been similar but that's what you get when you grew up loving anything and everything supernatural. At least they've all had different settings and this show started off by focusing on the Twist's and the strange things that happened around them. Plus this show has one hell of a catchy theme tune.
5) Mighty Morphing Power Rangers
I'm old enough to remember when Power Rangers first came out, and boy did it make an impression. I would not miss an episode (or the movie) and I was completely and utterly hooked on the Green Ranger/White Ranger story line and one of my biggest regrets was never having a Power Ranger toy of my own (although I would play with my cousin's every at every available opportunity). To be honest I stopped watching after Mighty Morphing and only caught a bit of In Space and tiny bits of the more recent ones which I couldn't name and none of them have that original magic.
Interesting fact: I only realised a couple of years ago that the show was made up mainly of footage from Japanese sentai shows.
Are You Afraid of the Dark? is such a good show. I usually can't tolerate "scary" things, but that show was the bomb :)
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