Spook-tacular! The top 5 scary kids shows

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When I was a kid I absolutely loved scary stories. Whether it was in books, TV or film there was always the feeling of fear yet fun hearing about creepy cobwebbed castles with resident ghosts and wicked witches cooking up spells with eye of newt and bat drool.

This year for Halloween myself and Peter Dunne are adding to that canon of scary stories for children with our podcast Spooky FM. It's all about Uncle Vlad, a vampire from the heart of Transylvania, and Zombetty, a surprisingly chipper Zombie considering she’s been dead for 100 years! They’ll be inviting children from all over Ireland to see if they can scare the seasoned ghouls with their own tales of terror!

So to get in the mood, I’ve picked out the top 5 favourite spooky TV shows that I watched growing up...

Eerie, Indiana: Much like the town of Nowhere that Courage the Cowardly Dog lived in, strange things seemed to happen often in Eerie, Indiana. The show followed teenager Marshall Teller and his family as they move to the desolate town of Eerie, Indiana, population of 16,661. Along with his friend Simon Holmes, Marshall contends with a sinister group of intelligent dogs that are planning on taking over the world, Bigfoot and a still-living Elvis Presley. The show had only one season but much like the other shows on this list it gained a second live through cult status.