While visiting her friend Sydney in Iowa, Gabby and her pal head to a carnival, but when strange things start to happen, it becomes obvious to Gabby that this carnival is not what it seems.
Attending a spooky sleepover at the museum with dozens of other girls, Jane accepts a participant's dare to take an after-hours tour of the museum in the dark despite rumors about an Ancient Egyptian mummy that comes to life when the museum closes.
Unexpectedly loving her new home in the country, Ashley is astonished to learn that her new friends are not allowed to go trick-or-treating, a situation that compels her to host a Halloween party that is overshadowed by scary discoveries.
During their parents' New Year's Eve party, the Peterson sisters sneak out to investigate the abandoned house next door, where they have witnessed strange things in the past.
Out from under her parents' noses after an apartment fire leaves them acting strange, Nora Wilson befriends Caitlin but is chilled by the stories she tells of ghosts haunting their apartment building when they hit too close to home.
Charlotte Torres begins to wonder if her bad luck could be tied to the tarot card that fell out of her library book, with a message on the back stating "Pass this card along or you'll be sorry!.".
After her family moves to Heaton Corners, Ashley McDowell starts making plans for Halloween but she soon discovers the terrifying reason why no one else in town celebrates the spooky holiday.
Kayal Evans wants to be part of the popular crowd, and she will do anything to have Nick Maroulis like her, including mixing a love potion into the punch at her big party this weekend.