Children’s television programming taught and entertained us through fun, creative ways. But every once in a while, those fun or educational concepts got lost. This happened when certain characters took center stage. Some characters didn’t teach us how to count or solve mysteries. Instead, these characters did nothing more than haunt our dreams. Here are the most scary kids’ TV characters that gave us nightmares.
Barney the Dinosaur
Talking purple dinosaurs sounds fun, right? Wrong. Barney is actually terrifying. He does preach about love and working together, but he does so with a bunch of children. Adults probably need more help than kids, but the concept of the show is still frightening no matter whom he preaches to.