The series was developed by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller for Disney+ and Hulu. It is based on the book series by R. L. Stine. The series abandons the episodic anthology format of the 1995 first television series to focus on a serialized-anthology style of storytelling instead. In the first season, a group of five high school students embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three decades earlier of a teen named Harold Biddle — while unearthing dark secrets from their parents' past. In February 2024, the series was renewed for a second season titled Goosebumps: The Vanishing.