True Drew

Vampires, film clubs and haunted mansions, oh my! Hello True Drews! For today's episode, we're covering Nancy Drew book #66 Race Against Time. Nancy is helping Ned with a vampire horror spoof film he is making, but encounters a few mysteries! River Heights is being plagued by burglaries and Shooting Star, a prize race horse, has gone missing! Can Nancy solve the case? I hope you all enjoy this episode!

Buongiorno, True Drews! For today's episode, we go to Venice, Italy with Nancy to solve the mystery in book #65 The Mystery of the Winged Lion! Nancy, Bess and George stop off in Venice on their way home from their adventures in Austria in the previous book, Captive Witness, and Ned, Burt and Dave decide to join them...only to end up in an Italian jail! It's up to the girls to get them out! They get help from a wealthy duchessa in exchange for helping her find her missing nephew. Nancy encounters art thief rings, kidnapping attempts and more in this fun book! If you enjoy Venice, Italy as much as I do, you will love this book and hopefully, this episode!

Hello, True Drews! Well. This may just be the craziest Nancy Drew book of ALL TIME. Nancy goes to Austria on an Emerson College sponsored tour and quickly finds herself embroiled in subterfuge and acts of espionage! With references to the Cold War political climate(this book was written in the early 1980's) and James Bond style, hokey villains with impressive gadgets, this book is so over the top and entertaining! I hope you all will enjoy this unhinged (more so than normal) episode!

Hello, True Drews!What better way to celebrate the 95th anniversary of Nancy Drew than with this interview with Jennifer Fisher, who heads the Nancy Drew Sleuths Fan Club (among her many other talents, which include putting on yearly Nancy Drew themed conventions!)! Today is the official " birthday" of Nancy Drew (though we all know, Nancy will always be perpetually 18!) and I am so excited to release this interview episode. Also, congratulations to Chawna on Instagram for winning my 95th Nancy Drew Anniversary Contest! I hope you all enjoy this episode!

Hi, True Drews! On today's episode, we jump into book #63 in the Nancy Drew series, The Twin Dilemma! Nancy, Bess and George head to New York to hang out with Aunt Eloise at a fashion show she is co-chairing, but things go wrong the instant they arrive. A model goes missing, a famous fashion designer's designs are stolen and there are more aliases in this book than you can shake a stick at! (You all know how I feel about those!) *Content Warning: I also did want to add a content warning for this episode; this book primarily takes place in a fashion world setting, so of course, there are a lot of disordered ideas about eating and body shaming in this one, which was unfortunate.*

Hi, True Drews! In today's episode, we'll be talking about book #62 The Kachina Doll Mystery! Nancy, Bess and George go to a ranch in Arizona where there is ghostly activity and...hey, wait a minute, doesn't this sound a lot like book #5 Secret of Shadow Ranch?! I'll let you know my thoughts on this and so much more! I hope you enjoy the episode!

Hi, True Drews! I hope you all are excited for another Nancy Drew game episode! Today we talk about game #5 The Final Scene, which is also based on the Nancy Drew Files book #38 The Final Scene! Nancy tags along with her friend, Maya, to the Royal Palladium Theater, where she is going to interview the actor, Brady Armstrong---but instead of getting the scoop, she gets kidnapped! Now it's up to Nancy to find Maya in 3 days before the demolition of the theater is set to happen! No pressure...right? I hope you all enjoy this game episode!

Hello, True Drews!For today's episode, we jump into book #61 The Swami's Ring! Nancy encounters an amnesia patient with a mysterious ring, Carson is accused of wrongdoing as it pertains to a theater group and a dispute with the neighboring town of Castleton and Nancy is also asked by a local harpist to help locate her sister.This was a twisty mystery with lots of surprises and ups and downs, so I hope you enjoy this episode!

Hello, True Drews! For this week's episode we talk about book #60 The Greek Symbol Mystery! Nancy, Bess and George find themselves in Greece to solve the mystery of...well, it's kind of convoluted, actually. I hope you all will enjoy this episode, even though the mystery itself for this book makes little to no sense!

Hey, True Drews!On today's episode, we discuss book #59 The Secret in the Old Lace!Nancy heads off to Belgium (Where *hasn't* that girl traveled to?!) to investigate the disappearance of a man centuries ago named Francois Lefavre and find some mysterious lace cuffs he used to wear.There's a ghostly figure, secret passages, messages in lace and so much more! I hope you enjoy this episode! P.S. I apologize for the cicada noises, but I guess they get episode credits, because they were so loud when I recorded this, you can hear them in the background!

Hi, True Drews! And welcome back for an episode that's intergalactic! In today's episode, we discuss book #58 The Flying Saucer Mystery! Nancy and the crew go to Shawniegunk Forest to investigate a mysterious flying saucer! They encounter strange people in the woods, eat some medicinal leaves, possibly get radiation poisoning and so much more! This was a crazy read that made for an even crazier episode and I hope you get a kick out of it!

Hi, True Drews! For this week's episode, we're jumping back into the Nancy Drew books again with the first Wanderer Edition book, #57 The Triple Hoax! Nancy, Bess and George get roped into helping one of Aunt Eloise's friends, Annabella Richards, who has been scammed out of a large sum of money. They also end up helping another woman, Senora Mendez, locate her kidnapped grandaughter. This is a fun mystery full of magicians, trips to Mexico and poisons, so you won't want to miss this one! *Content Warning: George and Nancy unfortunately say some rather insensitive things about Native American Indian women in this one, which I address.*

Hello, True Drews! For today's episode, we discuss the last episode featuring Nancy on the 1970's TV show, Season 1 Episode 14: The Mystery of the Solid Gold Kicker! After George suspects that she saw a body after leaving a party, things go from strange to stranger! I hope you all will enjoy this episode!

Hello, True Drews! For today's episode we jump in and join Nancy and George on a cruise for Season 1 Episode 12 of the 1970's TV show, The Mystery of the Ghost Writer's Cruise! Nancy and George are accompanying the famous mystery writer, Mr. John Adams, on a cruise where all of the things from his novels start happening to him! Tampered lamps that electrocute, threats that denote chess moves and so much more! I hope you all will tune in and enjoy this episode!

Hi, True Drews! Today we've got another episode of the 1970's tv show coming at you, this time it's Season 1 Episode 10: The Mystery of the Fallen Angels! Nancy becomes wrapped up in a mystery at a carnival when a friend of the family has some jewels that go missing! Nancy also does some motocross--no, really--some innocent people get accused of the jewelry theft, and Nancy has to prove who really took the jewels. I hope you all enjoy this episode!

Hi True Drews and welcome back for Episode #70! Wow, it feels so cool to say that! Today's episode will cover the 1970's Nancy Drew TV Show, Season 1 Episode 8: A Haunting We Will Go! Ned is putting on a play, Murder in the 4th Act, and Nancy notices suspicious things going on in the wings. When a group of famous actors come back into town to help with the small town play, Nancy can't help but question their motives. I hope you all enjoy this episode!

Hi, True Drews! On today's episode, we jump into Nancy Drew's third episode in the 1970's Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Series, Season 1 Episode 6 The Secret of the Whispering Walls! Nancy goes to visit her Aunt Ruby and Aunt Lela on their farm and find out if they are being pressured to sell their honey farm and where strange noises and whispers are coming from in the middle of the night! This was such a fun episode, pulling heavily from the books The Hidden Staircase (#2) and The Secret of Red Gate Farm (#6). I hope you all love this episode!

Welcome back, True Drews! On today's episode, we tackle the second of Nancy Drew's episodes from the 1970's tv show, Season 1 Episode 4: The Mystery of the Diamond Triangle! Nancy goes flying in a plane while looking insanely stylish and witnesses a car wreck from the air! She reports it to the police, but things only get more mysterious from there! I hope you all will enjoy this episode!

Hi, True Drews! We are finally diving into a much requested topic: the 1970's Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys TV Show! We tackle the first of Nancy Drew's episodes for Season 1, which is Episode 2 The Mystery of Pirate's Cove! Dead fish, lights being turned on in an abandoned lighthouse, and a mysterious treasure! Nancy sets her mind to the case and with the help of Ned Nickerson, George Fayne and Carson Drew, she works towards solving it! If you're a fan of the 1970's show, you won't want to miss this episode! For the next few episodes, we will be tackling Season 1 of this show in chronological order! I hope you all will enjoy!

Hi again, True Drews! For this week's episode, we dive back into the Nancy Drew computer games to discuss game #4 Treasure in the Royal Tower! This game, and the book it is based off of (#128 Treasure in the Royal Tower) are fantastic! Nancy goes to Wisconsin on vacation and quickly finds herself wrapped up in another mystery at Wickford Castle. Someone has vandalized the library! What are they after? And does it have something to do with a tower of the castle that was imported from France and has ties to Marie Antoinette? Tune in to find out! (P.S. The book and game are very similar and I can't wait to tackle the book at a later date on the podcast! It's so good! One of my favorites.)

Hello, True Drews! For today's episode, we discuss and compare the original text for The Bungalow Mystery to the revised text we read earlier in the podcast! Nancy Drew and Helen Corning encounter Laura Pendleton, a girl who has recently lost her parents, and has found herself in an abusive foster parent situation. Does Jacob Aborn intend to try and steal her inheritance away from her? Tune in to find out and I hope you enjoy this episode! (P.S. For being written so long ago--in 1930--this book was surprisingly unproblematic!)

Hello, True Drews! For today's episode, we discuss the original text for The Hidden Staircase! Nancy gets her next mystery, not from Helen Corning, but from Abigail Rowen, someone she helped in her previous mystery, The Secret of the Old Clock! Floretta and Rosemary Turnbull are continuously being plagued by strange noises, things are being stolen and they think their house is haunted! Also, an unsavory character, Nathan Gombet lurks in the wings. Will Nancy Drew solve the case? Tune in to find out and I hope you enjoy this episode! *Content Warning: The book we are discussing for today's episode was written in 1930, nearly 100 years ago. For that reason, there are some things that may be viewed as culturally insensitive and inappropriate today, such as teenagers having guns and unfair depictions of different races.*

Hello, True Drews! You asked, I delivered! For today's episode, we discuss the original text 1930's version of The Secret of the Old Clock, the first book in the Nancy Drew series. *Content Warning: This book was written in the 1930's, a time where, culturally, the world was vastly different. There are references to alcohol, guns, rape, The Great Depression and there is a character of African American descent who is talked about in an unfavorable manner. I have tried to talk about these issues in the least offensive way I know how to in this episode. However, they are things that are clearly mentioned in this book and I think we owe it to past generations to discuss. If any of these topics make you uncomfortable, this may be an episode you wish to skip.*

Hi, True Drews! I hope you are ready for this crazy episode! For this one, we are discussing the 56th book in the series, The Thirteenth Pearl! Nancy follows a string of jewel thefts and ends up in Japan, trying to also find a missing man, Mr. Moto. There are fake pearl cults and a lot of general weirdness in this book! I hope you all enjoy the episode

Hi, True Drews! For today's episode I have Alexa from River Heights Buzz Podcast on again and we discuss a really fun book: The Mystery of Crocodile Island, book #55! Nancy, Bess and George head to Florida and encounter crocodiles, smugglers, would be kidnappers, submarines and more!I hope you all enjoy this super fun episode! We also went off on some Nancy Drew game tangents from about the 37:00-44:46 mark, but can you blame us? Nancy Drew is so awesome and it's so fun getting to discuss! We'll definitely have some crossover game episodes on both our podcasts coming up in the future! *Also, fun fact—this episode is the one where Alexa and I came up with the idea to do Unpopular Opinions/Hot Takes! If you flip back through the podcast, you'll see a few BONUS episodes in August and September of 2024 called Podcast Sisters Play Nancy Drew where we teamed up with Susie from the podcast Spilling the Tea with Susie! We discuss unpopular opinions about some of the Nancy Drew games! You can also check out their podcasts, @RiverHeightsBuzz and @SpillingtheTeaWithSusie for episodes 2,3,5 and 6 respectively!*

Hello, True Drews! For today's episode, we talk about the 54th book in the Nancy Drew series, The Strange Message in the Parchment! Nancy goes to Triple Creek Farm to help her friend, Junie Flockhart and her family solve the mystery of a mysterious parchment. A hateful neighbor, a mysterious boy and an artist in Italy all end up having connections in this mystery! I hope you all enjoy this episode! *Content Warning: This mystery takes place primarily at a sheep slaughtering farm. I don't go into extensive detail on that, but if that bothers you, this might be an episode to skip!*

Hello, True Drews! In this episode, we discuss book #53 The Sky Phantom! Nancy learns to fly planes, Bess falls in love with a cowboy, and there are strange magnetic clouds and plots of revolution! This was an odd book and we'll talk all about it in this episode! *Also, the explicit warning is because there may have been a reference to flight apparatus and appendages. Otherwise, it's a fairly clean episode!*

Hi, True Drews! Come along with me as we discuss the 52nd book in the series, The Secret of the Forgotten City! Nancy heads out west on an archaeological expedition to find some missing Native American tablets and a forgotten city! I hope you all will enjoy this very Indiana Jones-esque episode! And here is the link to my True Drew Podcast/Nancy Drew Merch Shop! https://true-drew-podcast.printify.me/products *Content Warning: There are some offensive things done to Native American remains in this book, along with jokes about the culture. There is also a word that is very offensive to members of the gay community. The word has changed its meaning over the years and originally meant "a bundle of twigs", which is how it is used in this book, but I just wanted to let people know!*

Hi again, True Drews! For today's episode, we jump right into the 51st book in the Nancy Drew series, The Mystery of the Glowing Eye! Ned is kidnapped and Nancy has to find him and save him! There is also a cyclops eye that keeps showing up at a museum, paralyzing flashlight beams (No, seriously.) and helicopters that pilot themselves. A woman named Marty King also makes a play for Carson Drew (gasp!) and a whole lot of other fun things happen in this book! I hope you all will enjoy this episode, it's a very fun one!

Welcome back, True Drews! On today's episode, we jump into book #50, The Double Jinx Mystery! Nancy gets a taxidermy woodpecker left on her lawn (no, really), an apartment complex is threatening to annihilate a local aviary and Ned catches the bird flu. This is one weird mystery and I hope you all enjoy this episode!

Hi, True Drews! And welcome back to the final episode of our three part Halloween series! For this episode, we discuss The Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Campfire Stories Book! Included in this book are the short stories: Northwoods Celebration The Perfect Prince The Haunted Haunted House Secret of Hawk Canyon False Accusation The Abominable Snowman I hope you all have enjoyed listening to these Halloween episodes as much as I have enjoyed making them! Stay spooky!

Hi, True Drews! Today we are going to be talking about book #49, The Secret of Mirror Bay! Nancy, Bess and George accompany Aunt Eloise to a cabin on Mirror Bay near Cooperstown, New York to solve the mystery of a woman who seems to walk on water. Along the way, they discover more mysteries, including a glowing green man up on the mountain and a missing carriage lost beneath the waters of the bay. Can Nancy solve the mystery? Tune in to find out!

Hello again and welcome to another BONUS episode of the podcast, the second in this three part Halloween series! In this episode, we'll be discussing a collection of spooky short stories from Nancy Drew Ghost Stories (Volume 2) There are 6 stories in total from this book and they are: Vampire Cave The Dark Crypt The Geist of Meyer's Mall Witches' Brew The Phantom of Room 513 Forest of Fear I hope you all enjoy this delightfully spooky episode, just in time for the Halloween season! *Content Warning: There is some fatshaming of Bess in this one. We can't escape that, even in the short stories, it would seem!*

Hi, True Drews! Well, today, we are going to discuss one of the most unhinged Nancy Drew mysteries in the original 56 books, #48 The Crooked Banister. Nancy and Carson set out to solve a case involving some of his clients, the Melodys, who were sold a piece of property that turns out to be a Native American reservation. They also figure out that a man named Rawley Banister is involved in this scam and he has the craziest house I've ever heard of. (There are robots, poison, trap doors, a fiery moat...you get the picture.) Nancy and Carson have to solve who is also behind exploiting Native American children on the reservation. This is a very WEIRD book. *TRIGGER WARNING: A group of Native American people are exploited very unfairly in this book, which I did not like!*

Hello, True Drews and welcome to a special BONUS three part Halloween series! For the next few Mondays leading up to Halloween, I'm going to be doing a few spooky episodes! Here are the books we'll be covering for this special spooky season series: Episode #1: Nancy Drew Ghost Stories (Volume 1) Episode #2: Nancy Drew Ghost Stories (Volume 2) Episode #3: Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Campfire Stories Each of these books has multiple short stories within them. Here are the stories included in this first episode covering Nancy Drew Ghost Stories (Volume 1): The Campus Ghost The Ghost Dogs of Whispering Oaks Blackbeard's Skull The Ghost Jogger The Curse of the Frog The Greenhouse Ghost I hope you all will enjoy this episode! And congratulations to Lynne for winning a FREE copy of the book we covered in this episode! Follow along on my Instagram, @TrueDrewPodcast! I post a lot of funny Nancy Drew content over there and occasionally do book giveaways!

Hi, True Drews and welcome to another game episode! Today we'll be talking about Message in a Haunted Mansion, the third game and one of my personal favorites! (I maaaayy be a little biased since it was the very first Nancy Drew game I ever played!) This game is based on the book #122 Message in a Haunted Mansion. Nancy goes to San Francisco to investigate the supposed hauntings at a bed and breakfast co owned by Hannah Gruen's friends, Rose Green and Abby Sideris. Why are so many accidents happening? Could treasure be involved? Tune in to find out and get a healthy dose of early 2000's computer game nostalgia!

Hello, True Drews! For today's episode, I have a guest on the show, Alexa from The River Heights Buzz Podcast! We jump in and discuss Nancy Drew mystery #47 The Mysterious Mannequin. Nancy helps her dad, Carson Drew, locate a past client, the group ventures to Turkey and Nancy tries to unravel the mysterious messages hidden in a valuable Turkish rug. I hope you all enjoy the episode and check out Alexa and Candace's podcast The River Heights Buzz, exclusively on Spotify!

Hi, True Drews! For today's episode we talk about The Invisible Intruder, book #46! Nancy and her gang of ghost hunters, including Helen Corning Archer, set out to solve not 1, not 2, but 5 separate hauntings! Are the hauntings all connected? Will there be another boat accident? Tune in to find out!

Hi again, True Drews! On today's episode, we talk about book #45 The Spider Sapphire Mystery. Nancy goes with her friends on safari and attempts to solve the mystery of a spider sapphire and a missing safari guide! *Content Warning: There are some horribly racist depictions of people of Indian and African descent and I hate that these things are so often in Nancy Drew books.*

Hi, True Drews! On today's episode, we discuss book #44 The Clue in the Crossword Cipher! Nancy jets off to Peru in search of answers and tries to solve the mystery of her friend Carla Ponce's 300 year old wooden plaque! *Content Warning: I discuss my feelings regarding Bess Marvin's constant fat shaming in the books a little more in depth and briefly touch upon the subject of body image and disordered eating.*

Bonjour, True Drews! For today's episode, we venture over to France to solve The Mystery of the 99 Steps, Nancy's 43rd mystery! Alchemy plays a heavy role in this mystery, Nancy and Carson's end up linked together in a not so shocking twist and Fifi the poodle gets poisoned! I hope you all will enjoy discussing this book with me! *Content Warning: There are some offensive remarks made about people of Arabian descent in this book.*

Hi, again, True Drews!Welcome back for Part 4 of our 6 part series, Podcast Sisters Play Nancy Drew!Episode 1 is here on True Drew Podcast and if you need to catch up on Episodes 2 and 3, they are on River Heights Buzz Podcast and Spilling the Tea with Susie respectively!Here are the links for both:Episode #2: Unpopular Opinions and Hot Takes on River Heights Buzz:https://open.spotify.com/episode/4yJOEA2CrjxClczIwthRRo?si=z0IQU-1rRnGkikwNTHgI3g&t=5897Episode #3: Unpopular Opinions and Hot Takes on Spilling the Tea:https://open.spotify.com/episode/5D7oHFyiuy5K7isqWJiiPR?si=iv6ftaRQT6G1t2zVxDaUBgIn today's episode, we discuss the games Captive Curse, Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake, Creature of Kapu Cave, Warnings at Waverly Academy, Curse of Blackmoor Manor and The Silent Spy. We hope you all enjoy this episode! *We didn't do a Fight/Marry/Kill for Warnings at Waverly since the girls are technically teenagers and it didn't feel appropriate!*Stay tuned for links to our last two collaboration episodes, 5 and 6, coming soon!

Hi, True Drews! In today's episode, we discuss The Phantom of Pine Hill, book #42! Nancy, Bess and George go to hang out with Ned, Burt and Dave for June Week at their fraternity at Emerson College and find a mystery along the way. Uncle John, an uncle of one of the professors, is having things stolen from his home, but there's been no sign of forced entry. Can Nancy solve the case? *Content Warning: There are some unfortunate moments in this book where Native American burial grounds are desecrated and Ned wears a Native American outfit and puts on an offensive mode of speech.*

Hello, True Drews! For today's episode, we journey to the Scottish Highlands and investigate a missing heirloom and a ring of sheep thieves in The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes, book #41! This is another of my favorite Nancy Drew books, so I hope you all will enjoy this episode of the podcast!

Hello, True Drews! For today's episode, we talk about book #40 The Moonstone Castle Mystery. Nancy inspects a mysterious castle and tries to hunt down a missing girl whose inheritance is at stake and whose family wants to find her! I hope you all enjoy this mystery!

Hey, True Drews! You read that right! This is a BONUS episode! This episode is part of a 6 part series, Podcast Sisters Play Nancy Drew! Me (Avery) of True Drew Podcast, Alexa and Candace from River Heights Buzz Podcast, and Susie from Susie Should Be Sleeping Podcast have all collaborated together to bring you allll your unpopular opinions and hot takes of the Nancy Drew games! And some of our own! Since there are 36 games total (including the 2 dossier games) we decided to spin a wheel and do 6 games per episode! For today's episode, we tackle the games Danger on Deception Island, Trail of the Twister, Deadly Device, Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, Mystery of the Seven Keys and Ghost of Thornton Hall! Want in on the fun and to share YOUR unpopular opinions for the games? Check out our Instagrams @truedrewpodcast, @riverheightsbuzz and @susieshouldbesleeping.yt, where we'll be posting to our stories where YOU can send in your opinions and hot takes! Episode 2 will be released on The River Heights Buzz Podcast, date to be determined. For that episode, we will discuss the games Resorting to Danger, Haunting of Castle Malloy, Legend of the Crystal Skull, Secrets Can Kill, Stay Tuned For Danger and Labyrinth of Lies!

Hi, True Drews! Today, we're discussing the 39th Nancy Drew book, The Clue of the Dancing Puppet! Puppets terrorize a theater troupe just trying to put on a Civil War play, Old Cally Boy speaks constantly in iambic pentameter, and Nancy has to solve another mystery! I hope you all will enjoy this episode! *Content Warning: I do briefly reference eating disorders in this episode, in regards to Bess constantly (and unfortunately) being fat shamed.*

Hello, True Drews! For this episode, we discuss book number 38, The Mystery of the Fire Dragon and follow Nancy on her adventures through New York City and Hong Kong! Chi Che is mysteriously kidnapped, Grandpa Soong's manuscript is stolen and Nancy uncovers yet another huge smuggling ring in this mystery! I hope you all enjoy this episode and thank you for listening!

Hi again, True Drews! In this episode, we discuss the 37th book in the Nancy Drew series, The Clue in the Old Stagecoach! Nancy cheats on Ned (What?!), there are some annoying people staying at Camp Merriweather that keep Nancy, Bess and George on their toes and we go in search of a historic stagecoach that could reverse the fortunes of the people of Francisville! I hope you all enjoy this fun episode!

*Trigger Warning: Depression. In the first few minutes of this episode, I discuss an email I received from a listener of the podcast who suffers with depression and also discuss one of the things that inspired me to start True Drew Podcast. If you want to start the episode right where we begin discussing The Golden Pavilion Mystery, that starts at the 6:23 time mark.* Aloha, True Drews! For this episode, we discuss the 36th installment of the Nancy Drew series, The Secret of the Golden Pavilion! Nancy almost meets her death several times, first at a luau and then at a fiery volcano, there are hula dancing ghosts and so much more! I hope you all enjoy this episode!

Hello, True Drews! WOW. Can you believe we're on episode 40?! Thank you all so much for your continued support and listening to the podcast. Today we discuss one of my very favorite Nancy Drew games, Stay Tuned for Danger, the second game in the HerInteractive franchise which is based on Nancy Drew Files #17. I hope you all enjoy this episode--from the memories, to the music, to the silly impressions!