True Drew

A podcast for all things Nancy Drew! In this podcast, I go through the books in chronological order, and also discuss the Nancy Drew computer games, movie adaptations, tv shows and more! If you're a “True Drew” and fan of the teen detective, you won't want to miss out on funny life lessons, book cover ratings, and so much more! Can't get enough of True Drew? Then check out my subscription podcast, True Drew Files! Become a Paid Subscriber: <a href="https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/truedrew/subscribe" target="_blank">https://creat Instagram: @TrueDrewPodcast</a>

Episode #104: Be A Detective Series (#6: The Missing Money Mystery)

Hello, True Drews! This episode marks the last of the Be A Detective Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys series! We cover book #6 today, The Missing Money Mystery, which has plenty of funny and suspenseful alternate endings! I hope you all enjoy this episode--and stay tuned until the end for some general announcements/exciting things happening on the podcast for the month of October!

10-02
01:19:31

Episode #103: Be A Detective Series (#5: The Alaskan Mystery)

Helloooo, True Drews! On this week's episode we dive into the 5th Be A Detective series book, The Alaskan Mystery! Nancy, Frank and Joe have to save Nancy's reporter friend, a man with two first names, Rick Jason, from imminent peril! Another fun episode that listens more like an audio book and has multiple endings. Only one more left in this series (after this episode) before we move on to some more fun Nancy Drew things! I hope you all enjoy this episode!

09-25
01:27:13

Episode #102: Be A Detective Series (#4: Secret Cargo)

Hello fellow sleuths and detectives! For this episode we jump into the fourth book in the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Be A Detective Series, Secret Cargo! Nancy, Frank and Joe--in various alternate endings--have to stop an environmental threat! I hope you all will enjoy this fun episode!

09-18
01:38:25

Episode #101: Be A Detective Series (#3: The Feathered Serpent)

Hello, True Drews! For this week's episode, we jump into the third book in the Be A Detective Series, The Feathered Serpent! More fun alternate endings await in this longer episode! I hope you all enjoy it!

09-11
01:24:37

Episode #100: 100th Episode Q & A

Hey, True Drews! Thank you for sending in your questions over on Instagram! You all sent some great ones in! On this week's episode, I answer allll the questions you sent in: about my Nancy Drew likes, dislikes, my rabbit Reese, books I would love to have in my collection and so much more! Thank you all so much for listening to True Drew Podcast and supporting me, it means so much! Here's to 100 more episodes!

09-04
40:37

Episode #99: Be A Detective Series (#2: Danger On Ice)

Hello, True Drews! We're back for another fun episode with alternate endings! Today we tackle book #2 in this fun series, Danger On Ice! Nancy and the Hardy Boys must save their friend, international ice skating champion, Kristy Anderson, from many different scenarios in which she is kidnapped! I hope you all will enjoy this episode!

08-28
01:26:41

Episode #98: Be A Detective Series (#1: The Secret of the Knight's Sword)

Hello, True Drews!Today we jump into the first book of the Be A Detective Series, a fun spin off series that features Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys working together! AND--these books have multiple endings! Kind of like the famous Choose Your Own Adventure stories, these books let you get into the detectives' shoes--your choices directly influence the plot of the story!And for fun, I dive into each different alternate ending and scenario!I hope you enjoy this episode!

08-21
01:33:22

Episode #97: The Phantom of Venice

Hello, True Drews! On this week's episode, Nancy heads back to Italy--Venice, Italy to be exact!--to help her father with a case involving a missing glass blowing artist, and Nancy quickly gets tangled up in matters of the heart with not one, but two separate love interests who--*gasp*---aren't Ned Nickerson! This book, the 78th in the series, which the 18th Nancy Drew computer game is also based on, is a fun one, full of twists and turns! I hope you all will tune in and enjoy the episode!

08-14
53:09

Episode #96: The Bluebeard Room

Hello, True Drews!On this week's episode, we discuss a cult classic in the Nancy Drew fan community: The Bluebeard Room, the 77th book in the series!This book marked a very distinct shift in the Stratemeyer Syndicate and for the Nancy Drew series. The tone for this book and the one after it, The Phantom of Venice, were more mature and would pave the way for a new Nancy Drew series, The Nancy Drew Files!In this book, Nancy has a tryst with a rockstar, explores the haunted moors of the UK while helping a friend who now lives there and recently got married, and busts up a potential witch cult and drug running gang?! Yep, it's the same Nancy Drew series, but a whoooolllleee different side to Nancy!I hope you all enjoy this off the wall episode!Content Warning: This book references illegal dr*gs. I know, kind of crazy for a Nancy Drew book!

08-07
01:17:40

Episode #95: The Eskimo's Secret

Hello, True Drews! For this week's episode, we talk about book #76 The Eskimo's Secret! Nancy heads to Seattle to help her dad, Carson, with a case involving the Haggler Imports Company and also decides to pay a visit to a friend, Alanna Steele. (No, no relation to Anna Steele from Fifty Shades of Grey.) Nancy quickly gets involved in an art heist scheme and Carson is kidnapped! Can she solve both cases at once AND help find her father? Tune in to find out! I hope you enjoy the episode!

07-31
44:57

Episode #94: The Emerald Eyed Cat Mystery

Hello, True Drews! On this week's episode, we jump into book #75 The Emerald Eyed Cat Mystery! Nancy helps Carson with a case involving sunken freighter ships, missing cargo..and possible insurance fraud? Nancy finds herself kidnapped and held hostage in Columbia and playing the most extreme game of hide and seek I think I've ever witnessed. I hope you all will enjoy this mystery and this episode!

07-24
32:24

Episode #93: The Mysterious Image

Hello, True Drew fans!For this week's episode, we jump into book #74 The Mysterious Image! Nancy and Carson set out to solve a case for a friend of Carson's, Dallas Curry, the ad photographer, who is being accused of stealing other photographers' work! A famous actress also goes missing in River Heights and its up to Nancy to solve both cases! #multitaskingqueen I hope you all enjoy this episode!

07-17
33:33

Episode #92: Secret of the Scarlet Hand Game

Hey, True Drews! For today's episode, we get to discuss another Nancy Drew game, game #6 The Secret of the Scarlet Hand! This game is based on book #124 The Secret of the Scarlet Hand and they are fairly similar in plot! Nancy goes to intern at Beech Hill Museum in Washington DC at the recommendation of her dad's friend, Franklin Rose. Things are going great--until a priceless Mayan artifact is stolen! Can Nancy solve the case and keep the museum afloat at the same time? Tune in to find out!

07-10
47:49

Episode #91: Enemy Match

Hello, True Drews! For today's episode, we jump into book #73 Enemy Match! Nancy sets out to solve a tennis related mystery and also gains a protege assistant, Midge Watson! There are lots of car chases, weird people who live by the river and so much more! I hope you all will tune in and enjoy this episode!

07-03
40:50

Episode #90: The Haunted Carousel

Hello, True Drews!On today's 90th episode--WOW--we discuss book #72 The Haunted Carousel, the book that the game of the same name is based on!Nancy, Bess, George and sometimes Ned get embroiled in another River Heights mystery, this time involving a missing carousel horse and a local carousel that turns on mysteriously in the middle of the night! I hope you all will enjoy this fun episode!

06-26
38:00

Episode #89: The Silver Cobweb

Hello, True Drews! For this week's episode, we jump into book #71 The Silver Cobweb! Nancy gets pulled into a mystery where people are being threatened by symbols of a red spider! A late opera singer, a current golf pro and several other people are wrapped up in this case! Can Nancy solve it?Tune in to find out and I hope you enjoy this episode!

06-19
48:03

Episode #88: The Broken Anchor

Hello, True Drews!On today's episode, we dive into another mystery that Nancy Drew embarks upon to solve! Nancy gets a strange letter in the mail, telling her she has won a vacation to the Bahamas, but things are not as they seem. Nancy sends Bess and George ahead for her, saying she and Carson will meet them at the island resort later...only to find out after she and her father land and their sea plane takes off, that they are effectively stranded there. This mystery in a tropical location is sure to be a great beach read and this podcast episode will be a great beach listen! I hope you all enjoy this episode! And congratulations to one of my Instagram followers and listeners, Moira, who won a FREE copy of this book! Follow along on Instagram @truedrewpodcast for more chances to win free ND books + funny Nancy Drew antics and Reels!

06-12
30:07

Episode #87: The Clue in the Ancient Disguise

Hi, True Drews!For today's episode, we jump straight into book #69 The Clue in the Ancient Disguise!Nancy is tasked by Carson to help a client, Pierre Michaud, who has found a mysterious item in his grandfather's belongings. There's a forbidden romance, break ins at a local museum and many other things that Nancy encounters in this mystery! I hope you all enjoy this episode!

06-05
50:00

Episode #86: The Elusive Heiress

Hello, True Drews!In this episode, we'll be talking about book #68 The Elusive Heiress!Nancy and Ned head off to Wyoming to solve--initially--one missing person's case--and end up trying to solve two! Clarinda Winthrop is missing and her millionaire father is trying to locate her and Nancy and Ned end up trying to help a young girl named Jennifer find her missing mother, Lorna Buckman. It's a wild, wild west of an episode and book as Nancy encounters many horse related accidents during Cheyenne's Frontier Days celebration!I hope you all enjoy this episode, and as always, thank you for listening!

05-29
31:16

Episode #85: The Sinister Omen

Hello, True Drews! On today's episode, we'll be talking about book #67 The Sinister Omen. Nancy goes to Florida again with the gang and quickly gets wrapped up in trying to solve a string of burglaries at an elderly millionaire's house and a stamp counterfeiting ring. I hope you all will enjoy this crazy episode!

05-22
41:11

Megan Harding

when my book gets published I would really like it if you read it for the audio version

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