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The Ghost of Blackwood Hall (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 25)

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This book was very scary. Nancy is searching this old mansion and when they(Nancy,Bess,andGeorge) hear organ playing they look to see a mysterious figure. They try to get a closer look, but then it disappears. It was my absolute favorite!

This book is about swindlers who swindle innocent people by posing to be connected with the spirit world. They hold up seances, and hypnotize women into doing absolutely foolish things which often get their lives in danger.Nancy Drew picks up their trail but these people are far too much clever.But she doesn't lose hope and clears up the mystery at last. This book keeps changing with every chapter with new developments on the case. This book is the best of all the others I have read of this author. A perfectly thrilling mystery.

I think the book was wonderful and interesting. It was myfavorite book out of all Nancy Drew books. It was fun to read. Icouldn't wait to see what would happen. The ending was extremely exciting. What a wonderful book!

This is a really good Nancy Drew book. It is my favorite one yet. I want to get it for myself. It is not scary or suspenceful in a bad way.

when i looked at the cover of this i noticed bess.pretty an SLIM she isnt overweight at all!!!!anyway i really loved this book.in this book nancy is asked to find ms.putneys stolen jewlary.nancy also think blackwood hall has something to do with the strange se`ance's occuring telling people to give up their money or their inheiritance.blackwood hall is connected to the mystery and i thought every time nancy went to blackwood hall was scary.you will soon find out that nancy is very brave and clever.the trap that the enemies set for nancy nearly loses her live,but the way nancy solves the mystery of the stolen jewlary and who she stops the emenies into cheating people with a three branch ranch synbol is very exiting!!!!

Hey, if youre looking for something really cool and very thrilling,why not read Carolyn Keenes The Ghost Of Blackwood Hall with the super sleuth Nancy Drew. In the story, she was determined to solve a case of an old client involving some jewelry thievery and later on, it was complicated with a ghost playing on an organ in a dark,old mansion. She was also been assigned to study the cases of 3 working ladies for they are giving and donating money on a crook company. The very interesting part in the story is that when Nancy, with her friends George and Bess, first went to the old mansion. Come on, share the thrill and go on screaming when you read this wonderfull stuff. thanks!!!!!!

This review concerns the original 1948 edition as well as the revised 1967 edition which is a shorter version of the original. A widow seeks Nancy's help after she is robbed of a fortune in jewels. It seems the woman's deceased husband's spirit instructed her to bury the jewels in the forest to prevent them from being stolen from her home. Nancy is certain that the woman is the victim of a clever group of swindlers. Her investigation puts her into contact with several young women who are being cheated out of their hard-earned paychecks and leads her to abandoned Blackwood Hall. There, Nancy encounters an eerie, glowing ghost that inhabits the mansion. This is definately one of the best Nancy Drew books. The mystery is interesting and the story is fast-paced and well-written with lots of action. I really enjoyed the middle chapters, particularly the first two times Nancy investigates Blackwood Hall and meets the ghost. The whole book is great and a must-read for fans of the series.

????? This book is very odd. I love it! When I was in 3rd grade i picked this as my first Nancy Drew book to read! I wasnt that scared but it was a little eerie... This made me read 21 other Nancy Drew books! I recomend 3rd or 4th grade and up.

The reason you shouldn't read this before you go to bed is that it will mess with your mind all night. it's not very scary it's just the fake fortune telling
just don't read it if your a strict christian with these type of mystery's.

P.S to myself I think this is the best thriller of the nancy drew series

Nancy Drew's latest case starts when she's approached by a woman named Mrs Putnam who has a very strange tale to share. Apparently the spirit of Mrs Putnam's husband advised her to take her valuables and bury them under a walnut tree in the woods. Though she followed his instructions, Mrs Putnam later came to regret this decision and went back to fetch them - but on taking them to the jeweler to be cleaned, she's informed that the jewels are forgeries.

Mrs Putnam refuses to go to the police because of her deceased husband's instructions not to tell any man or woman. Seeing a loophole, her jeweler brings her to Nancy; who is neither man nor woman, but an eighteen year-old girl, and Nancy naturally agrees to look into the mystery. Her investigation leads her to suspect that a racketeering operation is in business, extorting young women and old ladies out of their money by convincing them that the spirits want them to donate to a phony charity. This involves a "cloak and dagger" operation in which girls are instructed to leave money behind in hollow trees, women are escorted to anonymous séances hosted by spirits, and people are invited to have their photographs taken on film which may include "spirit messages."

It's an intriguing premise with a dark, creepy mood that permeates the entire story, particularly when Nancy is investigating Blackwood Hall or the surrounding woods. There are also a few chapters set in New Orleans that make the most of that city's rich history and atmosphere. The "ghostly" Nancy Drew mysteries always seem to be the best ones, and this one certainly isn't short on eerie occurrences, such as organ-playing ghosts, smoking cabins without any fire, talking portraits and hypnotized girls (my copy of this included a pencil illustration of a girl walking into a river with her arms outstretched in front of her like a zombie; when I was younger I had a nightmare about it).

There are some interesting features to "Blackwood Hall" that differentiate it from the usual formula. In a couple of effective chapters, Nancy goes missing and Bess and George are the protagonists of the narrative until she's found again. On the other hand, there are several components that are repeated throughout this series, such as Nancy foregoing common sense and self-preservation in order to investigate matters, and a clumsy wrap-up in which the villains monologue extensively on their crimes for no apparent reason.

But ultimately that's what to be expected from a Nancy Drew book. These days, there's a certain amount of enjoyment to be derived from the nostalgic quality of the books' settings, yet at the same time there is still a freshness about Nancy and her "chums" that made me forget sometimes that Nancy has to wait around for letters to be delivered because email hasn't been invented yet, or that she can't simply call for help on her cell-phone for the same reason.

All in all, one of the better Nancy Drew mysteries, particularly in its spooky subject matter.