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Nancy Drew 28: Ghost of Thornton Hall Hints

Star Coffin

  • 1 of 7: The plate for this one is on top of the coffin in niche 11, but that's not where it goes.
  • 2 of 7: The sketch and the clue to the right coffin can be found in the ruins --
  • 3 of 7: -- after you watch the film reel you find there.
  • 4 of 7: The riddle says, "Two handles pull out the box" -- okay, so it has two handles rather than one.
  • 5 of 7: It then says, "From the middle it shints, rising above them all." So it's in one of the middle columns and on the top row. That makes it niche 2.
  • 6 of 7: Here's how I solved the tangram:
  • 7 of 7: Inside is an odd little brooch that's going to turn out to be very important when you get to the endgame.