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Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion Hints

Where is the key to the attic door?

  • 1 of 8: Have you explored all of the house?
  • 2 of 8: There is a basement too.
  • 3 of 8: Explore the basement as much as you can and look at everything.
  • 4 of 8: There is a bar along the left side of the basement.
  • 5 of 8: The key is inside a drawer in an old antique cash register, which sits on the bar.
  • 6 of 8: Cash registers are pretty simple to use.  Just push some buttons.
  • 7 of 8: Only one button on this machine still works.
  • 8 of 8: Push the top number 10 button to open the drawer.