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Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion Hints

What should I spell?

  • 1 of 11: Since there are 5 posts, you are looking for a five letter word.
  • 2 of 11: Have you examined everything inside the attic?
  • 3 of 11: Open the old writing desk in the attic.
  • 4 of 11: Look carefully at the piece of music entitled "The Bandit's Treasure."
  • 5 of 11: You can zoom in on the top and bottom portions of the music.
  • 6 of 11: The bottom section contains a coded message.  You need to decode it.
  • 7 of 11: Music.  Have you played any lately?
  • 8 of 11: There is a musical instrument in the house.
  • 9 of 11: Play the piano in the basement to open the top compartment and receive the "key" to the message.
  • 10 of 11: Using the "key" decoder on the bottom part of "The Bandit's Treasure," piece together the words to get the answer.
  • 11 of 11: It says: Find DIEGO on stairs.