The BEST episodes of The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Every episode of The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries!

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries recount the adventures of the famous teenage sleuths, based on the two series of juvenile mystery novels by the Edward Stratemeyer syndicate under the names Franklin W. Dixon and Carolyn Keene. Frank and Joe Hardy are the sons of a private detective, and Nancy Drew is the daughter of a criminal attorney. In the first season, stories alternated week by week between the two families, but in the second season the independent Nancy Drew adventures were phased out so that all were working as a team. In the third season, Nancy Drew was eliminated completely and the Hardys became more involved in cases of international intrigue.

Last Updated: 12/3/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
The Mystery of Ghostwriters' Cruise
star
8.33
12 votes

#1 - The Mystery of Ghostwriters' Cruise

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/1/1977

Nancy's relaxing vacation cruise is interrupted when one of her fellow passengers, a mystery writer, receives threats against his life.

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star
8.14
7 votes

#2 - Voodoo Doll (1)

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1978

While in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, Frank and Joe's wallets are stolen; Nancy works under cover as a magician.

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The Mystery of King Tut's Tomb
star
8.11
9 votes

#3 - The Mystery of King Tut's Tomb

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1977

After a young woman denies the handbag he recovered is hers, Frank is left with a stolen Egyptian idol and a pile of trouble.

Directors: Alvin Ganzer
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star
8.00
2 votes

#4 - Defection to Paradise (1)

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1978

When the daughter of a Russian official defects to the U.S. by hiding in one of the rock band Bread's speaker cabinets sent to Hawaii, the Hardy Boys must track her down before the KGB does.

Directors: Ray Austin
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star
8.00
2 votes

#5 - Defection to Paradise (2)

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1978

Marla falls for an American agent, but Soviet killers pursue her.

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Nancy Drew's Love Match
star
7.86
7 votes

#6 - Nancy Drew's Love Match

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1977

Nancy goes under cover to keep a light-fingered tennis star out of trouble.

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star
7.78
9 votes

#7 - Voodoo Doll (2)

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1978

The brothers find a dead man in a coffin in their hotel room.

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The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (1)
star
7.73
11 votes

#8 - The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (1)

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1977

Nancy and famous criminologist Arlo Wetherly find mutilated photos of themselves.

Directors: Steven H. Stern
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star
7.60
5 votes

#9 - Death Surf

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/12/1978

While windsurfing in Hawaii, Frank tries to rescue a girl named Maryann (Maren Jensen) who disappears and is claimed to be dead. He then begins to become obsessed with finding out what happened to her, but someone, who is also on her trail, is watching him.

Writer: Robert Earll
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The Mystery of Witches' Hollow
star
7.58
19 votes

#10 - The Mystery of Witches' Hollow

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/13/1977

When the pair pay a visit to Captain Maguire, they are greeted by a strange woman who claims that Maguire has become one of the victims of Witch's Hollow. Those who go to the mysterious wooded place never return. Undaunted, Frank and Joe begin their search for Maguire, little suspecting the terrors that lie in wait for them among the dark shadows of the eerie forest.

Directors: Ron Satlof
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The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (2)
star
7.55
11 votes

#11 - The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (2)

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1977

Frank & Joe team up with Nancy Drew again in Los Angeles to attend the 14th Annual Detectives' Convention at a TV & movie studio. Joe pursues an illusory figure through the back lot of the studio's stage 24.

Directors: Steven H. Stern
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star
7.50
2 votes

#12 - Game Plan

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1978

A woman executes a securities scam from Atlantic City casinos using a code that the Hardy Boys must break.

Directors: John J. Dumas
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The Mystery of the Haunted House
star
7.44
34 votes

#13 - The Mystery of the Haunted House

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/30/1977

Frank and Joe end up in a haunted house and a cemetery when they follow two men trailing their father, Fenton.

Directors: Glen A. Larson
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The Flickering Torch Mystery
star
7.41
17 votes

#14 - The Flickering Torch Mystery

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/27/1977

The Hardy boys uncover a plot to kill the nation's top rock star.

Directors: Ivan Dixon
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The Disappearing Floor
star
7.35
17 votes

#15 - The Disappearing Floor

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/1977

Frank and Joe search for answers when Fenton is taken off the Project K case.

Directors: Fernando Lamas
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Acapulco Spies
star
7.33
9 votes

#16 - Acapulco Spies

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1977

While in Mexico trying to solve the mysterious kidnapping of their father, Frank and Joe discover hang gliding and dangerous enemies.

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A Haunting We Will Go
star
7.29
14 votes

#17 - A Haunting We Will Go

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/3/1977

The stage is set for mystery when Nancy and her friends decide to produce a 20 year old play in order to raise money for a youth center. The play is to be presented at the allegedly haunted Palace Theatre. When members of the original cast arrive in town, strange events begin to occur both onstage and off. Nancy must figure out why the actors have come together to appear in her modest production, or the drama might just end in real life tragedy.

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star
7.25
4 votes

#18 - The Last Kiss of Summer (1)

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1978

After Joe Hardy's fiancée is killed by a hit-and-run driver, the FBI won't let the police arrest the man until their own case against him is finished. Joe takes the law into his own hands and goes undercover as a rich gambler with underworld connections.

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star
7.17
6 votes

#19 - Will the Real Santa Claus...

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1977

Nancy is determined to restore the honor of a dear old gentleman who claims to be Santa Claus when he is accused of burglary.

Directors: Michael Pataki
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star
7.17
6 votes

#20 - Mystery on the Avalanche Express

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1978

While aboard a ski train to Austria, a frightened girl fleeing unknown assailants switches flight bags with Nancy.

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star
7.13
8 votes

#21 - Arson and Old Lace

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/31/1978

A reclusive billionaire (Joseph Cotten) holds Nancy captive in his penthouse, and a girl (Cathy Rigby) sets fire to the building.

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star
7.00
8 votes

#22 - The House on Possessed Hill

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/1978

Townspeople revile a psychically gifted girl (Melanie Griffith) who has a mysterious tie to an eerie mansion.

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star
7.00
6 votes

#23 - The Mystery of the Silent Scream

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1977

A deaf woman witnesses a terrorist negotiating plans on the telephone.

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star
7.00
7 votes

#24 - Oh Say Can You Sing

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1978

The lead singer of a rock band runs down investigative reporter Jerry Morgan.

Directors: Dennis Donnelly
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The Creatures Who Came on Sunday
star
6.97
36 votes

#25 - The Creatures Who Came on Sunday

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1977

The Hardy boys spot peculiar, alien-like people on an old missile site being guarded by federal agents.

Directors: Winrich Kolbe
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