Hardy and Sons

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A Chapter By Chapter review of the book series The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon. New Episodes every Monday!

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Episodes

The Spider's Net | Book 6 - Chapter 9

The boys passionately follow a clue about a "Tre-men -dous" spider.

Oct 14, 2024•55 min

The Ring of Fire | Book 6 - Chapter 8

David and Shaun try to remember what this book was about.

Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 10 min

Flight Sniper | Book 6 - Chapter 7

The boys alternate between treasure hunting and looking for their kidnapped friends.

Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 8 min

Mysterious Collision | Book 6 - Chapter 6

The boys don't die from a grenade.

Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 18 min

Strategy | Book 6 - Chapter 5

The boys have a strategy. Then someone throws a hand grenade at them.

Nov 15, 2022•30 min

Suspicious Visitor | Book 6 Chapter 4

This is either a great, bad chapter, or an awful, wonderful chapter. We couldn't decide.

Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 19 min

A Pilgrim Mystery | Book 6 - Chapter 3

This is an actual chapter from this really, really weird book. It's a mystery told to the boys.... about pilgrims.

Oct 25, 2022•34 min

Police Tip-off | Book 6 - Chapter 2

The police receive a tip-off.

Oct 17, 2022•41 min

Pursuit! | Book 6 - Chapter 1

The boys discover more than ten mysteries in a chapter drowning in foreshadowing and unnecessary exclamations!

Oct 10, 2022•59 min•Season 6Ep. 1

Murdering Wolves | Book 5 Old vs New Comparison - Part 3

The boys murder several wolves.

Oct 03, 2022•46 min

Glasses Are a Disguise | Book 5 Old vs New Comparison - Part 2

The boys wear glasses and virtually disappear.

Sep 26, 2022•34 min

Book 5: Original 1928 vs 1956 Rewrite - Part 1

We compare our classic blue bound 1956 rewrite to the 1928 original version of this book. There are problems.

Sep 20, 2022•41 min

Windy Peak Prisoner | Book 5 Chapter 20

The thrilling conclusion to the fifth book from the classic series. The boys basically kill someone.

May 02, 2022•1 hr 16 min

Wolf Prey | Book 5 Chapter 19

In this penultimate chapter of book 5, the boys kill a wolf.

Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 2 min

North from Lone Pine | Book 5 Chapter 18

The boys head North from Lone Pine.

Mar 03, 2022•57 min

The Secret Listener | Book 5 Chapter 17

In the worst plot twist yet, the boys discover someone with split personality via amnesia, and someone hears the whole thing.

Feb 07, 2022•52 min

Cliff Hideaway | Book 5 Chapter 16

The missing guy was hiding in a cliff. We know this the entire time because of the title of the chapter.

Jan 12, 2022•57 min

Underground Chase | Book 5 Chapter 15

Unarmed, the boys pursue an armed criminal into a tunnel. With horses.

Dec 15, 2021•45 min

The Broken Knife | Book 5 Chapter 14

The Boys improvise a sting operation and pursue armed criminals unarmed.

Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 4 min

A Fight in the Dark | Book 5 Chapter 13

The boys watch two people fight and arbitrarily choose one of them to be "the good guy."

Nov 05, 2021•48 min

Big Al's Orders | Book 5 Chapter 12

The boys focus on the wrong thing.

Oct 22, 2021•53 min

Shadow of the Bear | Book 5 Chapter 11

The author misses several opportunities for authentic tension and instead becomes obsessed with a compass.

Sep 19, 2021•1 hr 12 min

The Ambush Trail | Book 5 Chapter 10

At the very end of the chapter, the boys hike Ambush Trail. They are not ambushed.

Sep 13, 2021•55 min

The Crowbar Clue | Book 5 Chapter 9

The boys make bad decisions underground. They are not stealthy.

Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 5 min

Tommy-Knockers! | Book 5 Chapter 8

The boys learn about guns while the narrator teaches the children readers about guns as well!

Jul 05, 2021•40 min

A Rooftop Struggle | Book 5 Chapter 7

The boys struggle on a roof and trust strangers.

Jun 29, 2021•52 min

Ghost Music | Book 5 Chapter 6

The boys don't really understand what "music" is.

Jun 21, 2021•50 min

The Strange Blue Light | Book 5 Chapter 5

The boys call BS on a ghost story and then rent horses.

Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 1 min

A Painted Warning | Book 5 Chapter 4

The boys continue to downplay threats and suspicion. Then their dad tells them to hunt an attempted murderer.

Jun 07, 2021•55 min

Shortcut to Peril | Book 5 Chapter 3

While this chapter title could describe any Hardy Boys book or chapter, this one is actually more of a boomerang to peril.

Jun 01, 2021•49 min

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