
The Haunted House
The Storm
Empty Tool Boxes
The Chase in the Bay
The Rescue
Snackley
Bound and Gagged
The Stolen Witness
The Strange Message
The Vain Search
A group of high‑school friends from Bayport decide to break the monotony of a sweltering summer Saturday by taking their motorcycles out to the coast. Their chatter turns to the infamous Polucca house perched on a sheer cliff overlooking Barmet Bay—an isolated stone mansion long rumored to be haunted after its eccentric owner was murdered. With the wind in their faces and curiosity driving them, the boys set a course toward the looming silhouette, eager to test whether the ghost stories are just town folklore.
As they approach the crumbling estate, the atmosphere shifts; strange lights flicker in the windows and the distant howls of the house’s former guard dogs echo across the water. The teens find themselves drawn into a web of whispered legends, hidden passages, and unanswered questions about the vanished fortune of Felix Polucca. Their adventure quickly becomes more than a thrill‑seeking ride—it turns into a puzzle that only their keen minds and daring spirit can solve.
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (222K characters)
Series
The Hardy boys mystery stories
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Applewood Books, 1927, reprint 1991.
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2023-02-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

Behind this famous byline was not one writer but a long-running house pseudonym used for generations of Hardy Boys adventures. The name became shorthand for fast-moving mysteries that helped make young readers into lifelong book lovers.
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