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Nancy Drew Posthumous and Unseen Characters||The Final Scene

J.J Thompson
Dear Mr. Houdini: Congratulations on your latest unbelievable feat! Never have I seen the crowd at the Royal Palladium so enthralled by a performer. Stupendous! Honestly, I was assured that the “Watery Grave” was inescapable, even for a master such as yourself. Really, if I’d had any notions of risking my money, I might not have offered so grandiose a reward. After all, what made is made of money? Is that right, Mr. Houdini?

My point is—well, I must admit that I cash flow is a little tight at the moment. More specifically, I do not have the $50,000 available to give you at this time. The theater is young (but bound for glory, I’m sure you’ll agree!) and my bank account is still recovering from the building expense. I’m sure you understand, sir. However! This letter is an announcement of golden opportunity, Mr. Houdini, not one of gloomy regret. In lieu of cash (and in accordance with my lawyer’s counsel), I am prepared to offer you a reward far more valuable than cash!

Louisa Falcone
My grandma, Louisa Falcone, designed the molds for all the insane plasterwork that you see in this lobby and in the auditorium. … But there’s more. I guess the architect-owner guy J.J. Thompson ran out of cash before the building was done. He never paid my grandma dime one, and then denied that she had ever done the work in the first place! She was the artist type, not a deal-maker. I guess she’d never signed any contractual stuff with J.J. and she didn’t have the resources to sue him, or any of that. So I guess she just had to let it go.

Eustacia Andropov
Harry was only my cousin by marriage, but my husband is dead and so is Harry, so I guess that makes me nobody’s cousin. … Harry made a plan to give his half of the theater to someone he admired, a young magician, I assume. Perhaps a protégé. I remember my husband telling me this.