Shaun Cassidy - Father Again! 
Shaun Cassidy, best known for his role as Joe on the 1970's Hardy Boys mystery series, and his third wife just had a baby boy which they named Caleb. If you count his step-daughter Jessica, he now has 5 children. Many thanks to Cyndy of the HDA for reporting this. 
Posted on May 28 @ 4 PM by Austin. 

Death of Thurl Ravenscroft 
Bob Finnan reports that Thurl Ravenscroft, who sang the theme "Gold Doubloons & Pieces Of Eight" for the first Mickey Mouse Club Hardy Boys serial "Applegate Treasure" died on Saturday, May 22 at the age of 91. 

For a CNN Obituary, click here
Posted on May 26 @ 4 PM by Austin. 

New Feature - Question of the Month 
We have added a new feature to the menu at right, the Question of the Month. At the end of the month (June, this time) we will compile and publish the results that you send in! Be sure to answer the our first question, which deals with marketing of the new UB series. 
Posted on May 26 @ 4 PM by Austin. 

Newsweek Article Scan 
As reported earlier, the Hardy Boys were featured in this week's Newsweek magazine. 

To see a high res scan of the article, click here
Posted on May 25 @ 11 PM by Austin. 

Hardy Boys Sweep Through Nation 
This year's hurricane name list includes Jose, Franklin, and Gert! 

2006 includes Leslie, the first Hardy Boys ghostwriter, and Tony, the Boys' chum. 
Posted on May 25 @ 11 PM by Austin. 

New Look, Same Great Content! 
Welcome to the newly redesigned Hardy-Boys.com! Hopefully the new layout will help you find and read the various pages better. We are still in the process of reorganizing and updating, so if you come across a broken link, please be patient as we work on that section. Thanks!!! 
Posted on May 22 @ 11 PM by Austin. 

Newsweek Features Hardy Boys 
Newsweek's Karen Springen authored a Hardy Boys article that will appear in next week's issue of Newsweek (available Monday, May 23). The article can also be viewed online by clicking here

Karen interviewed me while writing this article, but neglected to even mention my name in the article. Alas! 
Posted on May 22 @ 10:30 by Austin. 

U.K. Publishes Undercover Brothers 
Paul Mular reports that the Simon & Schuster is publishing the Undercover Brothers series in the UK! This is the first time that UK-specific Hardy Boys have been published there since the Casefiles releases of several years ago. 

Click here to see the cover of Extreme Danger
Posted on May 22 @ 10:30 by Austin. 

Casefiles Show Up at Dollar General, Dollar Tree 
Curtis of the Casefiles site informs us that select Casefiles are appearing for $1 at various "dollar stores". To date are: 96, 105, 115, 116, 117, 126 (Dollar General) and 96 and 117 (Dollar Tree). 

For format collectors and completionists, the Dollar General covers have a $1 sticker printed on the cover itself. 
Posted on May 22 @ 9:00 PM by Austin.