This is the first Nancy Drew game that has no male suspects.
On Mel's guitar is a sticker that says "Creepy's Corner", a corny horror record that was featured in Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock (video game).
In the lost and found drawer you find Rachel's notebook are also Bess's bracelets from Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships and a garden gnome from Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy.
Nancy can get an easter egg by rearranging the starburst tokens in a special order.
The final puzzle Nancy solves after facing the culprit is a reference to Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum".