This FREE virtual tour is the final chapter of Tacoma Noir. This episode will be a virtual tour of Tacoma in the 1920s. Hear the story of Dashiell Hammett in Tacoma, the birth of the noir genre, and solve the mystery, all to celebrate History Month here in Tacoma with the City of Tacoma's Historic Preservation Office.

"Tacoma Noir" is an interactive historic-fiction murder mystery based on Dashiell Hammett's time in Tacoma in the 1920s. Each week we will release a new installment of our 4 part audio mystery. Each one will be released on YouTube and Facebook, for FREE. You can tune-in and listen for clues about a fictional murder in 1920s Tacoma. The episodes will each focus on a historic structure in Tacoma that has been preserved through the dedicated efforts of the City of Tacoma's Historic Preservation Office. You can also search through the Tacoma-Pierce County Buildings Index for clues.

Once you think you know who the murder is you can submit your answer in the contact box at https://prettygrittytours.com/tacoma-...​. The first three people to get the answer correct will win a prize from the City of Tacoma's Historic Preservation Office.

Episodes will be aired on May 6th @ 6pm, May 13th @ 6pm, May 20th @ 6pm, and May 27th @ 6pm.

Our final installment will go live on Friday, May 28th @ 8pm and it will be a FREE hour-long virtual tour on YouTube and Facebook. This final event will reveal the killer. We will also explore the history of Dashiell Hammett's time in Tacoma as a Pinkerton Detective recovering from tuberculosis and the events that happened here that inspired his greatest novel, The Maltese Falcon.