Today in Literary History for Jan 10: Dash Day

On this day in 1961, author Dashiell Hammett, creator of private detective Sam Spade dies at the age of 67.

 

Spooky Places: Burritt Alley, San Francisco

Walk through Union Station, Chinatown and the Tenderloin in San Francisco and although everything is in colour, the black and white world of Dashiell Hammett.