About this episode

This episode details Harry Nile's first visit to Seattle and his efforts to help a young woman recover money from a crooked gambler.

"Seattle Blues" is a critical milestone episode of The Adventures of Harry Nile, a hard-boiled private-eye radio drama created by writer-producer Jim French. First broadcast on December 2, 1976, the story serves as a prequel to the main timeline. It details Harry Nile's very first visit to Seattle, occurring a full decade before he leaves the Chicago police force to permanently settle down in the Pacific Northwest. In this case, Harry works to help a young woman recover money from a crooked gambler.

Topics covered

• private-eye
• radio drama
• prequel
• gambling
• Seattle
• Harry Nile

Keywords

• Harry Nile
• Seattle Blues
• Jim French
• private detective
• radio drama
• crooked gambler
• Pacific Northwest

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Seattle, Chicago

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