The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead

43min

Crime

Documentary

While detectives search for clues among the living, veteran Dauphin County, PA, coroner Graham Hetrick uncovers secrets of the dead. Each episode features a stylized re-enactment of a compelling homicide case taken directly from Hetrick's files. As viewers are led through a series of twists and turns, Hetrick peels back the layers of the investigation to reveal how the murder happened and who is to blame.

Episodes

Cast

Rigor Mortis

1. Rigor Mortis

43min

19th Jul 2016

The premiere of the true-crime series details the case of a young mother who was beaten and shot to death. While investigators aren't lacking for suspects, the coroner sees signs that it was a crime of passion.

Call the Coroner

2. Call the Coroner

43min

25th Jul 2016

When a woman is killed in her backyard, investigators focus on her family. But Graham believes this is a special kind of assassin who kills for the thrill of it. The clock is ticking; will the murderer be caught before he strikes again?

Trial by Fire

3. Trial by Fire

43min

1st Aug 2016

When a young, married couple is discovered in the aftermath of a house fire, firefighters fear they arrived too late. Hetrick suspects that this fire is no accident—and while he may find the truth, will justice be served?

Unburying the Truth

4. Unburying the Truth

43min

8th Aug 2016

Hetrick is facing the biggest challenge of his career: finding a connection between decades-old missing person's cases and a slew of unidentified victims. If successful, he could stop a serial killer in his tracks.

Skin Deep

5. Skin Deep

43min

15th Aug 2016

When the smoke clears from a mysterious car fire, a charred body is discovered in the backseat. Hetrick identifies the victim and in piecing together the secrets of this man's life and death, reveals atrocities no one ever imagined.

Clash of Wills

6. Clash of Wills

43min

22nd Aug 2016

A woman is murdered while working the late shift at a motel. Signs point to a crime of passion, but Hetrick knows it isn't so simple. Still, no one imagines it will take 12 years to catch a killer.

Washing of the Sins

7. Washing of the Sins

43min

5th Sep 2016

In 2009, Hetrick is called to one of the strangest crime scenes of his career: a man has been stabbed to death, his body wrapped in garbage bags. But what is unearthed during the autopsy and murder investigation leads to an even more appalling conclusion.

Traumatic Ending

8. Traumatic Ending

43min

12th Sep 2016

A woman suffers a seemingly accidental fall down flight of stairs, and dies from a traumatic brain injury. But after the autopsy, Hetrick suspects there is more than meets the eye. Ten years and two more mysterious deaths later, the truth is finally revealed.

First air date

19th Jul 2016

Last air date

7th Dec 2018

Status

Ended

Type

Documentary

Original language

en

Networks