The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead

Overview

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

Rigor Mortis

S01E01 Rigor Mortis

July 19, 2016 43 min
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...

S01E02 Call the Coroner

July 25, 2016 43 min
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...

S01E03 Trial by Fire

August 1, 2016 43 min
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...

S01E04 Unburying the Truth

August 8, 2016 43 min
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.

S01E05 Skin Deep

August 15, 2016 43 min
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...

S01E06 Clash of Wills

August 22, 2016 43 min
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...

S01E07 Washing of the Sins

September 5, 2016 43 min
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...

S01E08 Traumatic Ending

September 12, 2016 43 min
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...

Cast

Graham Hetrick
Graham Hetrick
Self - Coroner
Jonathan Thomson
Jonathan Thomson
Graham Hetrick
Michelle Haro
Michelle Haro
Michelle, Coroner's Assistant
Jason Vande Brake
Jason Vande Brake
Narrator (voice)

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