About Us
The Coroner’s Report is an investigative true-crime and historical podcast created and hosted by journalist and researcher Tracey Carrington and former coroner and Arkansas state crime lab director Steve Nawojczyk.
Tracey and Steve don’t chase sensational headlines or reheated true-crime tropes. They follows the paper trail…the forgotten file, the missing report, the single witness statement that still doesn’t sit right.
The Coroner’s Report began with a single question: How many lives were lost, dismissed, or erased because the truth was inconvenient? From that question grew a mission — to exhume the stories history tried to bury and to give voice to those long forgotten.
What You’ll Hear
Each episode of The Coroner’s Report unfolds like an investigation, grounded in original research, archival documents, and first-hand testimony. Carrington explores the places where history and justice intersect — and where both have failed.
The stories range from the 1959 Wrightsville Boys’ Industrial School fire, where twenty-one boys burned behind locked doors, to unsolved cases that reveal the darker corners of small-town America. With empathy and precision, Carrington reconstructs what happened, who was silenced, and why it still matters.
The podcast is part documentary, part oral history, and part reckoning. It’s a reminder that justice doesn’t expire, and memory is its own kind of evidence.
Why We Created This
Tracey Carrington and Steve Nawojczyk have spent years piecing together fragments: coroner’s notes, death certificates, faded clippings, and forgotten court files. Each document is a voice from the past whispering, Don’t forget me.
The Coroner’s Report exists to restore humanity to those who were reduced to case numbers, mug shots, or cautionary tales. It’s storytelling rooted in truth, remembrance and accountability.
It’s about giving listeners a way to feel the story not just hear it.
When you subscribe, you’re not just following a podcast — you’re becoming part of the investigation.
Why subscribe?
Subscribers help sustain independent investigative work and ensure that these stories reach a wider audience.
When readers subscribe, they gain access to:
Early releases of new episodes and case updates
Behind-the-scenes research drawn from archives, interviews, and field notes
Extended transcripts and essays that go beyond the episode audio
Reflections on how these forgotten stories connect to today’s world
For those who believe the past still speaks, The Coroner’s Report is where its voice can finally be heard.
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