The Mortician is a documentary series directed and produced by Joshua Rofé. The show premiered on June 1, 2025 and has become one of the most-watched documentary series by HBO in the past few years.

The documentary series examines the startling true story of a cremator who went to prison for mishandling human remains ...

For years before The Mortician, the Lamb Funeral Home in Pasadena looked like any other neighborhood mortuary.

In the final scene of HBO’s ‘The Mortician,’ David Sconce appears to admit to three murders.

Following funeral director David Sconce's 2023 release from prison, the upcoming HBO documentary series 'The Mortician' explores the dark secrets of his family's Lamb Funeral Home in Pasadena, Calif.

The moment in which the documentary’s subject, crematorium operator and convicted felon David Sconce, seemingly admits to murder(s) is incredibly morbid — even for a mortician. The episode ...

The Mortician director Joshua Rofe says his HBO documentary’s finale was like ‘The Usual Suspects,’ and he has the perfect actor to play David Sconce.

The subject of the documentary, crematorium operator and convicted felon David Sconce, appears to confess to a murder in the closing minutes.

The series centers on David Sconce, the high school football star and fourth-generation Lamb operator. His great-grandfather, Lawrence Lamb, founded the funeral home in 1929, run by Sconce’s ...

David Sconce is the owner of Lamb Funeral Home in Pasadena, California, and the subject of HBO's docuseries The Mortician.

The series centers on David Sconce, the high school football star and fourth-generation Lamb operator. His great-grandfather, Lawrence Lamb, founded the funeral home in 1929, run by Sconce’s ...

The Mortician follows the scandal behind the David Sconce-operated Lamb Funeral Home in the 1980s. Sconce served time in prison for mutilating corpses, holding mass cremations and paying strongmen ...