Heart

Sonny and Terry shared the same heart. They died the same way. And there’s one other thing these two men shared: a wife.

A heart transplant transforms Sonny Graham’s fate when he reaches out to the widow of his heart donor. What follows is trumpeted by local papers as a miraculous love story. But court filings expose a more troubled reality. Friends and family report a worrying change in Sonny. Then, he dies by suicide—the exact same fate, it turns out, as his heart donor, Terry Cottle.

The families of the two men are suddenly bound together by disturbing questions. Others speculate that Sonny’s new heart might have been carrying Terry’s traumas. Are the two men’s deaths just a coincidence, or are there darker forces at work?

Heart is an Apple Original podcast produced by Plan B and Blanchard House. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts. 

Heart is hosted by Karen Kilgariff of Exactly Right Media.

Listen from 19th October.

Credits

Host: Karen Kilgariff

Writer and Editor: Laurence Grissell

Producer: Rosie Pye and Cole Emhoff

Reporting: Alex Gatenby, with Addison Nugent and James Peak

Fact checking: Addison Nugent.

Medical fact checking: Dr Hannah Rose

Original score: Daniel Lloyd-Evans, Louis Nanke-Mannell and Toby Matimong

Sound Design and Mixing: Daniel Lloyd-Evans and Saul Rivers

Managing Producer: Amica Sciortino Nowlan

Creative Director: Rosie Pye

Head of Content: Laurence Grissell