The BEST episodes directed by Kaspar Heidelbach

#1 - Someone has to sing

Homicide Hills - Season 3 - Episode 7

It is the day of the mayoral election. Singing brother Hermann lies slain behind the Gasthof Aubach. In his hand he holds a ballot paper that has already been filled out – for Zielonka. Could the murder have been politically motivated?

#2 - Ballauf - 01 - Willkommen in Köln

Tatort - Season 1997 - Episode 22

#3 - Haunted Hengasch

Homicide Hills - Season 3 - Episode 9

Sophie and the gang investigate a murder in a haunted castle.

#4 - Bog body

Homicide Hills - Season 3 - Episode 6

A corpse is found in the Hengascher Moor – completely mummified by the peat. It is said to be a woman who died about 20 years ago. After a first clue leads to the gardener Schönfelder, after his exoneration, everything indicates that Dagmar Brandt could be the dead woman. Dagmar is said to have left her husband Arthur and their son, Stefan, behind about 20 years ago and eloped with her lover. Finally, Sophie finds out through a trick that Dagmar Brandt has actually died. But how did the body end up in the moor?

#5 - Thiel - 06 - Eine Leiche zu viel

Tatort - Season 2004 - Episode 29

#6 - Love Hotel Traube

Homicide Hills - Season 3 - Episode 10

In order to get upset about the conceited Schulte with her best friend Doro, Sophie goes on a hiking excursion that ends at the hotel "Traube". There, Sophie is sure that she witnessed a murder, and although there is no body, she does not let up. Finally, she discovers that the hotel is a popular place to go for city dwellers who long for amorous adventures with the male Eifel population. Among them are masseur Würselen, shop owner and nude cleaner Assenmacher and the former baker Lindenhofen. But the suspicion is initially directed at none other than Heike Schäffer, who has also booked herself into the Hotel Traube under a false name. Sophie and Schulte get closer again – but this time it is Sophie who sets the pace. Dietmar and Heike get along again and Irmtraud moves in with Aunt Klärchen.

#7 - Ballauf - 02 - Bombenstimmung

Tatort - Season 1997 - Episode 23

#8 - Ballauf - 09 - Drei Affen Three Monkees

Tatort - Season 1999 - Episode 20

After a colleague's longtime girlfriend is killed in the courtyard of a crowded apartment complex, Freddy and Max are frustrated when none of the residents will admit to seeing or hearing a thing--and their frustration turns to bafflement when they discover the victim was secretly pregnant. Who was the father of the child and why was the victim planning a secret move to Hamburg?

#9 - Ballauf - 11 - Bittere Mandeln (Bitter Almonds)

Tatort - Season 2000 - Episode 6

The body of wealthy real estate magnate Gerd Wesibach is found, his pores emanating a familiar odor of bitter almonds. At first his death is thought to be assisted suicide, but it is soon discovered that he was poisoned. Ballauf and Schenk have a long list of suspects and soon uncover a dubious euthanasia ring.

#10 - Ballauf - 14 - Quartett in Leipzig

Tatort - Season 2000 - Episode 27

#11 - Ballauf - 18 - Bestien (Beasts)

Tatort - Season 2001 - Episode 27

When the daughter of a biker is brutally raped and murdered Ballauf and Schenk must overcome their prejudices to make sure justice is served.

#12 - Thiel - 17 - Der Fluch der Mumie

Tatort - Season 2010 - Episode 13

#13 - Thiel - 07 - Der Frauenflüsterer

Tatort - Season 2005 - Episode 11

War es tatsächlich Selbstmord? Doris Röttger ist überzeugt, dass der Reitlehrer Markus Hoffschulte ihren Mann auf dem Gewissen hat. Tatsächlich bestreitet der Frauenschwarm Hoffschulte bei seiner Vernehmung durch Kommissar Frank Thiel nicht, sich mit dem Restaurantbesitzer Röttger kurz vor dessen Tod heftig gestritten zu haben. Angeblich ging es um Geld. Tatsächlich hat der Reitlehrer den Ehemann seiner ehemaligen Geliebten bei dieser Gelegenheit wohl mit Wahrheiten konfrontiert, die dieser besser nicht hätte wissen sollen... Ganz andere Probleme beschäftigen Rechtsmediziner Prof. Karl-Friedrich Boerne. Seine knapp 18-jährige Nichte Betty tanzt ihm auf der Nase herum. Entsprechend positiv überrascht ist er, als sie auf dem angesehenen Reiterhof von Hoffschulte und seiner Frau Miriam einen Ferienjob annimmt. Sie soll sich unter anderem um das wertvolle schwarze Zuchtpferd Rasputin kümmern. Doch ausgerechnet Rasputin wird kurz darauf entführt. Als er wieder auftaucht, ist er als Deckhengst nicht mehr zu gebrauchen - er wurde kastriert, und Hoffschulte ist finanziell ruiniert. Doch außer Betty scheint niemand wirklich Mitleid mit dem Reitlehrer zu haben. Im Gegenteil: Überall, wo Boerne und Thiel sich umhören, stoßen sie auf Schadenfreude. Anscheinend war Doris Röttger nicht die Einzige, die mit dem Herzensbrecher noch eine Rechnung offen hat. Ein Drohbrief an der Stalltür spricht eine deutliche Sprache: „Das war nur der Anfang. Du bist ein toter Mann." Wenig später gibt es auf dem Reiterhof eine Explosion.

#14 - Thiel - 23 - Summ, Summ, Summ

Tatort - Season 2013 - Episode 11

#15 - Borowski - 04 - Schattenhochzeit (Shadow Wedding

Tatort - Season 2005 - Episode 9

Borowski investigates the death of a night watchman and all leads point to a man who has vanished.

#16 - Ballauf - 22 - Rückspiel (Payback)

Tatort - Season 2002 - Episode 25

Ballauf and Schenk are joined by their East German colleagues Ehrlicher and Kain to investigate an art heist gone wrong.

#17 - Ballauf - 52 - Keine Polizei

Tatort - Season 2012 - Episode 2

#18 - Ballauf - 40 - Müll

Tatort - Season 2008 - Episode 10

#19 - Ballauf - 25 - Das Phantom (The Phantom)

Tatort - Season 2003 - Episode 15

Schenk discovers that a young man he helped convict and imprison may not have been guilty.

#20 - Flemming - 01 - Der Mörder und der Prinz

Tatort - Season 1992 - Episode 6

#21 - Ballauf - 63 - Dicker als Wasser

Tatort - Season 2015 - Episode 16