On the Case with Paula Zahn

2009
4.6
365 reviews
TV-14
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Season 12 episodes (17)

1 A Harvest of Grief
8/30/15
A trail of blood and broken cornstalks leads police to the body of a beautiful young girl.
2 Eyes of a Killer
9/6/15
A 19-year-old clerk is abducted from a Del Ray Beach convenience store while eyewitnesses watch in horror.
3 Shortcut to Murder
9/13/15
A 14-year-old girl's shortcut home from school puts her on the path of a savage killer.
4 A Wave Goodbye
9/20/15
A 14-year-old girl is found stabbed to death in an empty camp ground more than 50 miles away from where she was last seen.
5 Hidden by Lies
9/27/15
A college student is found stabbed to death in her off campus apartment. Will it take a second tragic murder to solve her case?
6 A Killer in Town
10/4/15
Police must track down a vicious killer on his deadly cross-country journey.
7 Desperate Cry
10/11/15
A mother's desperate cry for help leads to a terrifying discovery.
8 A Killer in the Sun
10/25/15
A mother and her 2 year old son disappear out of their backyard in broad daylight.
9 Shattered Hope
11/1/15
The discovery of a teenager's abandoned car marks the start of a terrifying mystery.
10 A Hole in their Hearts
11/8/15
A beautiful mother of three vanishes from her office in broad daylight.
11 Golden Promises Broken
11/15/15
A teenage couple disappears during a romantic picnic.
12 Darkness After Dawn
11/22/15
When a newlywed is found savagely murdered in her own bedroom it's the start of a three decades long search for her killer.
13 Same Crime Next Year
11/29/15
A teenager is discovered murdered on the weekend of the Daytona 500 Race. One year later, police are called to a nearly identical crime scene.
14 River of Sadness
12/13/15
A heartbreaking mystery begins with the discovery of a young woman's body floating in the Yakima River.
15 Crossed by Evil
12/20/15
Police race to find a young woman who disappeared on her way to work. But the clues they discover reveal a trail of unspeakable evil.
16 Deadly Silence
12/27/15
An 18-year old girl never returns home from a night out with friends. Can police break the wall of silence keeping them from the truth?
17 The Pastor's Wife
1/3/16
Two small boys are witnesses to the heartbreaking murder of their mother. Can their story bring the cold-blooded killer of the pastor's wife to justice?

About this show

Led by Emmy® Award-winning journalist Paula Zahn, On the Case goes beyond the headlines in search of fascinating mysteries from within our nation's justice system.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
365 reviews
Alan F
May 13, 2022
Season 24 Episode 5 aired on 3/20/22; Very sloppy production of this story in which a young woman is found murdered in a red hatchback. The car is shown numerous times throughout the show but in some scenes it is a Chrysler Laser and in others it is a Nissan 300 ZX. The manufacturers’ logos are clearly present and conflict with each other. Very confusing! Folding headlights are shown actually being closed several times yet other photos of the car show fixed non folding headlights. This is a decades old unsolved case in which they are asking the public for help. How can they expect to receive reliable / accurate info when they present such contradictory details?
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Audrey Moore
June 18, 2020
Absolutely stupid use of narrative and “scenes” that repeat through the show to the point of: “big shoe steps on child’s teddy bear 13 times”, which is overly dramatic and simply insulting to the viewer who’s fully conscious and capable of putting 2 and 2 together to equal 4. Good grief. I cannot watch this blithering stupidity anymore. Scene Take 24: mans shoe steps on child’s teddy bear”...again, in case you didn’t get the point the first 15 times.
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A Google user
March 23, 2022
I have watched every episode of Paula Zahn and after all these years, I had to find somewhere to do a review. The dramatic music needs to go away it is so annoying, to the point I want to stop watching the show it is not necessary to have the music, I just want to hear the facts. I also read that she isn't really interviewing the people and I always wondered why they weren't seen together in the show, seems to always go from her to the person she is interviewing without them being together like most interviews. Time to change the format please.. I would love to say I love it but not until things change..
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