The BEST episodes of On the Case with Paula Zahn

#1 - The Boy Next Door

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/2010

A teenage girl is murdered in her backyard, but the case goes cold. After more than 30 years police make an arrest, but do they have the right man?

#2 - A Murder At Echo Lake

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/3/2010

A lawyer calls the emergency services after he and his wife are forced off the road and shot, but police suspect the case is not as simple as it seems

#3 - No Exit

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/22/2012

A young couple is savagely gunned down while out on the town in Washington, D.C.

#4 - A Brand New Dress

Season 21 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/17/2021

An argument among sisters over a new dress leads a young girl to leave her house to calm down. But when she never returns, the desperate search to find her begins.

#5 - A Lamb Amongst Wolves

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/9/2010

The case of a 19-year-old college student murdered on the street in Brooklyn, New York after a night of partying. The mother of the man convicted of killing him went undercover to try to prove that her son did not receive a fair trial

#6 - Newlywed Murders

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/10/2010

Two men are convicted of murdering a newlywed couple. One faces the death penalty. Did they really do it or were they victims of small town corruption?

#7 - A Complicated Relationship

Season 22 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/11/2021

A beloved mother of four disappears just days after her stepdaughter vanishes. Police must investigate if their complicated relationship has led to tragedy.

#8 - Run Bambi Run

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/2/2011

The case of former policewoman Laurie Bembenek, who murdered her her husband's ex-wife in 1982. Her escape from prison in 1990 turned her into a national celebrity across America

#9 - It Won't End Well

Season 22 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/25/2021

A young woman's strange encounter with a man outside her home becomes the thread that unravels a terrifying murder mystery.

#10 - Good Morning, Goodnight and Goodbye

Season 18 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/24/2019

When a 16-year-old girl disappears on her way to visit friends, the police retrace her last known movements and uncover a terrifying possibility that she may have been kidnapped by an international human trafficking ring.

#11 - A Storm of Rage

Season 21 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/31/2021

A beautiful young mother vanishes just hours before the deadliest hurricane in Texas history. The investigation forces her loved ones to weather a storm and then survive a tempest.

#12 - Clearing the Docket

Season 22 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/2/2021

A teenager vanishes during a walk to the store on a cold winter night. The next morning police find her lifeless body in a snowbank six miles away.

#13 - Cali-Doe

Season 22 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/16/2021

When a young girl is found murdered in Caledonia NY, police struggle to identify her. The tragedy leads the town make her one of their own, with the name Cali-Doe.

#14 - Twin Killing

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/2/2010

The murder of prestigious and popular Huntsville Alabama doctor Jack Wilson. His wife Betty and her twin sister Peggy Lowe quickly became suspects and were dubbed 'the black widows'. They were arrested in May 1992, and though Peggy was acquitted, Betty was sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison with no chance of parole

#15 - Race To Judgement

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/1/2011

The journalist recounts the events leading to a traffic accident in Tatum, Texas, that claimed the lives of four teenage girls. The cheerleaders' were driving to a post-game party, but as their SUV pulled on the main road, a truck driven by an 18-year-old youth rammed into it. Determining responsibility soon pulled the town apart

#16 - Long South Truth

Season 17 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/22/2018

It takes decades for investigators to follow the evidence to the long-sought-after truth behind the terrifying abduction and murder of 20-year-old Leslie Long, a young mother of three.

#17 - Ring Of Truth

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/22/2013

Paula Zahn examines the case of a young woman whose body was discovered high in the San Bernardino mountains. Who was she and how did she get there?

#18 - Evidence Lost, Justice Found

Season 22 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/23/2021

A young woman riding her bicycle is forced off the road and murdered. Police chase her killer for decades until an overlooked clue ultimately leads to justice.

#19 - Profile of a Killer

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/16/2012

Award-winning journalist Paula Zahn goes beyond the headlines in search of fascinating mysteries from within America's justice system

#20 - Murder At Sunset Part 2

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/22/2012

#21 - Never the Same

Season 18 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/28/2019

A woman and her teenage daughter are savagely murdered in their own home; police find clues at the crime scene, including a bloody bare footprint and an unharmed 3-year-old girl with a heartbreaking story.

#22 - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Season 22 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/4/2021

A compassionate and friendly woman's dream vacation turns into a deadly nightmare when she crosses paths with a wolf in sheep's clothing.

#23 - Crime and Injustice

Season 21 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/29/2020

The murder of a 19-year-old college student marks the beginning of one of the most tormenting investigations in US history, one that forced everyone involved to question the meaning of the word justice.

#24 - The Smallest Clue

Season 24 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/29/2022

A murdered teenager's body mysteriously turns up in a rural Iowa countryside. Will the smallest clue be the key to bringing her killer to justice?

#25 - The Depths of Evil

Season 17 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/14/2018

While searching for a missing mother, police discover evidence that puts them on the trail of a deadly sexual predator.