The BEST episodes of On the Case with Paula Zahn
Every episode of On the Case with Paula Zahn ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of On the Case with Paula Zahn!
Led by Emmy Award-winning journalist Paula Zahn, ON THE CASE features in-depth interviews and original reporting that go beyond the headlines in search of fascinating mysteries from within our nation's justice system. Each episode is highlighted by Zahn's riveting exclusive interviews, which draw out different viewpoints from the people personally connected to tragedies that rocked their local community and the investigations that attempted to piece together the truth.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - Elusive Justice
Season 29 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/17/2026
When police find the lifeless body of a young mother, her husband becomes the prime suspect. However, when an in-depth investigation against him stalls, it raised a critical question: Had police been focused on the wrong man all along?
#4 - 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.
Watch Now:Apple TV#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#10 - 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
Watch Now:Apple TV#12 - Betrayal in the Mountains
Season 19 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/29/2019
A young woman's body is found at a popular campsite in the Rocky Mountains, marking the beginning of a terrifying murder mystery.
#13 - 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.
#15 - Graduation to Murder
Season 25 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/2022
After the murder of a young girl walking to school, police race to catch her killer before he can destroy another loving family.
#16 - Moving Target
Season 29 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/24/2026
Someone ambushes and kills a loving husband near his new office. A surveillance camera captures the clearly targeted attack. Each clue that investigators find leads to the next, until the pieces of a complex puzzle expose the callous motive for the crime.
#18 - When, Where, and Who?
Season 21 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/27/2020
When a 15-year-old girl vanishes from her front porch, police must uncover when she was last seen, where she might have been going, and who would have wanted her dead.
#19 - Terrifying Calls
Season 19 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/2020
A young girl disappears on her way home from school, and the police investigate a series of terrifying calls her family received before she went missing.
#20 - 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?
#21 - Before Her Eyes
Season 18 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/21/2019
A teenage couple out on a date are ambushed by a gun-wielding madman; the lone survivor's heartbreaking account may hold the key to bringing a cold-blooded killer to justice.
#22 - A Jewel Stolen
Season 21 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/13/2020
When a young mother is found murdered in her own home, investigators must untangle a web of lies using wiretaps and secret recordings to ultimately pick up the trail of her cold-blooded killer.
#23 - No Body Two Crimes
Season 19 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/26/2020
After a woman disappears from her home, police work tirelessly to track her last known movements, following a trail of videotape.
#24 - 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.
