The BEST episodes of On the Case with Paula Zahn season 4

Every episode of On the Case with Paula Zahn season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of On the Case with Paula Zahn season 4!

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.

Last Updated: 11/19/2024Network: Investigation DiscoveryStatus: Continuing
Race To Judgement
star
8.25
4 votes

#1 - 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

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Message In Blood
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8.00
5 votes

#2 - Message In Blood

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/24/2011

The journalist explores the case of a woman stabbed to death in her kitchen. Investigators had to determine whether the letters ROC scribed in blood were left by her as a message, or by her attacker as a taunt

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A Mother's Nightmare
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8.00
4 votes

#3 - A Mother's Nightmare

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/19/2011

A 10-year-old boy is snatched from his bed one night, but police become suspicious of his mother's story, forcing her to battle to clear her name

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Betrayal At Charisma Farms
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8.00
3 votes

#4 - Betrayal At Charisma Farms

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/3/2011

The murder of 55-year-old farm owner Robert Dorotik in February 2000, which was staged to look like a traffic accident. To prevent him from receiving 40 per cent of her income in the event of their divorce, his wife Jane had beaten him to death and left his body by the roadside

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Under Suspicion
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7.75
4 votes

#5 - Under Suspicion

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/12/2011

The disappearance of young mother Jami Sherer, who vanished from Redmond, Washington, in September 1990 while on a journey to see her mother. Ten years later her husband Steven was convicted of first degree murder, despite the absence of a body, thanks to compelling circumstantial evidence

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A Murder At Loose Chippings
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7.75
4 votes

#6 - A Murder At Loose Chippings

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/26/2011

The journalist examines the murder of wealthy socialites Derek and Nancy Haysom in March 1985. His daughter Elizabeth and her boyfriend Jens Soering were convicted of the crime

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star
7.50
4 votes

#7 - Mystery In The Mountains

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/10/2011

After a woman disappears, it looks like the case will never be solved. Then, a FBI agent joins the cold case team and jump starts a 13 year old enquiry.

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star
7.50
4 votes

#8 - A Slip Of Fate

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/17/2011

The case of Hazelynn Stomps, who tried to conceal her husband Jerry's murder. She had claimed they were victims of an attack, which left her with a broken hip and led to his disappearance. In reality, she had shot him twice before burning his body

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Murder Ordained?
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7.50
6 votes

#9 - Murder Ordained?

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/24/2011

The crimes of Lutheran minister Tom Bird, who in 1983 killed his wife and placed her body inside a car before running it off the road where it settled in the Cottonwood River. Later that year his mistress, a part-time secretary at Bird's church, solicited the murder of her husband

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A Tangled Past
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7.40
5 votes

#10 - A Tangled Past

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/8/2011

Rhonda is suspicious when her mum, an MS sufferer, becomes ill and suddenly dies. Can she use her professional knowledge as a nurse to force a criminal investigation?

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Murder By Numbers
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7.25
4 votes

#11 - Murder By Numbers

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/5/2011

Popular local Bobby is found beaten to death in his service station. A trail of cash and calls lead cops to eccentric landowner Eric, but is he guilty?

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Silenced
star
7.00
10 votes

#12 - Silenced

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/17/2011

Debbie Culberson's battle to determine the fate of her daughter Carrie. In 1997 Vincent Doan, ex-boyfriend of the 22-year-old, was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping and murder, but his victim's body was never recovered and Debbie is intent on finding its location

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Campus Killer
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6.50
6 votes

#13 - Campus Killer

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/29/2011

A mother leads the investigation of her daughter who goes missing from her university campus.

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