On the Case with Paula Zahn

The Best Episodes of On the Case with Paula Zahn

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Every episode of On the Case with Paula Zahn ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of On the Case with Paula Zahn!

Award winning journalist Paula Zahn unravels shocking crimes interviewing those closest to the case including lawyers, the victim's family, detectives and the convicted murderer themselves.
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  1. 8.9/10(12 votes)

    #1 - A Killer in Disguise

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    S9:E13

    Police race to track down the unlikely killer responsible for three terrifying murders.

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  2. 8.8/10(15 votes)

    #2 - Dirty Secrets

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    S6:E3

    17-year-old Joanna Rogers disappeared from her home in the middle of the night in Lubbock, TX, and her body is later found dumped in a landfill. The investigation is aided by evidence from another brutal murder case. Police painstakingly track leads, including of all things, a barcode tag on luggage found in a landfill.

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  3. 8.8/10(12 votes)

    #3 - Heartbreak in the Heartland

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    S9:E9

    A quiet Midwestern community is rocked by a gruesome triple homicide. The unspeakable tragedy robs one man of his mother, grandmother and 5-year-old son.

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  4. 8.8/10(10 votes)

    #4 - Buried Dreams

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    S17:E10

    A woman relentlessly investigates her daughter's disappearance leading police to a terrifying string of murders.

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  5. 8.7/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Hanging by a Thread

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    S6:E5

    Hillsborough County in Florida is in the midst of a horrifying crime spree with young women turning up dead every week. Teenager Lisa McVey's bravery helps to bring an end to a vicious killer's reign of terror.

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  6. 8.7/10(16 votes)

    #6 - Justice Never Quits

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    S8:E8

    A 54-year-old mother is shot in the head and stabbed. Solving this crime sends a district attorney down a horrifying trail of madness and terror.

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  8. 8.6/10(14 votes)

    #7 - Message in Blood

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    S4:E2

    After a frantic 911 call in a Tampa suburb, investigators arrive to find a shaken Timothy Permenter outside the home of his girlfriend, Karen Pannell. The former model had been stabbed multiple times and police discovered the letters "ROC" written in blood on the wall next to her body. Would the victim's dying act point them to her killer?

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  9. 8.6/10(12 votes)

    #8 - Innocent Witness

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    S6:E2

    Young mother Rhonda Boggs is stabbed to death in her kitchen and the only witness is her 2-year-old daughter. What the child witnessed aids the cops to catch the killer's trail.

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  10. 8.6/10(16 votes)

    #9 - Nine Days of Terror

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    S8:E10

    When a young college student disappears out of a mall parking lot, police find themselves in a race against time to find her before it is too late.

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  11. 8.6/10(16 votes)

    #10 - A Thin Disguise

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    S8:E13

    A mysterious stranger ambushes a family as they pull into their driveway. Could the memories of a five year old girl be the key to solving the crime?

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  12. 8.6/10(13 votes)

    #11 - Ring of Truth

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    S8:E14

    When a young woman’s body is discovered high in the San Bernardino Mountains, detectives must figure out who she was and how she got there before they can catch the cold blooded killer who murdered her.

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  13. 8.6/10(13 votes)

    #12 - Wrong Place, Wrong Time

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    S27:E1

    Can police find the killer of two teenagers discovered inside a car?

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  14. 8.5/10(14 votes)

    #13 - No Exit

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    S6:E8

    A couple is gunned down in a savage attack while in Washington, D.C., and the killer leaves almost no clues. When another similar murder is discovered, the mystery starts to unravel and police are led to an evil beyond imagination.

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  15. 8.5/10(15 votes)

    #14 - Vanished in the Night

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    S6:E10

    A 20-year-old woman goes missing after a night out with friends, and police are baffled. The disappearance remains unsolved for a decade, until a cold case investigator and an undercover sting operation uncovers dark secrets that blow the case wide open.

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  16. 8.5/10(17 votes)

    #15 - Taken

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    S6:E11

    In the span of 8 months, 3 young girls are kidnapped from their homes in Virginia and murdered. As police hunt for the killer, he strikes again, and a young girl's heroic actions crack the case.

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  17. 8.5/10(14 votes)

    #16 - This Is for Her

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    S9:E2

    A deadly home invasion leaves a father of three dead. Why was the victim’s wife, the only eyewitness to the crime left alive?

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  18. 8.5/10(11 votes)

    #17 - Blurred Truth

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    S11:E6

    A mother of five is found murdered in her bedroom. Will a grainy videotape reveal the identity of her killer?

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  19. 8.5/10(16 votes)

    #18 - A Window to Murder

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    S11:E8

    A teenager's valiant dying act helps police solve the terrifying mystery behind her murder.

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  20. 8.5/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Screams for Justice

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    S11:E15

    A young woman's desperate cries for help alert several neighbors to her fatal attack. But will their eyewitness accounts help catch her killer or send investigators down a road to disaster?

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  21. 8.5/10(15 votes)

    #20 - A Killer in Town

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    S12:E6

    Police must track down a vicious killer on his deadly cross-country killing spree.

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  22. 8.5/10(13 votes)

    #21 - Crossed by Evil

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    S12:E15

    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.

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  23. 8.4/10(17 votes)

    #22 - Run Bambi Run

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    S3:E8

    A sultry waitress gets fingered for brutally murdering her husband’s ex-wife. After her brazen prison escape turns the convicted killer into a national celebrity, questions about the case against her come to light.

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  24. 8.4/10(11 votes)

    #23 - The River's Edge

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    S6:E6

    When 17-year-old high school student Stacy Fairchild disappears from a mall parking lot in Lancaster, OH, on her way home from work, the police suspect kidnapping or murder and zero in on her suspicious soldier boyfriend, but they may be pursuing the wrong man. Later, another young woman escaped an attack inside a tanning salon and helped police link DNA from her attacker to the Fairchild mystery.

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  25. 8.4/10(15 votes)

    #24 - One Month of Terror

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    S7:E10

    After abducting a 17-year-old girl in front of her home her kidnapper taunts the family with phone calls and disturbing letters. But a tiny mistake will eventually lead police to his door.

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  26. 8.4/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Driven to Kill

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    S7:E11

    A new father comes home to find his infant son and wife missing. Four months later their bodies are found in a remote wooded area. When police investigate the father’s past they find the reason for the unthinkable crime.

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Killer in Disguise" is the best rated episode of "On the Case with Paula Zahn". It scored 8.9/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/23/2014. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dirty Secrets".