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The Worst Episodes of On the Case with Paula Zahn

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The Worst 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 - Beauty and the Beast

    S2:E1

    In 2004, a Brigham Young University student, Brooke Wilberger, mysteriously vanished from a parking lot in Corvallis, OR and the case made national headlines.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #2 - Murder in the Heartland

    S2:E2

    Bobie and Marilyn Blewer sold funnel cakes from their stagecoach wagon for decades at the Iowa State Fair, held in Des Moines every August. When the couple is found murdered on the fairgrounds, it becomes the first homicide ever in the 150-year history of the Iowa State Fair. Police unravel a shocking plot that leads to back to the unlikeliest killers.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Twin Killing?

    S2:E3

    When a prestigious and popular Huntsville Alabama doctor is found murdered in his own home, the investigation points to a local handyman who says the doctor's wife and her twin sister are the masterminds behind the murder.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #4 - A Lamb Amongst Wolves

    S2:E4

    College student Mark Fisher went out in Manhattan with friends one night and ended up shot to death outside a house party in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. The puzzle of what happened to Fisher left investigators at a loss when fellow partiers put up a wall of silence.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - The Long Road Home

    S2:E5

    The murder of 19-year-old Mischelle Lawless sent shock waves through Benton, MO. As the investigation unfolded, police zeroed in on 17-year-old Josh Kezer who has gang ties. Was he the one who pulled the trigger?

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    Director:Unknown
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    #6 - A Killing in Canova Beach

    S2:E6

    After an alleged jailhouse confession, questionable canine scene evidence and sexual misconduct between the star witness and lead investigator, William Dillon was convicted of murdering James Dvorak in Canova Beach, FL, in 1981 and sentenced to life without Parole. But is any of it true? Did investigators convict the wrong man?

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    Director:Unknown
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    #7 - She Never Came Home

    S2:E7

    A college student goes missing from the parking lot of Montgomery College in Texas. Her parents organized teams to search for her. Will they find her alive, or will the mysterious man she was last seen with be found responsible for her disappearance?

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    Director:Unknown
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    #8 - Deadly Delivery

    S2:E8

    Betty Mottinger, a postmaster in Elgin, Ohio, is abducted in broad daylight. When her body is discovered 6 weeks later it sets off a cat and mouse game between a career criminal and a postal inspector that may lead to the identity of Betty’s killer.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #9 - Web of Lies

    S2:E9

    Police find a 22-year-old man shot to death in a deserted parking lot. Investigators uncover a possible motive for the murder. It appeared the victim, his middle-aged co-worker and a teenaged girl were involved in an internet love triangle.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #10 - Daddy's Girl

    S2:E10

    When a wealthy, beautiful young girl is found burnt alive in a dilapidated basement her friends and family are devastated. But out of the ashes, her loving and grief stricken father embarks on a relentless, exhausting search for the truth.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #11 - Beyond Redemption

    S2:E11

    We enter the mind of a cruel and sadistic predator whose acts of wanton violence - and subsequent arrest - are the beginning of a twisted tale of one man's madness and one woman's quest for the truth.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #12 - Twisted Triangle

    S2:E12

    A bitter divorce pits a husband-and-wife team of FBI agents against each other and casts one into the arms of a world-famous crime novelist. What unfolds is a shocking, twisted tale stranger than any fiction.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #13 - Aim to Kill

    S2:E13

    Danny Paquette is gunned down on the first day of hunting season. Is it a tragic accident or does someone want him dead? A story of dark family secrets and a twenty year search for the truth in a small New Hampshire town.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #14 - In Broad Daylight

    S5:E1

    In a small town outside Atlanta, young mother Heather Strube is gunned down in a Target parking lot in broad daylight while stunned eyewitnesses search for cover, and with her 18-month-old son just a few feet away. Police have little to go on beyond a bizarre description of the brazen killer and the surveillance video of him walking away from the crime scene. After a painstaking and difficult investigation, they come up with an incredible and surprising suspect.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #15 - Death and the Doctor

    S5:E2

    Margo Prade, a prominent doctor in Akron, OH, is discovered shot and killed in her van parked outside her office. Margo was one of their own, married for 17 years to a highly respected captain in the Akron Police Department. Investigators quickly discover a videotape that documents the murder, but the most important clue is a bizarre bite mark left behind by the killer.

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    #16 - Severed Ties

    S5:E3

    Cathy and Lyndel Robertson were both shot multiple times while asleep in their bedroom. Cathy died at the scene, but somehow, Lyndel survived, despite being shot in the face and chest. A mysterious fingerprint on a box of ammunition could be the key to unlocking the mystery behind the brutal crime.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #17 - No One to Trust

    S5:E4

    18-year-old Lisa Kimmell was driving home for the Easter holiday when she vanished somewhere on the 600 miles of desolate highway between Denver, CO, and Billings, MT. Days later, her body is found, murdered. The case spans 14 years and dozens of suspects are examined, including the man in charge of the investigation, before reaching its shocking conclusion.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #18 - A Stranger's Knock

    S5:E5

    Norma Ates' body was discovered when firefighters responded to a fire at her house; she was shot and killed in her own bedroom. After years of searching, police finally find two mysterious strangers who were seen outside the house just before the crime took place; their story will help solve the mystery and convict the most unlikely of suspects.

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    #19 - Twice Is No Accident

    S5:E6

    When Fran Smith mysteriously disappears her sister and daughter mount their own investigation... What they uncover sends police on a cross country man hunt for a killer.

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    #20 - Lost in the Fire

    S5:E7

    When a pregnant mother of two is found shot to death in her fire-ravaged home, police find there are more suspects than clues.

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    #21 - Last Rites

    S5:E8

    When a nun is found strangled and stabbed to death on the day before Easter, investigators are forced to look behind church walls in search of a killer.

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    #22 - Secrets from the Grave

    S5:E9

    After a teenager's partially nude body is discovered brutally beaten in a desolate cemetery, Investigators and her family face an emotional journey to the truth behind her murder.

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    #23 - Murder at Sunset

    S5:E10

    A mother and two daughters are discovered floating in Tampa Bay after a brutal triple homicide. Police must rely on a victim who survived a similar attack to bring the killer to justice.

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    #24 - Left in the Dark

    S5:E11

    When a beautiful young graduate student is found stabbed to death, detectives must determine if the murder was a crime of passion or a brutal attack by a violent intruder.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #25 - The Art of Murder

    S5:E12

    In order to solve the murder of a talented young art student, investigators must first unravel a bizarre web of jealousy and deceit.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Beauty and the Beast" is the worst rated episode of "On the Case with Paula Zahn". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/18/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Murder in the Heartland".