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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 1 - Deadly Lessons
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    #1 - Deadly Lessons

    S1:E1

    A seventeen year-old student is missing and a charismatic young teacher may be involved. The investigation leads to a shocking discovery.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 2 - A Murder in Pleasant Valley
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    #2 - A Murder in Pleasant Valley

    S1:E2

    After a mother is gunned down in a church parking lot, police uncover a tangled web of adultery, deception and corruption that ultimately led to her murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 3 - Honeymoon Hit
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    #3 - Honeymoon Hit

    S1:E3

    When a beautiful young woman is murdered in her own home, police use high tech equipment and old fashioned police work to bring an unlikely killer to justice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 4 - Hit or Miss
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    #4 - Hit or Miss

    S1:E4

    An investigation into a deadly case of mistaken identity reveals a secret love triangle and an underworld web of intrigue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 5 - Date with Death
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    #5 - Date with Death

    S1:E5

    A woman meets a younger man at a night spot and survives his brutal attack. It triggers a series of investigations and leads to the discovery that a serial killer might be on the loose.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 6 - A Death in the Desert
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    #6 - A Death in the Desert

    S1:E6

    Legendary Las Vegas casino owner Ted Binion dies under mysterious circumstances. Was it murder or just an accidental drug overdose?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 7 - Love You to Death
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    #7 - Love You to Death

    S1:E7

    A husband catches his wife having an affair with a mysterious lover, but just after she ends the affair she winds up dead and police must figure out if it is a tragic accident or murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 8 - The Millionaire Murder
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    #8 - The Millionaire Murder

    S1:E8

    A media mogul calls 911 and says he's been gravely wounded, but has no idea what happened. Police investigate and discover he's been shot. The investigation leads to a shocking motive and sensational trial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 9 - Last Stop Murder
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    #9 - Last Stop Murder

    S1:E9

    A beautiful and talented woman's charred remains are found in a parking lot. Police race against the clock to discover the killer's identity before he gets away with murder. A minute by minute account of the investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 10 - Out of the Ashes
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    #10 - Out of the Ashes

    S1:E10

    A man is convicted of a murder he says he did not commit. Can he prove he was framed from behind bars?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 11 - A Murder at Echo Lake
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    #11 - A Murder at Echo Lake

    S1:E11

    A successful lawyer calls 911 reporting that both he and his wife have been shot after being forced off the highway by an unknown assailant. Police investigate and unravel a shocking mystery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 12 - Newlywed Murders
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    #12 - Newlywed Murders

    S1:E12

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 13 - The Boy Next Door
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    #13 - The Boy Next Door

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 1 - Beauty and the Beast
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    #14 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 2 - Murder in the Heartland
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    #15 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 3 - Twin Killing?
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    #16 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 4 - A Lamb Amongst Wolves
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    #17 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 5 - The Long Road Home
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    #18 - 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?

    Director:Unknown
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  19. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 6 - A Killing in Canova Beach
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    #19 - 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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 7 - She Never Came Home
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    #20 - 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?

    Director:Unknown
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  21. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 8 - Deadly Delivery
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    #21 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 9 - Web of Lies
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    #22 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 10 - Daddy's Girl
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    #23 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 11 - Beyond Redemption
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    #24 - 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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  25. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 12 - Twisted Triangle
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    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Deadly Lessons" 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 10/18/2009. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Murder in Pleasant Valley".