On the Case with Paula Zahn

On the Case with Paula Zahn
Genre
Starring Paula Zahn
Country of origin United States
Original language English
No. of seasons 26
No. of episodes 375
Production
Executive producers
  • Diana Sperrazza
  • Paula Zahn
  • Scott Weinberger
  • Larry Israel
  • Scott Sternberg
Running time 40 to 43 minutes
Production companies
  • Weinberger Media
  • Scott Sternberg Productions
Original release
Network Investigation Discovery
Release October 18, 2009 –
present

On the Case with Paula Zahn is an American documentary and news program broadcast on Investigation Discovery since October 18, 2009. The program explores in-depth stories of crime mysteries and interviews with involved individuals, closest to the cases and includes expert analysis. Emmy Award winning journalist and former CNN anchor Paula Zahn is the program host who travels throughout the country interviewing people directly affected by the tragic cases.

On the Case with Paula Zahn is the first series on Investigation Discovery to reach over 360 episodes.

Episodes

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 13 October 18, 2009 January 17, 2010
2 13 April 18, 2010 July 18, 2010
3 13 November 7, 2010 February 13, 2011
4 13 April 17, 2011 July 24, 2011
5 14 October 30, 2011 February 19, 2012
6 12 June 3, 2012 September 2, 2012
7 14 December 16, 2012 March 24, 2013
8 16 June 23, 2013 October 6, 2013
9 16 December 22, 2013 April 13, 2014
10 16 August 3, 2014 November 16, 2014
11 15 February 22, 2015 June 7, 2015
12 17 August 30, 2015 January 3, 2016
13 12 March 6, 2016 June 5, 2016
14 20 August 28, 2016 January 22, 2017
15 13 May 28, 2017 August 20, 2017
16 16 October 29, 2017 April 1, 2018
17 19 July 15, 2018 December 2, 2018
18 16 February 24, 2019 June 30, 2019
19 15 November 3, 2019 January 26, 2020
20 15 April 26, 2020 August 16, 2020
21 9 November 29, 2020 January 31, 2021
22 8 April 4, 2021 May 23, 2021
23 16 August 8, 2021 December 5, 2021
24 16 February 20, 2022 June 26, 2022
25 16 September 4, 2022 January 15, 2023
26 12 May 3, 2023 July 26, 2023

Season 1 (2009–10)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
1 1 "Deadly Lessons" October 18, 2009
2 2 "A Murder in Pleasant Valley" October 25, 2009
3 3 "Honeymoon Hit" November 1, 2009
4 4 "Hit or Miss" November 8, 2009
5 5 "Date With Death" November 15, 2009
6 6 "A Death in the Desert" November 22, 2009
7 7 "Love You to Death" November 29, 2009
8 8 "The Millionaire Murder" December 6, 2009
9 9 "Last Stop Murder" December 13, 2009
10 10 "Out of the Ashes" December 20, 2009
11 11 "A Murder at Echo Lake" January 3, 2010
12 12 "Newlywed Murders" January 10, 2010
13 13 "The Boy Next Door" January 17, 2010

Season 2 (2010)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
14 1 "Beauty and the Beast" April 18, 2010
15 2 "Murder in the Heartland" April 25, 2010
16 3 "Twin Killing?" May 2, 2010
17 4 "A Lamb Amongst Wolves" May 9, 2010
18 5 "The Long Road Home" May 16, 2010
19 6 "A Killing in Canova Beach" May 23, 2010
20 7 "She Never Came Home" May 30, 2010
21 8 "Deadly Delivery" June 6, 2010
22 9 "Web of Lies" June 13, 2010
23 10 "Daddy's Girl" June 20, 2010
24 11 "Beyond Redemption" June 27, 2010
25 12 "Twisted Triangle" July 11, 2010
26 13 "Aim to Kill" July 18, 2010

Season 3 (2010–11)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
27 1 "Beauty Queen Killer" November 7, 2010
28 2 "Gallaudet Murders" November 14, 2010
29 3 "Voices in the Dark" November 21, 2010
30 4 "Murder She Wrote" November 28, 2010
31 5 "A Cry in The Night" December 5, 2010
32 6 "Cheating Death" December 12, 2010
33 7 "Internal Affairs" December 19, 2010
34 8 "Run Bambi Run" January 2, 2011
35 9 "Sins of the Father" January 9, 2011
36 10 "Blood Betrayal" January 16, 2011
37 11 "Shadow of Doubt" January 23, 2011
38 12 "Evil Twin" January 30, 2011
39 13 "Dark Side of a Dream" February 13, 2011

Season 4 (2011)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
40 1 "Silenced" April 17, 2011
41 2 "Message in Blood" April 24, 2011
42 3 "Race to Judgment" May 1, 2011
43 4 "A Tangled Past" May 8, 2011
44 5 "Campus Killer" May 29, 2011
45 6 "Murder by Numbers" June 5, 2011
46 7 "Under Suspicion" June 12, 2011
47 8 "A Mother's Nightmare" June 19, 2011
48 9 "A Murder at Loose Chippings" June 26, 2011
49 10 "Betrayal at Charisma Farms" July 3, 2011
50 11 "Mystery in the Mountains" July 10, 2011
51 12 "A Slip of Fate" July 17, 2011
52 13 "Murder Ordained?" July 24, 2011

Season 5 (2011–12)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
53 1 "In Broad Daylight" October 30, 2011
54 2 "Death and the Doctor" November 6, 2011
55 3 "Severed Ties" November 13, 2011
56 4 "No One To Trust" November 20, 2011
57 5 "A Stranger's Knock" December 4, 2011
58 6 "Twice Is No Accident" December 11, 2011
59 7 "Lost In The Fire" December 18, 2011
60 8 "Last Rites" January 8, 2012
61 9 "Secrets From the Grave" January 15, 2012
62–63 10–11 "Murder at Sunset: Part 1/Murder at Sunset: Part 2" January 22, 2012
64 12 "Left in the Dark" January 29, 2012
65 13 "The Art of Murder" February 12, 2012
66 14 "Unmasking a Killer" February 19, 2012

Season 6 (2012)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
67 1 "Mystery in the Desert" June 3, 2012
68 2 "Innocent Witness" June 10, 2012
69 3 "Dirty Secrets" June 17, 2012
70 4 "Over the Edge" June 24, 2012
71 5 "Hanging by a Thread" July 1, 2012
72 6 "The River's Edge" July 8, 2012
73 7 "A Deadly Betrayal" July 15, 2012
74 8 "No Exit" July 22, 2012
75 9 "Fatal Footage" July 29, 2012
76 10 "Vanished in the Night" August 19, 2012
77 11 "Taken" August 26, 2012
78 12 "Murder at Bird Key" September 2, 2012

Season 7 (2012–13)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
79 1 "A Tale Tell Call" December 16, 2012
80 2 "Painful Memories" December 23, 2012
81 3 "Profile of a Killer" December 30, 2012
82 4 "Final Words" January 6, 2013
83 5 "A Knock on the Door" January 13, 2013
84 6 "Snapshot to Murder" January 20, 2013
85 7 "A Deadly Secret" January 27, 2013
86 8 "Murder at Sunrise" February 10, 2013
87 9 "The Day After Christmas" February 17, 2013
88 10 "One Month of Terror" February 24, 2013
89 11 "Driven to Kill" March 3, 2013
90 12 "A Long Journey to Justice" March 10, 2013
91 13 "The Ultimate Sin" March 17, 2013
92 14 "Signed in Blood" March 24, 2013

Season 8 (2013)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
93 1 "Tangled Web" June 23, 2013
94 2 "Bound By the Truth" June 30, 2013
95 3 "Smoke and Ashes" July 7, 2013
96 4 "Veil of Suspicion" July 14, 2013
97 5 "At Death's Door" July 21, 2013
98 6 "Hidden in Plain Sight" July 28, 2013
99 7 "The Killer Rang Twice" August 4, 2013
100 8 "Justice Never Quits" August 11, 2013
101 9 "Tip 1960" August 18, 2013
102 10 "Nine Days of Terror" August 25, 2013
103 11 "Lying in Wait" September 1, 2013
104 12 "A Fateful Decision" September 8, 2013
105 13 "A Thin Disguise" September 15, 2013
106 14 "Ring of Truth" September 22, 2013
107 15 "A Call for Justice" September 29, 2013
108 16 "Twisted Obsession" October 6, 2013

Season 9 (2013–14)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
109 1 "Stabbed in the Heart" December 22, 2013
110 2 "This is for Her" December 29, 2013
111 3 "Deadly Predator" January 5, 2014
112 4 "Kidnapped on the 4th of July" January 12, 2014
113 5 "An Uninvited Guest" January 19, 2014
114 6 "Trail of Carnage" January 26, 2014
115 7 "Cry on My Shoulder" February 9, 2014
116 8 "Footprints and Whispers" February 16, 2014
117 9 "Heartbreak in the Heartland" February 23, 2014
118 10 "Evidence of Deception" March 2, 2014
119 11 "Fatal Turn" March 9, 2014
120 12 "Footsteps in the Dark" March 16, 2014
121 13 "A Killer in Disguise" March 23, 2014
122 14 "She Wasn't Alone" March 30, 2014
123 15 "Almost Home" April 6, 2014
124 16 "The Long Path to Justice" April 13, 2014

Season 10 (2014)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
125 1 "Snakes in the Grass" August 3, 2014
126 2 "For Love and Duty" August 10, 2014
127 3 "Solemn Vows" August 17, 2014
128 4 "Trail of Tears" August 24, 2014
129 5 "A Murder in Pelham" August 31, 2014
130 6 "A Father's Quest" September 7, 2014
131 7 "Pattern of Violence" September 14, 2014
132 8 "Field of Nightmares" September 21, 2014
133 9 "Path of Destruction" September 28, 2014
134 10 "A Drop of Blood" October 5, 2014
135 11 "The Green Dragon" October 12, 2014
136 12 "Murder in Room 205" October 19, 2014
137 13 "Betrayal and Regret" October 26, 2014
138 14 "A Ray of Darkness" November 2, 2014
139 15 "Unmistakable Truth" November 9, 2014
140 16 "Trapped by Lies" November 16, 2014

Season 11 (2015)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
141 1 "In Plain Sight" February 22, 2015
142 2 "Hidden by Fire" March 1, 2015
143 3 "A Nightmare in Memphis" March 8, 2015
144 4 "Deadly Warning" March 15, 2015
145 5 "Where Evil Lies" March 22, 2015
146 6 "Blurred Truth" March 29, 2015
147 7 "Blood Money" April 5, 2015
148 8 "A Window to Murder" April 12, 2015
149 9 "A Terrible Secret" April 19, 2015
150 10 "Last Call" April 26, 2015
151 11 "A Mystery in Cherry Hill" May 10, 2015
152 12 "A Fatal Errand" May 17, 2015
153 13 "Scent of a Killer" May 24, 2015
154 14 "Evil Repeats Itself" May 31, 2015
155 15 "Screams for Justice" June 7, 2015

Season 12 (2015–16)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
156 1 "A Harvest of Grief" August 30, 2015
157 2 "Eyes of a Killer" September 6, 2015
158 3 "Shortcut to Murder" September 13, 2015
159 4 "A Wave Goodbye" September 20, 2015
160 5 "Hidden by Lies" September 27, 2015
161 6 "A Killer in Town" October 4, 2015
162 7 "Desperate Cry" October 11, 2015
163 8 "A Killer in the Sun" October 25, 2015
164 9 "Shattered Hope" November 1, 2015
165 10 "A Hole in their Hearts" November 8, 2015
166 11 "Golden Promises Broken" November 15, 2015
167 12 "Darkness After Dawn" November 22, 2015
168 13 "Same Crime Next Year" November 29, 2015
169 14 "River of Sadness" December 13, 2015
170 15 "Crossed by Evil" December 20, 2015
171 16 "Deadly Silence" December 27, 2015
172 17 "The Pastor's Wife" January 3, 2016

Season 13 (2016)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
173 1 "Deep Wounds" March 6, 2016
174 2 "Gone in an Instant" March 13, 2016
175 3 "Betrayal in Big Cottonwood Canyon" March 20, 2016
176 4 "Tracks of a Killer" March 27, 2016
177 5 "Racing Justice" April 10, 2016
178 6 "A Last Dance" April 17, 2016
179 7 "A Promise Kept" April 24, 2016
180 8 "Deadly Offer" May 8, 2016
181 9 "Mixed Signals" May 15, 2016
182 10 "Courage and Conviction" May 22, 2016
183 11 "Half Way Home" May 29, 2016
184 12 "The Doorbell Rang" June 5, 2016

Season 14 (2016–17)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
185 1 "22 Hours of Terror" August 28, 2016
186 2 "Broken Trust" September 4, 2016
187 3 "Deceiving Appearances" September 11, 2016
188 4 "The Answer Was No" September 18, 2016
189 5 "A Nightmare in Laurel" September 25, 2016
190 6 "Followed Home" October 2, 2016
191 7 "Path of Tears" October 9, 2016
192 8 "Predator on the Loose" October 16, 2016
193 9 "Blood and Betrayal" October 23, 2016
194 10 "A Killer Among Friends" October 30, 2016
195 11 "From Dusk to Darkness" November 6, 2016
196 12 "Deadly Paper Trail" November 13, 2016
197 13 "Dreams and Nightmares" November 20, 2016
198 14 "Blood, Sweat and Tears" November 27, 2016
199 15 "Unfinished Journey" December 4, 2016
200 16 "Identical Evidence" December 11, 2016
201 17 "Mystery, Heartbreak and Justice" December 18, 2016
202 18 "A Betrayal Concealed" January 1, 2017
203 19 "A Hidden Clue" January 8, 2017
204 20 "A Face with No Name" January 22, 2017

Season 15 (2017)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
205 1 "Deadly Deception" May 28, 2017
206 2 "Darkness in The Desert" June 4, 2017
207 3 "The East Area Rapist" June 11, 2017
208 4 "Haunting Memories" June 18, 2017
209 5 "Murder in Store" June 25, 2017
210 6 "A Stranger Among Us" July 2, 2017
211 7 "Greed, Lies and Murder" July 9, 2017
212 8 "Deadly Riddle" July 16, 2017
213 9 "Trail of Betrayal" July 23, 2017
214 10 "A Deadly Omen" July 30, 2017
215 11 "Unanswered Questions" August 6, 2017
216 12 "Sirens in the Night" August 13, 2017
217 13 "River of Tears" August 20, 2017

Season 16 (2017–18)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
218 1 "A Nightmare in Idaho Falls" October 29, 2017
219 2 "Stolen Dreams" November 5, 2017
220 3 "Twisted Lies" November 12, 2017
221 4 "Deadly Hymn" November 19, 2017
222 5 "That's Him!" November 26, 2017
223 6 "Stacy's Story" January 7, 2018
224 7 "A Murder in Coralville" January 21, 2018
225 8 "A Predator in Deerfield" January 28, 2018
226 9 "In the Blink of an Eye" February 11, 2018
227 10 "In the Shadows of Home" February 18, 2018
228 11 "Scattered Clues, Shattered Lives" February 25, 2018
229 12 "As She Lay Dying" March 4, 2018
230 13 "River of Sorrow" March 11, 2018
231 14 "A Lifetime of Questions" March 18, 2018
232 15 "Last Night Before Murder" March 25, 2018
233 16 "A Daughter's Quest" April 1, 2018

Season 17 (2018)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
234 1 "Notes from a Killer" July 15, 2018
235 2 "Long Sought Truth" July 22, 2018
236 3 "A Different Time" July 29, 2018
237 4 "Where's Crystal" August 5, 2018
238 5 "Terror in Waupaca" August 12, 2018
239 6 "Taken From Her Bed" August 26, 2018
240 7 "A Bridge Too Far" September 2, 2018
241 8 "Shifting Stories" September 9, 2018
242 9 "Terrifying Clues" September 16, 2018
243 10 "Buried Dreams" September 23, 2018
244 11 "In The Dead of Night" September 30, 2018
245 12 "Lethal Offer" October 7, 2018
246 13 "The Depths of Evil" October 14, 2018
247 14 "Unchecked Violence" October 21, 2018
248 15 "No Goodbyes" November 4, 2018
249 16 "History Repeats Itself" November 11, 2018
250 17 "A Face and a Voice" November 18, 2018
251 18 "Alone With Evil" November 25, 2018
252 19 "Blood Secrets" December 2, 2018

Season 18 (2019)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
253 1 "A Hero Betrayed" February 24, 2019
254 2 "She's Gone" March 3, 2019
255 3 "While Her Children Slept" March 10, 2019
256 4 "Rumors, Lies and Murder" March 17, 2019
257 5 "Good Morning, Goodnight and Goodbye" March 24, 2019
258 6 "Smoke and Lies" March 31, 2019
259 7 "A Handful of Coins" April 14, 2019
260 8 "Before Her Eyes" April 21, 2019
261 9 "Never the Same" April 28, 2019
262 10 "The Truth Never Dies" May 5, 2019
263 11 "Cloud of Darkness" May 12, 2019
264 12 "Rocky Mountain Mystery" May 19, 2019
265 13 "Nowhere to Run" May 26, 2019
266 14 "Capitol Murder" June 9, 2019
267 15 "Connected by Murder" June 23, 2019
268 16 "A Life Halted" June 30, 2019

Season 19 (2019–20)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
269 1 "Driven to Murder" November 3, 2019
270 2 "In Defiance of Evil" November 10, 2019
271 3 "The Disappearance of Sarah Stern" November 17, 2019
272 4 "Twisted Justice" November 24, 2019
273 5 "A Dream Shattered" November 24, 2019
274 6 "Classified Murder" December 1, 2019
275 7 "A Mystery in Indio" December 1, 2019
276 8 "A Secret to Kill For" December 8, 2019
277 9 "Officer Down" December 15, 2019
278 10 "Seven Minutes of Terror" December 22, 2019
279 11 "Betrayal in the Mountains" December 29, 2019
280 12 "Terrifying Calls" January 5, 2020
281 13 "One of Their Own" January 12, 2020
282 14 "The Hero Who Wasn't" January 19, 2020
283 15 "No Body, Two Crimes" January 26, 2020

Season 20 (2020)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
284 1 "Shadow of Suspicion" April 26, 2020
285 2 "One of Us" May 3, 2020
286 3 "Salt in the Wound" May 10, 2020
287 4 "Wedding Day Nightmare" May 17, 2020
288 5 "Little Lamb" May 24, 2020
289 6 "Terror in Bedford Park" June 7, 2020
290 7 "Evidence Never Lies" June 14, 2020
291 8 "Long Walk, Cold Night" June 21, 2020
292 9 "Texts, Lies and Videotape" June 28, 2020
293 10 "A Predator in the Woods" July 5, 2020
294 11 "In the Wind" July 12, 2020
295 12 "Lying in the Darkness" July 26, 2020
296 13 "Spreadsheet of Terror" August 2, 2020
297 14 "A Test of Patience" August 9, 2020
298 15 "A Heartbreaking Discovery" August 16, 2020

Season 21 (2020–21)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title  Original air date 
299 1 "Crime and Injustice" November 29, 2020
300 2 "A Murder in Thunderbolt" December 6, 2020
301 3 "A Jewel Stolen" December 13, 2020
302 4 "When, Where and Who?" December 27, 2020
303 5 "Follow the Footprints" January 3, 2021
304 6 "Christina's Story" January 10, 2021
305 7 "A Brand New Dress" January 17, 2021
306 8 "Gone in Less Than 3 Minutes" January 24, 2021
307 9 "A Storm of Rage" January 31, 2021

Season 22 (2021)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
308 1 "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" April 4, 2021
309 2 "A Complicated Relationship" April 11, 2021
310 3 "A Blue Raincoat" April 18, 2021
311 4 "It Won't End Well" April 25, 2021
312 5 "Clearing The Docket" May 2, 2021
313 6 "Follow That Car" May 9, 2021
314 7 "Cali-Doe" May 16, 2021
315 8 "Evidence Lost, Justice Found" May 23, 2021

Season 23 (2021)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
316 1 "Devil in a Cowboy Hat" August 8, 2021
317 2 "Trail of a Monster" August 15, 2021
318 3 "Circled by Vultures" August 22, 2021
319 4 "Terrifying Connections" August 29, 2021
320 5 "What Happened to Sarah" September 12, 2021
321 6 "Terror in Terre Haute" September 19, 2021
322 7 "Justice for Angie" September 26, 2021
323 8 "The Smallest of Clues" October 3, 2021
324 9 "No Escape" October 10, 2021
325 10 "Web of Torment" October 17, 2021
326 11 "Unthinkable Harm" October 24, 2021
327 12 "Gone in a Blink" October 31, 2021
328 13 "Alarm and Betrayal" November 7, 2021
329 14 "A Cracked Alibi" November 14, 2021
330 15 "A Secret Meeting" November 21, 2021
331 16 ""Precious" Jane Doe" December 5, 2021

Season 24 (2022)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
332 1 "A Mother Knows" February 20, 2022
333 2 "Hauntingly Familiar" February 27, 2022
334 3 "Capable of Murder" March 6, 2022
335 4 "Dark Clouds Lead to a Storm" March 13, 2022
336 5 "FLRT 12" March 20, 2022
337 6 "Blood Reveals the Sword" March 27, 2022
338 7 "Hammer and Dust" April 3, 2022
339 8 "Dance to Doom" April 17, 2022
340 9 "Don't Open The Door" April 24, 2022
341 10 "Eyes in the Darkness" May 1, 2022
342 11 "Shadowy Figures" May 8, 2022
343 12 "Where Is Miya?" May 15, 2022
344 13 "The Smallest Clue" May 29, 2022
345 14 "A Spider Web of Tragedy" June 5, 2022
346 15 "A Needle in the Mud" June 12, 2022
347 16 "Lost Life, Evidence Found" June 26, 2022

Season 25 (2022–23)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
348 1 "From Zero to Murder" September 4, 2022
349 2 "Jenny's Story" September 11, 2022
350 3 "Graduation to Murder" September 18, 2022
351 4 "Room 106" October 2, 2022
352 5 "Changing Stories" October 9, 2022
353 6 "The Year of Fear" October 16, 2022
354 7 "A Fairy Tale Ruined" October 30, 2022
355 8 "The Mother She Never Knew" November 6, 2022
356 9 "Unthinkable Betrayal" November 13, 2022
357 10 "A Call for Answers" November 20, 2022
358 11 "A Bad Man Hurt Mommy" December 4, 2022
359 12 "Blood-Stained Reputation" December 11, 2022
360 13 "New Year's Eve Nightmare" December 18, 2022
361 14 "Disconnected Story" January 1, 2023
362 15 "Confessions and Lies" January 8, 2023
363 16 "Pretty Pink Bicycle" January 15, 2023

Season 26 (2023)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date
364 1 "Follow the Blood" May 3, 2023
365 2 "Faith and Duty" May 10, 2023
366 3 "Justice Frozen" May 17, 2023
367 4 "A Lifetime of Grief" May 24, 2023
368 5 "Voice for the Nameless" June 7, 2023
369 6 "Tragedy in Visalia" June 14, 2023
370 7 "A Quest for Justice" June 21, 2023
371 8 "Text, Lies and Video" June 28, 2023
372 9 "Where is Jonelle?" July 5, 2023
373 10 "A Murder in Red Cliff" July 12, 2023
374 11 "Righting a Wrong" July 19, 2023
375 12 "Love Lost, Justice Found" July 26, 2023