On the Case with Paula Zahn
Emmy Award-winning Journalist Paula Zahn steps out of the studio and into the field to unravel criminal investigations, tracking the drama of each story featuring those closest to the case including lawyers, detectives, the victim's family and the convicted murderer, themselves.
- 2009-2026
- 29 seasons
- Discovery+
- Documentary, Suspense
- TV-14
Emmy Award-winning Journalist Paula Zahn steps out of the studio and into the field to unravel criminal investigations, tracking the drama of each story featuring those closest to the case including lawyers, detectives, the victim's family and the convicted murderer, themselves.
Season 13 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2016 - 2025
Episode 1
Deep Wounds
Sun, Mar 6, 2016 43 mins
San Diego police race to catch a killer with an unthinkable calling card.
Episode 2
Gone in an Instant
Sun, Mar 13, 2016 43 mins
As beautiful young women continue to disappear out of their Kansas City area apartments, police piece together evidence that the terrifying crimes are all connected.
Episode 3
Betrayal in Big Cottonwood Canyon
Sun, Mar 20, 2016 43 mins
A young woman is ambushed and murdered in a remote Utah canyon.
Episode 4
Tracks of a Killer
Sun, Mar 27, 2016 43 mins
Will retracing a young woman's final movements lead police straight to her killer?
Episode 5
Racing to Justice
Sun, Apr 10, 2016 42 mins
A talented chef's abduction is just the start of a chilling homicide investigation.
Episode 6
Last Dance
Sun, Apr 17, 2016 42 mins
A woman's walk home from a night out at a dance club ends in murder.
Episode 7
A Promise Kept
Sun, Apr 24, 2016 42 mins
A cold case detective re-opens a decades old murder and promises the young woman's family their long awaited justice.
Episode 8
Deadly Offer
Sun, May 8, 2016 42 mins
When a young woman finds herself stranded... An offer of help turns deadly.
Episode 9
Mixed Signals
Sun, May 15, 2016 42 mins
Can cell phone records solve the disturbing murder of a popular teenager?
Episode 10
Courage and Conviction
Sun, May 22, 2016 42 mins
Will a college student's courageous battle for survival be the key solving a vicious double homicide?
Episode 11
Half Way Home
Sun, May 29, 2016 42 mins
The discovery of a woman's brutally beaten body inside an abandoned trailer is the start of a 28-year search for her killer.
Episode 12
The Doorbell Rang
Sun, Jun 5, 2016 42 mins
Will the ring of a doorbell overheard during a teenager's final phone call...be the key to solving her murder?
Episode 30
Footsteps in the Night
Wed, Sep 17, 2025
A downstairs neighbour became the prime suspect. With no forced entry, signs of assault and strangulation, and DNA on a beer can and the victim's clothing. Investigators must clearly determine whether the evidence links him to the crime.
