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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 4 - A Lamb Amongst Wolves
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    #1 - 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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  2. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 2 Episode 11 - Beyond Redemption
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    #2 - 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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  3. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 13 Episode 1 - Deep Wounds
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    #3 - Deep Wounds

    S13:E1

    After Navy electrician Michael Jacobs comes home to find his wife, Suzanne, and his 3-year-old son, Colin, murdered, San Diego police race to catch a serial killer who leaves behind an unimaginable calling card.

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  4. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 13 Episode 2 - Gone in an Instant
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    #4 - Gone in an Instant

    S13:E2

    In Lenexa, Kansas, young women disappear from their apartments as police piece together evidence showing the terrifying crimes are connected.

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  5. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 13 Episode 3 - Betrayal in Big Cottonwood Canyon
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    #5 - Betrayal in Big Cottonwood Canyon

    S13:E3

    A young woman is ambushed and murdered in Utah's remote Big Cottonwood Canyon. A cryptic note leaves investigators wondering if her death was just a tragic coincidence or a brutal betrayal.

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  6. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 13 Episode 4 - Tracks of a Killer
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    #6 - Tracks of a Killer

    S13:E4

    When the body of a young woman if discovered on a cold winter afternoon in South Carolina, police retrace her final movements to find the killer.

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  7. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 13 Episode 5 - Racing to Justice
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    #7 - Racing to Justice

    S13:E5

    Police race to find a killer after the decapitated body of a talented chef is found near Speedway, Indiana.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 13 Episode 6 - Last Dance
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    #8 - Last Dance

    S13:E6

    A woman's walk home from a Friday night out at a dance club in Lubbock, TX, ends in murder. Her naked body is discovered under a bush right next to a church on Sunday morning. As the investigation unfolds, detectives realize the path to justice relies on following the evidence to an unlikely suspect.

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  9. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 13 Episode 7 - A Promise Kept
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    #9 - A Promise Kept

    S13:E7

    A cold case detective re-opens a decades old murder and promises the young woman's family their long awaited justice.

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  10. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 13 Episode 8 - Deadly Offer
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    #10 - Deadly Offer

    S13:E8

    An offer of help turns deadly when a young woman and her boyfriend find themselves stranded. Investigators are soon on the trail of a ruthless serial killer.

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  11. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 13 Episode 9 - Mixed Signals
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    #11 - Mixed Signals

    S13:E9

    After the lifeless body of a popular teen girl is found lying on the side of the road, police look to her cell phone records to catch her killer.

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  12. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 13 Episode 10 - Courage and Conviction
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    #12 - Courage and Conviction

    S13:E10

    A college student's courageous battle for survival may be the key to solving a vicious double homicide.

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  13. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 13 Episode 11 - Half Way Home
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    #13 - Half Way Home

    S13:E11

    The discovery of a woman's brutally beaten body inside an abandoned trailer is the start of a 28-year search for her killer.

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  14. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 13 Episode 12 - The Doorbell Rang
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    #14 - The Doorbell Rang

    S13:E12

    On January 11, 1988, 16-year-old Theresa Burns' brutally murdered body was found by her brother, Stephen, in their home in Mishawaka, IN. The ring of a doorbell overheard during Theresa's final phone call may be the key to solving her murder.

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  15. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 17 Episode 17 - A Face and a Voice
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    #15 - A Face and a Voice

    S17:E17

    When a young teacher is murdered in her home, police must rely on the eyewitness testimony of a young neighbor who saw her killer lurking outside her window.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 25 Episode 4 - Mystery in Coachella Valley
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    #16 - Mystery in Coachella Valley

    S25:E4

    The gruesome murder of horse ranch owner Wendi Brant traumatises her friends and family; Police focus on her estranged husband, but there are other potential suspects that muddy the investigation and throw the case into a decades-long tailspin.

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  17. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 27 Episode 3 - Dissecting a Triangle
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    #17 - Dissecting a Triangle

    S27:E3

    Police struggle to dissect the love triangle that led to the disappearance of 21-year-old married college student and mother Bethany Decker in Ashburn, VA; her jilted husband, Emile, and her jealous new boyfriend, Ronald Roldan, are prime suspects.

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  18. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 27 Episode 7 - The Bitter Truth
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    #18 - The Bitter Truth

    S27:E7

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  19. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 27 Episode 9 - A Nightmare at Dawn
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    #19 - A Nightmare at Dawn

    S27:E9

    Will a heartbroken mother's quest for justice lead police to solve the murder of her daughter?

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  20. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 28 Episode 1 - A Nightmare at Dawn
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    #20 - A Nightmare at Dawn

    S28:E1

    Will a heartbroken mother's quest for justice lead police to solve the murder of her daughter and a close friend?

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  21. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 28 Episode 2 - A Picture Worth a 1000 Words
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    #21 - A Picture Worth a 1000 Words

    S28:E2

    Can police use a blurry image taken just seconds before a young woman's disappearance to find the man responsible for her savage murder?

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  22. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 28 Episode 3 - Trial of terror
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    #22 - Trial of terror

    S28:E3

    Police are baffled after two young women are murdered during strikingly similar crimes along the same scenic bike trail just months apart.

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  23. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 28 Episode 4 - Why Would Someone Shoot Amanda.
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    #23 - Why Would Someone Shoot Amanda.

    S28:E4

    Can police sift through a maze of phone records and grainy video to pick up the trail of the man who murdered a beloved preacher's wife?

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  24. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 28 Episode 5 - A Mystery in Lakeland
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    #24 - A Mystery in Lakeland

    S28:E5

    When a young woman turns up murdered, police desperately try to retrace her last known movements; however, what they discover reveals two shockingly different possibilities of how she was killed.

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  25. On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 28 Episode 6 - Lost, but Not Forgotten
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    #25 - Lost, but Not Forgotten

    S28:E6

    When a young woman turns up murdered, police desperately try to retrace her last known movements. However, what they discover reveals two shockingly different possibilities of how she was killed.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"A Lamb Amongst Wolves" 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 5/9/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Beyond Redemption".