On the Case with Paula Zahn: Season 12
Season 12 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of On the Case with Paula Zahn Season 11.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 12 Progress Shield
A Harvest of Grief
Aug 30, 2015 · 43 min
A trail of blood and broken cornstalks leads police to the body of a beautiful young girl.
Eyes of a Killer
Sep 6, 2015 · 43 min
A 19-year-old clerk is abducted from a Del Ray Beach convenience store while eyewitnesses watch in horror.
Shortcut to Murder
Sep 13, 2015 · 43 min
A 14-year-old girl's shortcut home from school puts her on the path of a savage killer.
A Wave Goodbye
Sep 20, 2015 · 43 min
A 14-year-old girl is found stabbed to death in an empty campground more than 50 miles away from where she was last seen.
Hidden by Lies
Sep 27, 2015 · 43 min
A college student is found stabbed to death in her off campus apartment. Will it take a second tragic murder to solve her case?
A Killer in Town
Oct 4, 2015 · 43 min
Police must track down a vicious killer on his deadly cross-country killing spree.
Desperate Cry
Oct 11, 2015 · 43 min
A mother's desperate cry for help leads to a terrifying discovery.
A Killer in the Sun
Oct 25, 2015 · 43 min
When Kenny Baker returns home, the backdoor is ajar and his wife, Kathy, and two-year-old son, Ryan, are nowhere to be found, having disappeared out of their backyard in broad dayl
Shattered Hope
Nov 1, 2015 · 43 min
19-year-old Shelley Sikes vanishes one night after her shift, and then her abandoned, blood-streaked car is discovered on a dark roadway.
A Hole in Their Hearts
Nov 8, 2015 · 43 min
A mother of three disappears from her office in broad daylight, and the case remains open for eight years until two farmers unearth a clue.
Golden Promises Broken
Nov 15, 2015 · 43 min
High school sweethearts disappear during a picnic and investigators spend years chasing false leads.
Darkness After Dawn
Nov 22, 2015 · 43 min
After a newlywed is found murdered in her bedroom, a search is launched for the killer that will last for three decades.
Same Crime Next Year
Nov 29, 2015 · 43 min
A teenager is found murdered on the weekend of the Daytona 500 motor race in Daytona Beach, Florida. Then, one year later, police are called to the scene of a nearly identical crim
River of Sadness
Dec 13, 2015 · 43 min
A heartbreaking mystery begins with the discovery of a young woman's body floating in Washington state's Yakima River.
Crossed by Evil
Dec 20, 2015 · 43 min
Police race to find a young woman who disappeared on her way to work, but the clues they discover reveal a trail of unspeakable evil.
Deadly Silence
Dec 27, 2015 · 43 min
An 18-year-old woman never returns home after a night out with friends, and the police come up against a wall of silence that keeps them from uncovering the truth.
The Pastor's Wife
Jan 3, 2016 · 43 min
Two small boys witness the brutal murder of their mother, and their story may bring her cold-blooded killer to justice 30 years later.