On the Case with Paula Zahn: Season 13
Season 13 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 12.
- 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 13 Progress Shield
Deep Wounds
Mar 6, 2016 · 43 min
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 behin
Gone in an Instant
Mar 13, 2016 · 43 min
In Lenexa, Kansas, young women disappear from their apartments as police piece together evidence showing the terrifying crimes are connected.
Betrayal in Big Cottonwood Canyon
Mar 20, 2016 · 43 min
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
Tracks of a Killer
Mar 27, 2016 · 43 min
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.
Racing to Justice
Apr 10, 2016 · 43 min
Police race to find a killer after the decapitated body of a talented chef is found near Speedway, Indiana.
Last Dance
Apr 17, 2016 · 43 min
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 t
A Promise Kept
Apr 24, 2016 · 43 min
A cold case detective re-opens a decades old murder and promises the young woman's family their long awaited justice.
Deadly Offer
May 8, 2016 · 43 min
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.
Mixed Signals
May 15, 2016 · 43 min
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.
Courage and Conviction
May 22, 2016 · 43 min
A college student's courageous battle for survival may be the key to solving a vicious double homicide.
Half Way Home
May 29, 2016 · 43 min
The discovery of a woman's brutally beaten body inside an abandoned trailer is the start of a 28-year search for her killer.
The Doorbell Rang
Jun 5, 2016 · 43 min
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 Th