On the Case with Paula Zahn: Season 17
Season 17 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 16.
- 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 17 Progress Shield
Notes From a Killer
Jul 15, 2018 · 43 min
When a young girl disappears from a quiet suburban street, it marks the beginning of a terrifying game of cat and mouse between police and her abductor.
Long Sought Truth
Jul 22, 2018 · 43 min
It takes decades for investigators to follow the evidence to the long-sought-after truth behind the terrifying abduction and murder of 20-year-old Leslie Long, a young mother of th
A Different Time
Jul 29, 2018 · 43 min
After leaving home with a baseball mitt on a sunny afternoon, 14-year-old Barbara Rowan disappears, never to be seen alive again. A neighbor informs the police that she left to spe
Wheres Crystal ID
Aug 5, 2018 · 43 min
After a young mother goes missing during a Fourth of July weekend, it marks the beginning of a disturbing mystery, one that will devastate a loving family and tear a small communit
Terror in Waupaca
Aug 12, 2018 · 43 min
A young girl's mother reported that her daughter had disappeared while playing outside her mother-in-law's home. Investigators immediately descended on the community, searching cor
Taken From Her Bed
Aug 26, 2018 · 43 min
A mother discovers that her young 8-year-old daughter has been abducted from her bedroom in the middle of the night.
A Bridge Too Far
Sep 2, 2018 · 43 min
Just hours after a popular teenager is reported missing, her lifeless body is discovered under a nearby bridge; police must sort through her puzzling last hours alive to bring a ru
Shifting Stories
Sep 9, 2018 · 43 min
After a beautiful young woman vanishes, investigators must sort through a series of puzzling clues to solve a deadly mystery.
Terrifying Clues
Sep 16, 2018 · 43 min
A young woman's late-night call from a pay phone is transformed into the scene of a terrifying abduction.
Buried Dreams
Sep 23, 2018 · 43 min
A woman relentlessly investigates her daughter's disappearance leading police to a terrifying string of murders.
In the Dead of Night
Sep 30, 2018 · 43 min
Police must retrace a teenager's last known movements if they hope to find out when and where she crossed paths with her killer.
Lethal Offer
Oct 7, 2018 · 43 min
While a predator leaves a trail of destruction in his wake, it may fall to a teenage girl to bring an end to his reign of terror.
The Depths of Evil
Oct 14, 2018 · 43 min
While searching for a missing mother, police discover evidence that puts them on the trail of a deadly sexual predator.
Unchecked Violence
Oct 21, 2018 · 43 min
When a senior at Ohio State University goes missing, it marks the beginning of a terrifying murder mystery.
No Goodbyes
Nov 4, 2018 · 43 min
A mother arrives home to have lunch with her teenage daughter and walks into a nightmare she will never forget.
History Repeats Itself
Nov 11, 2018 · 43 min
After a young mother vanishes, her trail goes cold, then a shocking discovery reveals that history repeats itself.
A Face and a Voice
Nov 18, 2018 · 43 min
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.
Alone With Evil
Nov 25, 2018 · 43 min
A young mother is strangled to death during her overnight shift at an office building.
Blood Secrets
Dec 2, 2018 · 43 min
A beloved grandmother is savagely murdered during a life-and-death struggle; a family secret may be the key to bringing her heartless killer to justice.