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wiseguy182 · 01-11-2016, 05:14 PM

I've only seen a few episodes of this show, I think, so maybe I'm judging a little prematurely, but there's a couple of things that nag me about this show.

-Looking at the episode descriptions every day, roughly 99% of the victims profiled seem to be women. I think I've seen one, maybe two cases listed with a male victim. Do they have some sort of weird hang-up here?

-Zahn seems to pop up too much in the episodes. I'm so accustomed to narrators and hosts being in the background, that her near-constant presence is sort of off-putting. Zahn claims this show is about the victims, but then the title of it has her name right in it!

Maybe I'm just overly cynical or reading too much into things, but wanted to get other's opinions on this.

Awsi Dooger · 01-12-2016, 05:50 AM

Yeah, not only women, but virtually every one is young and described the same way by Paula Zahn, "killed the beautiful..."

I've watched the program for years, taping every episode when it debuts. Not bad. They typically give you 3 or 4 suspects early to midway through the program and weave their way to the actual perpetrator.

This is the show that introduced me to the Kay Mortensen murder case in Utah. Another example that you never want to be suspected when the details from the crime scene are so bizarre that nobody in law enforcement wants to believe them, instead preferring to put a check mark beside the family members and lock them up for life. It's mindful of that great opening line from the CNN show Death Row Stories -- "Get a conviction at all costs. Let the truth fall where it may."

Unlike Jeffrey MacDonald, the son and daughter-in-law who were on the verge of being convicted for a murder they didn't commit were fortunate enough to have someone reliable come forward and detail that indeed the incredible story the couple told was precisely the truth.

01-11-2016, 05:14 PM	#1
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	Thoughts on "On The Case With Paula Zahn"? I've only seen a few episodes of this show, I think, so maybe I'm judging a little prematurely, but there's a couple of things that nag me about this show. -Looking at the episode descriptions every day, roughly 99% of the victims profiled seem to be women. I think I've seen one, maybe two cases listed with a male victim. Do they have some sort of weird hang-up here? -Zahn seems to pop up too much in the episodes. I'm so accustomed to narrators and hosts being in the background, that her near-constant presence is sort of off-putting. Zahn claims this show is about the victims, but then the title of it has her name right in it! Maybe I'm just overly cynical or reading too much into things, but wanted to get other's opinions on this.

01-12-2016, 05:50 AM	#2
Awsi Dooger Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 18, 2003 Location: Miami Posts: 1,537	Yeah, not only women, but virtually every one is young and described the same way by Paula Zahn, "killed the beautiful..." I've watched the program for years, taping every episode when it debuts. Not bad. They typically give you 3 or 4 suspects early to midway through the program and weave their way to the actual perpetrator. This is the show that introduced me to the Kay Mortensen murder case in Utah. Another example that you never want to be suspected when the details from the crime scene are so bizarre that nobody in law enforcement wants to believe them, instead preferring to put a check mark beside the family members and lock them up for life. It's mindful of that great opening line from the CNN show Death Row Stories -- "Get a conviction at all costs. Let the truth fall where it may." Unlike Jeffrey MacDonald, the son and daughter-in-law who were on the verge of being convicted for a murder they didn't commit were fortunate enough to have someone reliable come forward and detail that indeed the incredible story the couple told was precisely the truth.