Overview

• ZDF will air the episode on Wednesday at 20:15 with a live stream; it will post to the ZDF-Mediathek around 21:45, repeat on ZDFneo at 23:15, and remain available online until 18 September.
• The network’s published lineup lists five reconstructed cases plus a segment on an XY-Preis nomination.
• Police in Vechta and Oldenburg have signaled two further cases for the broadcast—the four-part Vechta supermarket robbery series and a 11 February 2025 Oldenburg jewelry-store heist in which high-end watches were stolen and one suspect appears unmasked on CCTV—though ZDF’s listing still shows five and changes remain possible.
• The five currently listed cases span an attempted sexual assault in Bocholt, a 180,000-euro theft from a couple in Magdeburg, four robberies targeting the same supermarket chain in Cloppenburg/Vechta, a violent bank-employee attack near Koblenz, and an Essen supermarket robbery involving a suspect with an implanted voice prosthesis.
• The episode continues the show’s role as a public appeal tool, with investigators hoping viewer tips revive stalled inquiries and complement on-air prevention and recognition of civic courage through the XY-Preis.