Ep. - 471- THE STAIRCASE THE ULTIMATUM
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.4 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2022
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Diane Fanning, author of Written in Blood helps Kate discuss the documentary series The Staircase on Netflix. In 2001 novelist Michael Peterson's wife died, and he claimed she perished after falling down stairs at their home. The medical examiner, however, determined that she had been beaten with a weapon, which led to Peterson becoming a suspect in what would become a murder investigation. This series, which began with eight episodes in 2005 before being updated in 2013 and 2018, follows the investigation as it proceeds from Peterson's arrest to a verdict being reached in the ensuing trial. The real-life courtroom thriller offers a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial and an examination of contemporary American justice.
Pat and Nick from Another Below Deck podcast help Kate review The Ultimatum on Netflix, which follows six longtime couples who are at an impasse because one person wants to get married and the other does not. The show tests each relationship by having them split up, couple up with another cast member, and see if the ultimatum has made them change their mind.
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| 0:39.1 | Welcome back to another episode of Reality Life with Kate Casey. |
| 0:41.6 | Hope that you've had a great week so far. |
| 0:44.0 | I can't tell you how excited I was to learn. |
| 0:46.4 | The staircase, one of my most favorite documentaries ever about a true crime case, was being |
| 0:52.4 | made into a scripted series which will air next month on HBO Max. |
| 0:57.5 | So I thought it would be great to go back and to cover this as we all get excited for |
| 1:02.5 | this limited series. |
| 1:04.9 | This story is so strange and so spellbinding. |
| 1:09.0 | So in 2001 Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of the stairs of her North Carolina |
| 1:14.3 | home that she shared with her husband Michael Peterson who was a novelist. |
| 1:18.3 | So Michael calls the 911 operator and says my wife had an accident. |
| 1:22.1 | She's still breathing. |
| 1:23.5 | She fell down the stairs but a medical examiner determined that she'd been beaten with a weapon |
| 1:29.0 | which led him to becoming a suspect and would become a murder investigation. |
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