Episode 328 - The Staircase: Michael Peterson - Part 1
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Wondery | RedHanded
4.5 • 18.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2023
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
From the outside the Petersons had it all; the perfect family, a beautiful mansion and more money than they could spend. But on 9th December 2001 all that changed, when Michael Peterson claimed to have found his wife, Kathleen, dead at the bottom of their stairs.
What followed would become a bizarre tale of strange family secrets, shocking revelations and a true crime case obsessed over like nothing before, or since.
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| 0:09.1 | This episode is sponsored by Audibles Investigative Podcast The Second Victim. |
| 0:13.7 | Uncover family secrets as one woman fights to protect and prosecute her parents. |
| 0:18.0 | The host, Daisy, is the second victim to the crime her father committed against her mother. |
| 0:22.3 | Dramatic revelations unfold over the course of the series. |
| 0:25.0 | This raw and unflinching story will inspire audiences to confront their uncomfortable family past. |
| 0:31.0 | But deeper than that, this is a story about the inner life of being a Black British child growing up in a white world, |
| 0:37.0 | the loss and trauma of adoption at a time where child psychology was far from mainstream knowledge, |
| 0:42.0 | and the extraordinary determination of one woman to seek justice when no one is listening. |
| 0:48.0 | Join Daisy on her personal journey of self-discovery and transformation. |
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| 0:53.0 | on Audible.co. UK for terms. |
| 0:58.0 | What if you married the love of your life and then stood by them as they developed 21 new identities. |
| 1:04.0 | What would you do? |
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