HBO's The Staircase

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4.4 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Michael Peterson said he found his wife at the bottom of the staircase after a fatal fall. But authorities believed when Kathleen Peterson learned of her husband’s double life, he beat her skull with a blow poke in a fit of rage. With the support of his family, a top-notch defense attorney, and a French film crew documenting his every move, Peterson stood trial in a case filled with twists and revelations. Despite holes in the evidence, the jury convicted him of murder. The MAX Original 8-part drama “The Staircase” starring Colin Firth and Toni Collette takes the story beyond where its namesake documentary left off. We see Peterson’s challenges in prison, his family’s personal struggles, clashes over bias in the film - and yes - evidence that an owl attack accounted for Kathleen’s wounds and disorientation.

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0:00.0	To get the Crime Riders on after show right now, go to patreon.com slash partners in crime
0:06.0	media.
0:07.0	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Riders on.
0:23.7	Crime Riders on is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime, pop
0:28.1	culture, other podcasts.
0:30.2	And on this episode, it's one of the greatest questions in true crime.
0:34.6	Did Michael Peterson kill his wife at the bottom of the stairs?
0:38.6	HBO's new dramatic series goes beyond the classic documentary where review the max
0:44.3	original The Staircase.
0:46.9	Joining me to get that done and more is True Crime author, TV journalist and host of
0:52.0	these other stories podcasts.
0:53.4	My husband, a love of my life, Kevin Flynn, hello Kevin.
0:56.1	Hello, Rebecca.
0:57.1	Also with us is private investigators certified pet detective resident cat lady and author
1:02.3	of dead on deadline.
1:04.1	Lara Bricker.
1:05.1	Hello, Lara.
1:06.1	Hello, Rebecca and perhaps owl detective.
1:09.9	We will say.
1:10.9	I can't wait to hear about that.
1:13.7	And finally, our captain of all things cynical author of the city trilogy host of the
1:19.0	Stranger Rivals podcast and our patreon deep dive book club podcast Toby ball.
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