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You Can’t Make This Up

The Staircase

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.21K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi (Throwing Shade) take us deep down The Staircase rabbit hole. They debate Michael’s innocence, critique sexuality as evidence, put on their best Southern accents for Freda Black's iconic closing arguments, and so much more! The Staircase comes from Academy-Award winning Director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. The docuseries about the mysterious death of North Carolina business executive, Kathleen Peterson and the trial of her husband Michael, comes to Netflix with 3 never-before-seen episodes. These new episodes bring a conclusion to the story told over 15 plus years. Warning, there are spoilers ahead! But lucky for you, The Staircase is available to watch on Netflix right now.

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0:00.0

Welcome to You Can't Make This Up, a new companion podcast from Netflix.

0:05.8

I'm Colin Fleming. I work at Netflix and I'm your host for this week's episode.

0:09.6

Every other week on You Can't Make This Up, we feature new interviewer discussing a different

0:13.8

Netflix original series or film with special guests.

0:16.8

And there is something every episode has in common.

0:19.2

The stories we talk about are all true.

0:21.6

This week is all about the staircase, a new true-crime docu series from Netflix.

0:29.0

The staircase comes from Academy Award winning director John Zavier de Lestrott.

0:33.5

The documentaries about the mysterious death of North Carolina business executive Kathleen Peterson

0:37.9

in the trial of her husband Michael comes to Netflix with three never-before-seen episodes. These new episodes bring a

0:44.1

conclusion to a story told over 15 plus years. Here to talk about the

0:48.7

staircase we're excited to have on Aaron Gibson and Brian Safi of the comedy duo throwing shade.

0:53.4

They're going to discuss Michael's innocence, possible motives, and much, much more.

0:57.5

So stick around because here are Aaron and Brian.

1:02.0

Hi guys, I'm homosexual Brian Safi. And I'm Homosensual Brian Safi and I'm

1:04.5

Feminasty Erin Gibson we're so excited to talk to you today about the

1:08.0

staircase. Now we host a podcast called Throwing Shade that looks at

1:11.4

LGBT issues and women's issues and treats them with

1:13.8

very little respect.

1:14.8

So it makes sense that we're on a murder trial.

1:17.0

They picked the right forensic experts.

1:20.2

We are soon to have a show on HLN right after this.

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