Staircase Documentary Cast

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Staircase documentary cast. They started shooting shortly after the suspicious death at the center of this series so youre there from the very beginning right to the verdict. The staircase followed him during his trial as we see in the documentary. A witness brings surprising levity to the stand the judge rules on an important matter. The 2004 documentary series the staircase is streaming on netflix with three new episodes rounding out the true crime thriller.

This second trial had been scheduled to begin on may 8 2017. With michael peterson david rudolf ron guerette tom maher. After eight years peterson was granted a new trial after the judge ruled a critical prosecution witness gave misleading testimony. Following from de lestrades oscar winning murder on a sunday morning filming began soon after petersons indictment.

During production sophie brunet editor of the staircase became romantically involved with peterson. Also known as death on the staircase is a 2004 french television miniseries by jean xavier de lestrade documenting the trial of michael peterson convicted of murdering his wife kathleen peterson. The filmmakers were able to receive extraordinary access to the locations and players in this real life drama. The high profile murder trial of american novelist michael peterson following the death of his wife in 2001.

Michael iver peterson born october 23 1943 is an american novelist who was convicted in 2003 of murdering his second wife kathleen peterson on december 9 2001.