Staircase Documentary Verdict

The filmmakers were able to receive extraordinary access to the locations and players in this real life drama.

Staircase documentary verdict. Its director jean. The staircase arguably helped spawn all these shows but what characterizes it now 14 years after the release of its first eight episodes is a distinct feeling of passivity. An interview with michael peterson after he was convicted for murdering his wife kathleen. The bizarre case of michael petersons murder trial is the subject of the new netflix docu series the staircase.

Thanks for watching please like share comment and subscribe. Netflixs the staircase delves into the shocking 16 year long murder mystery. The staircase fortunate son. After peterson was tried and convicted of kathleens murder in 2003 le strade released the quietly devastating documentary the staircase a haunting chronicle of petersons trial that kept me glued to my chair when i first watched it despite its length it originally aired on the sundance channel in 2005 in eight installments and is well worth searching out and watching in its entirety.

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 high profile murder trial of american novelist michael peterson following the death of his wife in 2001. When i watched you in the documentary. This second trial had been scheduled to begin on may 8 2017.

But it turns out even that is not the end. And became part of a true crime phenomenon thanks to being the centrepiece of documentary series the staircase. The film was the winner of the best documentary feature at the 2001. After eight years peterson was granted a new trial after the judge ruled a critical prosecution witness gave misleading testimony.

With michael peterson david rudolf ron guerette tom maher. With everything from a guilty verdict.