The Staircase Murders
With treat williams kevin pollak samaire armstrong brandon ray olive.
The staircase murders. 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. A new trial which began on may 8 2017 delivered surpise twists. The staircase murders is a 2007 lifetime television film directed by tom mcloughlin and starring treat williams samaire armstrong and kevin pollak. The bizarre case of michael petersons murder trial is the subject of the new netflix docu series the staircase.
On friday netflix is bringing back one of the most intriguing bizarre murder cases of the century. Watch the movie on ext in good quality hd720 hd1080. With diane dimond diane fanning tom gasparoli jim hardin. After calling 911 to report his wifes accident successful novelist and aspiring politician michael peterson becomes the prime suspect in her alleged murder.
In the very early hours one december morning in 2001 the 48 year old business executive was found dead in a pool of blood at the bottom of a staircase in her north carolina home. After eight years peterson was granted a new trial after the judge ruled a critical prosecution witness gave misleading testimony. 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. Netflixs the staircase delves into the shocking 16 year long murder mystery.
The death of kathleen peterson. Michael iver peterson an american novelist convicted in 2003 of murdering his second wife kathleen sees his life go under the microscope in this award winning true crime series by netflix.