

Peterson has maintained his innocence since his wife’s death in 2001, and The Staircase pretty much presents a side of him that makes one think it unlikely he could have killed his wife. He told cops she died after falling down the stairs of their mansion in Durham, North Carolina. You won’t necessarily know, even by watching to the end of The Staircase whether Peterson is actually innocent, or guilty of murdering his wife, Kathleen.


The husband of the title in this true crime account is novelist and former newspaper columnist, Michael Peterson - and if that name sounds familiar it’s because he’s the star of the 13-episode Netflix true crime docu-series, The Staircase.
