And the case the state made against Peterson was ... “It’s right that Michael Peterson finally acknowledges in court that there is enough evidence for the prosecution to convict him for ...

So, did The Staircase effect the Michael Peterson trial or case? After all, the point was not so much the guilt or innocence of Michael Peterson. The documentary director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade ...

Did Michael Peterson kill his wife? Is he innocent? Did an owl somehow get involved?! (It's a real theory, we'll get there). Here's everything you need to know about the case, as well as the ...

and leading to a lengthy — and dramatic — legal battle with unexpected twists and turns that left those close to the case reeling. At the center of the drama is Kathleen’s best-selling author husband ...

Here are a few essential elements of the case that the film omitted: Kathleen had a life insurance policy for $1.4 million. Michael was the beneficiary. In the film, prosecutors are shown arguing that ...

Patricia Peterson, the first wife of Michael Peterson, the subject of the Netflix crime documentary ”The Staircase,” has died. Patricia “Patty” Peterson, 78, died Thursday evening at Duke ...

In 2001, Michael Peterson was accused of murdering his wife, Kathleen Peterson. In 2004, a docuseries about this case emerged, a multi-series deep dive that would change the structure, focus ...

But then there was one day when I had to go all out and shame Michael Peterson in public, and Freda’s closing statement was like a one-woman show. It was 45 minutes long. I remember looking over ...

Still, he acknowledges, after viewing The Staircase docu-series,“my first impression of the case had been that Michael Peterson probably killed his wife. Hell, it was the only sensible ...