Police responding to Michael Peterson‘s call that his wife had fallen down stairs encountered a truly gruesome scene when they arrived at the house.
Officers walked in on bloodstained floors, stairs and walls... and the bloody corpse of Kathleen Peterson. Michael was arrested, charged and convicted of murder.
The case had so many twists it seemed far-fetched even by Hollywood standards. However, that hasn’t stopped Tinseltown giving it its own treatment.
Sky mini-series The Staircase stars Colin Firth as Michael and Toni Collette as Kathleen as they play out the events of that night, December 8, 2001, in Durham, North Carolina, according to Mirror Online.
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