Series · Crime, Documentary
The Staircase (2004)
★ 7.6 · 213 votes1 season · 13 episodesCrime, Documentary2004
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. The series is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.
- Creator
- Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
- Writers
- Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
- Network
- SundanceTV, Canal+
- Country
- France
- Language
- English
- First aired
- October 7, 2004
- Status
- Ended
- Original title
- Soupçons
Cast
- Michael PetersonSelf
- Ron GueretteSelf
- Tom MaherSelf
- David RudolfSelf
- Bill PetersonSelf
Episodes
0/13 watched- Episode 1: Crime or Accident?47 min · Oct 7, 2004
- Episode 2: Secrets and Lies45 min · Oct 7, 2004
- Episode 3: A Striking Coincidence46 min · Oct 14, 2004
- Episode 4: A Prosecution Trickery44 min · Oct 14, 2004
- Episode 5: A Weak Case47 min · Oct 21, 2004
- Episode 6: The Prosecution's Revenge47 min · Oct 21, 2004
- Episode 7: The Blow Poke Returns50 min · Oct 28, 2004
- Episode 8: The Verdict49 min · Oct 28, 2004
- Episode 9: Reopening the Case55 min · Jan 30, 2013
- Episode 10: The Last Chance52 min · Jan 30, 2013
- Episode 11: Looking for Closure52 min · Jun 8, 2018
- Episode 12: Between Anger and Despair46 min · Jun 8, 2018
- Episode 13: Flawed Justice46 min · Jun 8, 2018
