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An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase

  • Watchlist
  • 2017-2018
  • 1 Season
  • Investigation Discovery
  • Documentary, Suspense
  • TV-14
  • Watchlist

Michael Peterson appears to have it all--a doting wife, a loving family and a successful literary career--but, that all changes on December 9, 2001, when Michael's wife, Kathleen, is found dead in a pool of blood at the bottom of a staircase in their home in Durham, North Carolina. Michael claims it was a tragic accident. Investigators, however, fear something far more sinister is at play and direct their attention to him. Did Michael Peterson murder his wife?

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Laurence James Sargent
David Rudolf
Beth Karas
Self - Legal Analyst
Jim Hardin
Self

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Episode 1

I Whispered Her Name

Sun, Apr 8, 201842 mins

Investigators discover novelist Michael Peterson clutching his dead wife Kathleen, in a pool of blood at the bottom of their back staircase. Michael insists that her death is the result of a tragic fall, but investigators believe otherwise.

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