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The Latest Breaking News from Kathleen Peterson

The real story behind The Staircase and popular Netflix documentary

HBO's new Sky Atlantic drama has reignited interest in the Mr and Mrs Peterson murder case.

Manchester Evening News

Is The Staircase a true story and what is terrifying new thriller about?

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains information about happenings beyond the first episode of The Staircase and the real-life events it is based on

Daily Mirror

Where The Staircase's Michael Peterson is now - prison release and divided family

Michael Peterson, who is played by Colin Firth in new Sky Atlantic drama The Staircase, pleaded guilty to killing wife Kathleen by involuntary manslaughter as part of an 'Alford plea' but denies attacking her

Daily Mirror

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TV tonight: Colin Firth and Toni Collette lead true-crime drama The Staircase

Can this dramatisation of the events covered in the hit Netflix documentary add anything new? Plus: one of TV’s most conceptually perfect shows. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The Staircase: What's the true story behind Sky Atlantic's new drama?

Colin Firth and Toni Collette lead the new drama which follows-up a Netflix documentary on the true crime story

Wales Online

New 'Staircase' series emphasizes the tragedy behind the sensational true crime story

In 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead in her Durham, N.C., home. Her husband, Michael, was accused of her murder, and a Netflix documentary followed. Now, a new HBO Max series revisits the case.

WEKU

The Staircase: Lawyers in murder case argue 'aggressive owl' killed wife, not husband

Kathleen Peterson was a businesswoman and philanthropist who lived with her writer husband Michael in Durham, North Carolina, and died in mysterious circumstances in 2001. Her death is being charted on Sky Atlantic

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The Staircase: Lawyers say it was an aggressive owl and not husband that murdered woman

The Staircase killing of Kathleen Peterson has been described as the the most captivating real life true crime story you've never heard of. Her next door neighbour was convinced an owl attacked her

Daily Mirror

'The Staircase' supplements case we all know and judge

A new series on HBO Max depicts the true crime case of the 2001 murder of Kathleen Peterson, a North Carolina woman found dead at the bottom of her staircase

The Independent UK

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