"The Staircase" Returns With New Installments
Beyond excited for the new installments of The Staircase, which launch on Netflix this week. I've been a devotee of this ongoing true-crime drama since it launched way back when in 2005.
A few years back, I had the director of The Staircase, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade write a piece for me at The Daily Beast about Michael Peterson, the owl theory, and more:
“...I am still unsure about exactly what happened the night of December 9. I do not know how Kathleen Peterson died. I cannot assert with absolute certainty that Michael Peterson did not kill his wife. No one can. I am convinced, however, that Michael did not receive a fair trial in 2003. The prosecutors pulled out all the stops in order to procure a guilty verdict. They disinterred a body 17 years after burial. The case exposed Michael’s sexual life to undue public scrutiny—without a shred of evidence that this had contributed to a possible motive. Worse still, they called on an expert witness—an imposter—who made a mockery of scientific procedure.”
If you've never seen The Staircase, do yourself a favor and watch the grand-daddy of true crime dramas: a searing, emotional, and moving examination of innocence and guilt as the secrets and lies of a family come pouring out...