HBO Max has released its new series “The Staircase,” a dramatic retelling of the 2001 death of Kathleen Peterson and the Durham murder trial of her husband, Michael — the longest murder ...

Peterson’s bumpy transition to prison life. Episode 5 begins in April 2004, six months after a guilty verdict sent Michael Peterson to prison for the 2001 murder of his wife, Kathleen, in their ...

HBO Max’s new series “The Staircase” is a dramatic retelling of the 2001 death of Kathleen Peterson and the Durham murder trial of her husband, Michael.

Michael Peterson has spent the last 20 years explaining the death of his wife Kathleen. First, he stood trial for allegedly murdering her, and was convicted in 2003 and sentenced to life. He was ...

HBO Max has premiered its new series “The Staircase,” a dramatic retelling of the 2001 death of Kathleen Peterson and the Durham murder trial of husband, Michael.

HBO Max has premiered its new series “The Staircase,” a dramatic retelling of the 2001 death of Kathleen Peterson and the Durham murder trial of husband, Michael.

Ahead of her scenes, Toni Collette sat at the bottom of the stairs to focus and speak to Kathleen Peterson in her head. Toni Collette on ‘Staircase’ Death Scenes, Speaking to Kathleen ...

HBO Max’s new series “The Staircase” is a dramatic retelling of the 2001 death of Kathleen Peterson and the Durham murder trial of husband, Michael.

Badly injured and barely conscious Kathleen Peterson lay dying at the bottom of the staircase. This fact provided Jean-Xavier de Lestrade with the title and subject for seminal true crime ...

Kathleen Peterson is buried at Durham's Maplewood Cemetery. She was killed Dec. 9, 2001, and the trial surrounding her murder and her husband, Michael Peterson, is in the spotlight because of the ...