Episode 328 - The Staircase: Michael Peterson - Part 1

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From the outside the Petersons had it all; the perfect family, a beautiful mansion and more money than they could spend. But on 9th December 2001 all that changed, when Michael Peterson claimed to have found his wife, Kathleen, dead at the bottom of their stairs.

What followed would become a bizarre tale of strange family secrets, shocking revelations and a true crime case obsessed over like nothing before, or since.

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Sources:

Netflix doc: The Staircase Propublica article:
https://www.propublica.org/series/blood-will-tell
https://reason.com/2021/06/11/study-on-bloodstain-pattern-analysis-finds-conclusions-were-often-erroneous/
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