Accident or Murder? HBO’s Star Studded ‘The Staircase’ Opened With A Debate [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]

On December 9, 2001, police were called to a large home in Durham, North Carolina. A hysterical man had called 911 several times, demanding medical assistance for his wife, Kathleen Peterson; he explained that she had fallen down the stairs and there was blood everywhere.

What followed is one of the most bizarre and sensational true crime stories in modern history.

24 years after the district attorney, the defence, and a rapt public debated if Michael Peterson killed his wife or if her death was an accident, Murder Made Fiction is revisiting the case.

While Jenn and I tackle the 2004 documentary series by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade over on Patreon, we’re using the Main…