An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase (2018... May 2026

Maintained that Kathleen fell down the stairs, perhaps after consuming alcohol and Valium. Key Episode Highlights

Investigators found an extraordinary amount of blood, which they believed was inconsistent with a simple accidental fall. An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase (2018...

### On December 9, 2001, novelist Michael Peterson called emergency services to report finding his wife, Kathleen, unresponsive at the bottom of a back staircase in their Durham, North Carolina, home. Maintained that Kathleen fell down the stairs, perhaps