The Netflix docuseries explains how the theory was inspired by Kathleen’s sister Candace Zamperini, who realized that the blow poke she gifted to her sister was missing from the Peterson home, and the medical examiner, who wondered what kind of tool would cause gashes and slashes on the scalp but not a brain injury. Both versions of The Staircase thoroughly cover this suggestion. Perhaps Kathleen found out about Michael’s bisexuality and sexual rendezvous with men, perhaps Michael wanted her life-insurance payout, and perhaps Kathleen confronted Michael about his infidelity and he attacked her to both cover his double life and cash out on her death. and ADA Black, used in court against Michael. This is the prevailing theory that the prosecution team, led by Durham County district attorney James Hardin Jr.
Whose theory? The prosecution team and Kathleen’s familyĬovered in which series? Both Netflix’s The Staircase and HBO Max’s The Staircase
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So which theories do the two The Staircase series cover? How do they differ, and what do the recreations provide? Let’s review. Similar to how the documentary provided another layer to Michael by showing him in unguarded moments with his brother, children, and lawyers, this crime drama builds upon what we think we already know by turning abstract explanations into immersive scenarios. In doing so, The Staircase rearranges the disconnected evidence - the gory photos of Kathleen’s body lying at the bottom of the stairs the autopsy images of the seven gashes on the back of her head - to challenge whatever preconceived notions we might already have about Michael’s guilt or innocence. Campos grabs the freedom afforded by fiction to craft flashbacks presenting how each of these theories could have played out. And some elements, like the depiction of a burgeoning relationship between Sophie and Michael while she’s editing The Staircase and he’s in prison, haven’t pleased de Lestrade.īut where this version of The Staircase deviates most compellingly from that version of The Staircase is through its recreations of what might have happened to Kathleen that night. Pure filth!” as her assistant district attorney Freda Black describes Michael’s cache of gay porn.
Some scenes are practically shot-for-shot redos of what we already saw on Netflix, like Parker Posey’s meme-worthy line delivery of “Filth. Because de Lestrade was embedded within Peterson’s family and his defense team, The Staircase has served as the definitive behind-the-scenes look at the case for years and is the source material for HBO Max’s fictionalized miniseries The Staircase, which premiered on May 5.Īntonio Campos’s eight-episode adaptation of The Staircase combines a portrait of the Peterson family, led by Colin Firth as Michael and Toni Collette as Kathleen, with a depiction of the work done by de Lestrade (Vincent Vermignon) and his creative partners, including producer Denis Poncet (Frank Feys) and editor Sophie Brunet (Juliette Binoche).
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French director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s The Staircase documentary began as 8 episodes that premiered in 2005, grew to 10 in 2011, and finally ended with 13 after a commission from Netflix (the full series has streamed there since 2018). No single theory has ever fully emerged as an agreed-upon-by-all truth, but that hasn’t stopped filmmakers from exploring what happened that night. Was it her husband Michael, whom the prosecution targeted for his bisexuality and pattern of lies? Was it an intruder who was never found - human or avian? Did Kathleen simply slip down the stairs? Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos by Netflix and HBO Maxįor more than 20 years, the question of who or what caused the death of Kathleen Peterson on December 9, 2001, has gripped true-crime followers.