The drama portrays novelist Michael Peterson as he's put on trial for murdering his wife Kathleen. Here's how the cast of HBO's "The Staircase" compare to their real-life counterparts. Colin Firth ...

Here’s a look at some of the cast of “The Staircase” alongside photos of the real people they portray. Michael Peterson Michael Peterson (center) is surrounded by family members and ...

You'd have pictures, you'd have video ... Above, Rudolf represented Michael Peterson in the real-life murder trial... David Rudolf told Newsweek that he has come to think the Owl Theory of ...

The real Todd Peterson, Martha Ratliff,, Michael Peterson ... Caitlin's opinion changed after she saw autopsy pictures showcasing the severity of Kathleen Peterson's injuries and after learning ...

The mind-boggling case of Michael Peterson‘s wife Kathleen’s death is about to get a whole new look on HBO. A dramatization of the case, which has been famously dubbed “The Staircase” over ...

The gripping HBO Max true crime series The Staircase follows the 2001 death of Kathleen Peterson. Her husband, novelist Michael Peterson, became the center of the investigation and was eventually ...

But now, the real-life main subject of both series – Michael Peterson – is speaking out in an exclusive series of emails to Variety. Peterson’s wife Kathleen was found dead at the bottom of ...

David Rudolf — the real-life North Carolina defense lawyer who represented Michael Peterson after he was accused of killing his wife Kathleen — knows this, and he isn’t happy about it.

But after medical examiner Dr. Deborah Radisch ruled Kathleen's death a homicide, investigators declared that the narrow stairway in Kathleen and her husband Michael Peterson's Durham ...