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 ...

The real Michael Peterson first went on trial in 2003 ... However, she later changed her mind after seeing pictures from her mother's autopsy. Years after the trial, Caitlin went on to reach ...

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 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 ...

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 former home of novelist Michael Peterson — the home ... has since been removed from the website. Photos accompanying the listing on the real estate site Redfin show a renovated home with ...

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 ...

Above, the real David Rudolf (R) and Michael Peterson (L) appear in court. In 2003, Michael Peterson was convicted of killing his wife Kathleen Peterson after she was found dead in a pool of blood ...