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Down the Back Staircase

Sep 19, 2021

01:23:52

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Michael Peterson

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Why Simply Safe Home Security Is So Important

03:14

Why Simply Safe Home Security Is So Important

03:28

Did You Kill Lisabeth Ratcliffe?

01:33

Introduction

4min

A Memoir of a Family

2min

The Happiest Day of My Life

2min

What Was Happening on That Back Staircase?

2min

Kathleen Peterson's Fall

4min

Peterson's Son, a Lawyer in Reno, Says the Police Were Aggressive Towards Him and His Family.

3min

What's Going on in the Peterson Home?

4min

I've Lost My Mother, My Stepsisters and My Father

2min

A Good Tip Can Make Your Day and Make Your Life a Lot More Complicated

2min

10.

Is There a Hereditary Bleeding Disorder?

2min

11.

The Death of Elizabeth Ratcliffe

4min

12.

Exhuming Elizabeth Ratliff's Coffin

5min

13.

Is There Sereal Beyond Sereal?

6min

14.

Kathleen's Death Was a Homicide

2min

15.

Why Simply Safe Home Security Is So Important

3min

16.

Michael Peterson's 'I Know I Did Not Kill Cathleen'

2min

17.

Did I Want a Boyfriend?

1min

18.

Did You Kill Lisabeth Ratcliffe?

2min

19.

Michael Peterson's Wife, Kathleen, Died of a Stroke

1min

20.

Michael Peterson - The Alleged Murder Weapon Found

5min

21.

Peterson's Blowpoke

5min

22.

Kathleen Peterson's Death

6min

23.

Why Simply Safe Home Security Is So Important

3min

24.

Defendant's Blood Pattern Testimony Was Critical

4min

25.

Michael Peterson's Conviction Was Tossed Out.

3min

26.

The Trial of Dwain Deever

3min

27.

The Trial of Michael Peterson

1min

28.

'Alford Plea'

5min

Novelist and former mayoral candidate Michael Peterson finds his wife, Kathleen, dead at the bottom of the back staircase in their North Carolina mansion. Dennis Murphy has chosen this episode as one of his most memorable classic episodes.

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