The Staircase

Netflix may have found a new binge-worthy truecrime series. In 2001, the wife of crime novelist Michael Peterson was found dead at the bottom of a set of stairs in the couple’s North Carolina home after Peterson called 911 to report that she’d fallen. Prosecutors countered that he’d bludgeoned her to death with a fireplace poker, leading to a series of wild swings in fortune that filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade turned into an award-winning docuseries even before the dramatic twists that he’s incorporated into this expanded series. Currently available on Netflix