
Love & Death(2023)
Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore — two churchgoing couples — enjoy their small town Texas life... until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.


“There is no truth without lies.”
An exploration of the life of Michael Peterson, his sprawling North Carolina family, and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.

Colin Firth
Michael Peterson

Toni Collette
Kathleen Peterson

Michael Stuhlbarg
David Rudolf

Dane DeHaan
Clayton Peterson

Olivia DeJonge
Caitlin Atwater

Patrick Schwarzenegger
Todd Peterson

Sophie Turner
Margaret Ratliff

Odessa Young
Martha Ratliff

Rosemarie DeWitt
Candace Zamperini

Tim Guinee
Bill Peterson
The Staircase is a drama, crime series that first aired in 2022 exploring themes of based on true story, murder, true crime, wife murderer, national news, ambivalent. Created by Maggie Cohn, it stars Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg. An exploration of the life of Michael Peterson, his sprawling North Carolina family, and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.
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