Notoriously dubbed “The Staircase Killer” in the media, Michael Peterson insists he is innocent, and that his wife Kathleen’s death was an accident.

But prosecutors claimed Peterson’s wife discovered a secret that could have been motive for murder. Peterson discusses how his children reacted, plus a truly shocking theory of how some believe his wife may have really died.

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