An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase Lightning Strikes Twice (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV-14
TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, Crime

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An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase

Lightning Strikes Twice (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV-14

TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, Crime

Investigators are stunned to discover that sixteen years ago, Michael Peterson's good friend Liz Ratliff also died at the bottom of a staircase, lying in a pool of blood. The trial begins and experts battle over the interpretation of blood spatter.

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27 cast members

Name	Known for
Mary Allen Self - 911 Operator (voice) (archive footage) Self - 911 Operator (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	The Staircase (2004)
Faris Bandak Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Staircase (2004)
Amybeth Berner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Dateline NBC (1992)
Freda Black Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	NC Wanted (2007)
Bettye Blackwell Self - Juror Self - Juror See fewer	An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase (2017)
Kellie Colgan Self - Juror Self - Juror See fewer	An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase (2017)
Duane Deaver Self - Discredited SBI Blood Analyst (archive footage) Self - Discredited SBI Blood Analyst (archive footage) See fewer	Forensic Files (1996)
Diane Dimond Self Self See fewer	Theater Trial (2015)
Diane Fanning Self Self See fewer	The Pastor's Wife (2011)
Tom Gasparoli Self Self See fewer	ID Now (2017)
Dan George Self Self See fewer	An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase (2017)
Ron Guerette Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Staircase (2004)
Jim Hardin Self Self See fewer	The Staircase (2004)
Orlando Hudson Self - Judge (archive footage) Self - Judge (archive footage) See fewer	The Staircase (2004)
Matthew Hayes Hunter Brent Wolgamott (2018) Brent Wolgamott (2018) See fewer	Be Still and Know (2019)
Beth Karas Self - Legal Analyst Self - Legal Analyst See fewer	E! True Hollywood Story (2019)
Tom Maher Self Self See fewer	The Staircase (2004)
Clayton Peterson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Staircase (2004)
Michael Peterson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Staircase (2004)
Todd Peterson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Staircase (2004)
Deborah Radisch Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Forensic Files (1996)
Margaret Ratliff Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Subject (I) (2022)
Martha Ratliff Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Staircase (2004)
David Rudolf Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Staircase (2004)
Laurence James Sargent David Rudolf David Rudolf See fewer	The Suicide Squad (2021)
Brent Wolgamott Self (as Brent Walgamott) Self (as Brent Walgamott) See fewer	Sequester Access (2018)
Candace Zamperini Self Self See fewer	The Staircase (2004)