‘THE STAIRCASE’ is Cold-Blooded, Brilliant for All Eight Episodes

Director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade grabs you and doesn’t let go in “The Staircase.” Did a writer from North Carolina named Michael Peterson murder his wife, or did she fall down the stairs and end up a bloody mess on her own? Once you finish this addictive crime docuseries, there’s more. De Lestrade also directed “The Staircase II” and “Murder on a Sunday Morning.”