An investigation of the existence of Michael Peterson, "The Staircase" his rambling North Carolina family, and the dubious passing of his significant other, Kathleen Peterson.
Raised in a decaying old Pennsylvania mansion and home schooled by their tyrannical professor father, Josie and Jack Raeburn have never had anyone but each other to depend on. Set in the 1990s.
Riz is a recent South Asian immigrant who takes a job at a seedy motel in a bid to start over in America. The motel’s other employees and guests pull her back into a life she preferred to leave behind.