You got me – I really, really dig true-crime stories.

If you’re anything like me, then chances are you’ve already ticked off Making a Murderer, as well as some of the others we have covered over the past few years.

The Keepers, the very bizarre Evil Genius, drug drama in White Boy Rick, family unravellings in Mommy Dead and Dearest – they keep on churning them out, so it’s clear I’m not the only fan.

Next, we have The Staircase, and this one promises to be a real twist and turner. More from the Daily Beast, who call it “the true-crime epic of the summer”:

The story, in its barest form, is a straightforward one. On Dec. 9, 2001, Vietnam veteran, novelist, and columnist Michael Peterson was enjoying an evening at his Durham, North Carolina, home with wife Kathleen, a corporate executive.

According to Michael, after indulging in late drinks by the pool, Kathleen went inside, and when he followed a short while later, he found her lying in a pool of blood at the bottom of their staircase.

Michael made a couple of frantic 911 calls in an effort to save her, but to no avail, and police immediately suspected—due to the large amount of blood spilled, and the multiple lacerations on her head—that Kathleen was the victim not of a tipsy fall or two (as Michael claimed), but of bludgeoning-to-death foul play…

Far more than just a riveting mystery about whether Michael Peterson is a killer, this expanded version of The Staircase is a warts-and-all portrait of the frustrating intricacies of the American judicial system, and the myriad infuriating and exhausting ways in which it inefficiently operates.

No need to say much more, because we’ll hand over to the trailer:

Your binge may begin this Friday, so here’s hoping the weather is awful and you don’t feel bad for staying indoors.

[source:dailybeast]