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After ‘The Staircase’: Margie Ratliff tallies the damage
Season 1 · Episode 26

After ‘The Staircase’: Margie Ratliff tallies the damage

Margie Ratliff wishes she could be scrubbed from the documentary that made her famous. In 2004, she appeared in The Staircase, a groundbreaking documentary series about the murder trial of her father, Michael Peterson. Margie was 22- years-old when it aired and has never escaped the documentary’s notoriety. In this special episode of Crime Story, Margie joins us alongside directors of the new film, Subject, Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall. Subject explores the ethics of ‘docu-tainment’ and asks, in the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel here.This episode's transcript can be found here.

Crime Story · CBC

April 8, 202447m 30s

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Show Notes

Margie Ratliff wishes she could be scrubbed from the documentary that made her famous. 


In 2004, she appeared in The Staircase, a groundbreaking documentary series about the murder trial of her father, Michael Peterson. Margie was 22- years-old when it aired and has never escaped the documentary’s notoriety. 


In this special episode of Crime Story, Margie joins us alongside directors of the new film, Subject, Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall. Subject explores the ethics of ‘docu-tainment’ and asks, in the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? 


For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel here.


This episode's transcript can be found here.