A Wilderness of Error

Famed filmmaker and writer Errol Morris is obsessed with one of America’s most popularized true crimes – the murder of a pregnant wife and two young daughters on an Army base back in 1970.

After an Army hearing frees Green Beret Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, his father-in-law demands a reinvestigation. But when he sees all the evidence, he’s shocked by where it leads…

Nine years after the murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters, the guilt of Green Beret Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald is put to a civilian jury. The defense calls a surprise witness.

When Joe McGinniss’ book, “Fatal Vision,” is published, the story it tells is not what convicted killer Jeffrey MacDonald had hoped for...

Jeffrey MacDonald served more than 30 years in prison when a federal judge finally agrees to hear the new evidence in his case.