A Wilderness of Error

Season 1

2020 · 5 episodes · 3h 45m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. Girl in a Floppy Hat

   25 Sept 2020 · 45 min

   Famed filmmaker 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 in 1970. Green Beret doctor Jeffrey MacDonald said a band of drugged-crazed hippies attacked his family, led by a girl in a floppy hat. Army investigators said MacDonald committed the murders.

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   2. A Time of Suspicion

   25 Sept 2020 · 45 min

   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.

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   3. Should the Jury Find...

   25 Sept 2020 · 45 min

   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: The Girl in a Floppy Hat.

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   4. When a Narrative Becomes Reality

   2 Oct 2020 · 45 min

   Joe McGinniss' book, "Fatal Vision" paints a not-so-flattering picture of Jeffrey MacDonald, but new evidence may prove that MacDonald is innocent.

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   5. A Wilderness of Error

   2 Oct 2020 · 45 min

   Jeffrey MacDonald served more than 30 years in prison when a federal judge finally agrees to hear the new evidence in his case. Errol Morris heads to North Carolina believing the truth will finally come out.