Name: A Wilderness of Error: Season 1, Episode 2 - A Time of Suspicion
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Released: 2020-09-25

FX
Sep 25, 2020
39 m

FX
Sep 25, 2020
39 m

Summary The five-part documentary series directed by Marc Smerlin and based on Errol Morris' book of the same name looks into the 1970 case of Army surgeon and Green Beret Jeffrey MacDonald who claimed his family were killed by four hippies high on drugs but was convicted in 1979 of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters.

Directed By: Marc Smerling

Written By: Errol Morris

FX
Sep 25, 2020
39 m

FX
Sep 25, 2020
39 m

A Wilderness of Error

S1 • Episode 2

A Time of Suspicion

Air Date: Sep 25, 2020

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Episode 1 • Sep 25, 2020 • 1 h

Girl in a Floppy Hat

Episode 2 • Sep 25, 2020 • 39 m

A Time of Suspicion

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.

Episode 3 • Sep 25, 2020 • 45 m

Should the Jury Find...

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.

Episode 4 • Oct 2, 2020 • 43 m

When a Narrative Becomes Reality

Episode 5 • Oct 2, 2020 • 48 m

A Wilderness of Error

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.

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Errol Morris

Self - Filmmaker and Author

Clay Boulware

Joe McGinniss

John Morgan

Jeffrey MacDonald

Logan Stearns

Jeffrey MacDonald

Roger Hervas

Foreman (1979), MP Paulk, Reporter

Bryan King

Detective Beasley

Gina Mazzara

Helena Stoeckley (1979), Female Broadcaster

Christina Masewicz

Self - True Crime Fan

Bob Stevenson

Self - Colette's Brother

Chris Cartusciello

Freddy Kassab

Ben Jorgensen

Robert Brisentine, Military Policeman

Paul Spriggs

Jeffrey MacDonald

Catherine Dawson

Helena Stoeckley (1970)

James Trenton

Bernie Segal

Audrey Nita Bennett

Mildred Kassab

Bob Keeler

Self - Reporter, Newsday

Jim Gaddis

Self - Nashville Police Officer

Ken Mica

Self - Military Police Officer

Robert Brisentine

Self - Army Polygraph Expert

Jim Blackburn

Self - Lead Prosecutor

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