Fatal Vision

By: Joe McGinniss

Narrated by: Christopher Reeve

Fatal Vision is the electrifying true story of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the handsome, Princeton-educated physician convicted of savagely slaying his young pregnant wife and two small children, murders he vehemently denies committing.©1983 Joe McGinniss; (P)2008 Simon & Schuster

Did the Doctor kill his wife and children? 3 STARS

PLOT: a marine green beret claims 4 hippis killed his family in a manson type murder.

BASED on a real life event. Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald is a green beret officer and his pregnant wife and children are murdered. Dr. MacDonald escapes with a few wounds. BEFORE the CSI forensics of today you name the flub it happened from important clues being dumped in the trash or moved or tampered with. When the horrific scene of the family killed in a bizarre way the only one alive is Dr. MacDonald who's story changes each time he tells it. AT first there is no real tie in and the military police who do not want to prosecute him he goes 10 years or more before a grand jury indites him. MacDonald hired an author to write his "version" of the story to raise money for his legal fees soon has the author deciding maybe he really did do it. The audio is a bit of a bore with a tiresome reader. I give it 3 STARS all the way. Dr. MacDonald is currently in prison for the murders and is up for parole~ this fall.

Fabricated but Enjoyable as Fiction

Which character – as performed by Christopher Reeve – was your favorite?

Reeve was phenomenal. He is missed.

Any additional comments?

Joe McGinnis is the worst sort of 'journalist'. Had he presented this book as fiction, I could've given it a wonderful rating, but it isn't. Fatal Vision is responsible for incarcerating a man who may be innocent and, even if guilty, never had a fair trial thanks in part to McGinnis. Read this as fiction as enjoy. As fact, it's disgusting and unconscionable.

I absolutely loved this

Short and sweet but I can’t tell you how enough how well Christopher Reeves portrayed the attitude and personality of Jeffrey McDonald, I actually listened to it twice .

Wish could be unabridged version

Great story. It stands in history of American crime. I will read the book now or hope to listen to unbridged version

True Crime! Made for TV? Except it really happened

The story of a military officer, a medical doctor, who committed a heinous crime, and his legal efforts to exonerate himself. Did he do it? Is he innocent, a victim himself of this crime? The case spans 10 years. The author gives you all the facts as they were uncovered and documented by the courts. Listen carefully. Then decide.