Episodes

  • Coming Soon | Morally Indefensible

    Coming Soon | Morally Indefensible
    Jul 30 2020
    1979 is the year that Ex-Green Beret Doctor Jeffrey MacDonald is convicted of the murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters.  It’s also the year he meets a new friend in famous journalist Joe McGinniss.  Joe agrees to write a book about Jeff’s case.  That book becomes a smash bestseller and a TV limited series watched by over 65 million people, but the story it tells isn’t quite the story Jeff expected and that sets off a series of events that ruin both men’s lives…Who’s the real bad guy here, the journalist or the murderer? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • Chapter One | February 17th, 1970

    Chapter One | February 17th, 1970
    Aug 18 2020
    Jeffrey MacDonald was the all-American boy. A green beret doctor with the perfect family. Joe McGinniss was a literary sensation - the youngest journalist to ever make the New York Times bestseller’s list. A bloody night in 1970 would bring them together, and change both their lives forever… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • Chapter Two | The Trial

    Chapter Two | The Trial
    Aug 18 2020
    At Doctor Jeffrey MacDonald’s murder trial, journalist Joe McGinniss comes face to face with the evidence, and questions whether his new friend might be a murderer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Chapter Three | Pen Pals

    Chapter Three | Pen Pals
    Aug 25 2020
    Joe heads home to write his book about Jeff’s case while Jeff sits in prison serving three life sentences. But together, they figure out a way for Jeff to tell Joe his darkest secrets… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • Chapter Four | The Confessions

    Chapter Four | The Confessions
    Sep 1 2020
    Jeffrey MacDonald’s new lawyers uncover some startling new evidence.  Could the murderous hippies be real after all? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • Chapter Five | Friends Become Enemies

    Chapter Five | Friends Become Enemies
    Sep 8 2020
    Joe McGinniss’s book finally comes out.  It’s called Fatal Vision.  Jeffrey MacDonald learns what his old friend wrote about him… on national television. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • Chapter Six | How Many Lies Would You Tell to Get to the Truth?

    Chapter Six | How Many Lies Would You Tell to Get to the Truth?
    Sep 15 2020
    Jeffrey MacDonald finally gets his day in court…civil court, that is. He sues Joe McGinniss for betraying him and lying in his book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • Chapter Seven | Morally Indefensible

    Chapter Seven | Morally Indefensible
    Sep 22 2020
    Joe McGinniss takes a page from Jeffrey MacDonald’s playbook and invites famous journalist Janet Malcolm to write about the lawsuit -- She’ll understand…Or will she? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    33 mins