Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestA retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green Beret Army doctor, murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters. Based on the Fatal Vision controversy, and the book of the same name, about the murders of the wife and daughters of U.S. Army officer Jeffrey R. MacDonald at Fort Bragg in 1970.
Acting
Gary Cole's terrifyingly believable 'nice guy' sociopath.
Writing
Kassab's nine-year crusade unfolds with devastating patience.
Direction
Greene lets the horror breathe in domestic spaces.
Karl Malden
Freddy Kassab
Eva Marie Saint
Mildred Kassab
Barry Newman
Bernie Segal
Gary Cole
Jeffrey MacDonald
Andy Griffith
Victor Worheide
Gary Grubbs
James Blackburn
Joel Polis
Brian Murtagh
Mitchell Ryan
Paul Strombaugh
Wendy Schaal
Colette MacDonald
Scott Paulin
William Ivory
Barry Corbin
Franz Grebner
Albert Salmi
Judge Dupree
Judith Barsi
Steve James
U.S. Marshal
Brian Thompson
Lt. Harrison
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired during the real MacDonald's ongoing appeals, making it essentially true-crime before true-crime existed as a genre.
Joe McGinniss, who wrote the book, later sued MacDonald for fraud—claiming he'd believed the innocence act until after publication.
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