in june 1979, macdonald invited author joe mcginniss write book case. mcginniss given full access him , defense during trial. expected book innocence in murders of family. however, mcginniss book, fatal vision, first published in spring of 1983, portrayed him narcissistic sociopath indeed guilty of killing family. contains excerpts court transcripts , sections entitled voice of jeffrey macdonald, based on tape recordings made following conviction.
macdonald subsequently sued mcginniss in 1987 fraud, claiming mcginniss pretended believe him innocent after came conclusion guilty, in order continue cooperating him. after trial, resulted in mistrial on august 21, 1987, settled out of court $325,000 on november 23, 1987.
the journalist , murderer, written janet malcolm , published in 1990, relationship between journalists , subjects , explores relationship between mcginniss , macdonald subject of malcolm s thesis that, every journalist not stupid or full of himself notice going on knows morally indefensible. malcolm maintained mcginniss tricked macdonald—a claim mcginniss subsequently responded in epilogue of later edition of fatal vision. in 2012 book, wilderness of error: trials of jeffrey macdonald, filmmaker , writer errol morris argued many of mcginniss claims macdonald untrue , irresponsible.
mcginniss book adapted made-for-tv film of same title starring karl malden, eva marie saint, andy griffith, , gary cole macdonald. aired on nbc in 1984.
an adaptation of mcginniss book expected air in 2017 on investigation discovery, starring scott foley jeffrey macdonald , dave annable mcginniss.
other media
macdonald s murders discussed in jodi picoult novel house rules. addison released song crime entitled dr. jeffrey on time b4 time cd.
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