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A True Crime Classic

By Joe McGinniss

By Joe McGinniss

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Category: True Crime | 20th Century U.S. History

Category: True Crime | 20th Century U.S. History

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Feb 11, 2025 | ISBN 9780593441428

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Aug 29, 2012 | ISBN 9781101608630

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    About Fatal Vision

    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.Bestselling author Joe McGinnis chronicles every aspect of this horrifying and intricate crime, and probes the life and psyche of the magnetic, all-American Jeffrey MacDonald, a golden boy who seemed destined to have it all. The result is a penetration to the heart of darkness that enshrouded one of the most complex criminal cases ever to capture the attention of the American public. It is haunting, stunningly suspenseful—a work that no reader will be able to forget.
    With 8 pages of dramatic photos and a special epilogue by the author

    About Fatal Vision

    Theelectrifying true crime 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…

    Bestselling author Joe McGinniss chronicles every aspect of this horrifying and intricate crime and probes the life and psyche of the magnetic, all-American Jeffrey MacDonald—a golden boy who seemed destined to have it all. The result is a penetration to the heart of darkness that enshrouded one of the most complex criminal cases ever to capture the attention of the American public. It is a haunting, stunningly suspenseful work that no reader will be able to forget.

    Includes photographs and a Special Epilogue by the author

    OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD

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    About Joe McGinniss

    Joe McGinnisswas a young Philadelphia journalist when he began to follow the team of public relations men and television specialists who created Richard Nixon’s image for the American public during the presidential campaign of 1968. In 1969, with the publication… More about Joe McGinniss

    About Joe McGinniss

    Joe McGinnisswas a young Philadelphia journalist when he began to follow the team of public relations men and television specialists who created Richard Nixon’s image for the American public during the presidential campaign of 1968. In 1969, with the publication… More about Joe McGinniss

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    Category: True Crime | 20th Century U.S. History

    Paperback | $24.00
    Published by Berkley
    Feb 11, 2025 | 704 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780593441428

    Category: True Crime | 20th Century U.S. History

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Berkley
    Aug 29, 2012 | 976 Pages | ISBN 9781101608630

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    “A provocative, dramatic investigatory saga…filled with insight and amazement.”—Los Angeles Times

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    Is Fatal Vision based on a true story? ›

    It recounts the celebrated case of Jeffrey R. MacDonald, the former Green Beret physician who was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and their two small children.

    Is Fatal Vision a good book? ›

    'Fatal Vision' has to be my favorite true-crime story, partly because of the compelling way McGinniss leads us through the long process of catching Dr. MacDonald, and the cold brutality of MacDonald himself. If there was a store for Psychopaths R' Us, Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald would be in the front window.

    What is the book Fatal Vision about? ›

    Fatal Vision focuses on Captain Jeffrey R. MacDonald, M.D. and the February 17, 1970 murders of his wife and their two children at their home on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In 1979, MacDonald was convicted of all three murders and sentenced to life in prison.

    Is there a movie about Jeffrey MacDonald? ›

    Adaptation of Joe McGinniss' best seller about Army doctor Jeffrey MacDonald (Gary Cole), who was convicted of murdering his wife and children.

    Who was the ex army doctor that killed his wife? ›

    Jeffrey Robert MacDonald (born October 12, 1943) is an American former medical doctor and United States Army captain who was convicted in August 1979 of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters in February 1970 while serving as an Army Special Forces physician. Jamaica, Queens, New York, U.S.

    What scenario did Captain McDonald present concerning the crime? ›

    MacDonald told investigators that he had fallen asleep on the couch and awoken in the middle of the night to find four intruders standing over him — three men, including one in an army jacket, and a woman with long blonde hair, dark clothing and a floppy hat, holding a candle — and that the men proceeded to attack him ...

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    Stoeckley was found dead inside her apartment in January 1983. An autopsy showed that she died of pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver.

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    This is the true story of crime author Joe McGinniss's journey to write "Fatal Vision", a best-selling book about Jeffrey MacDonald, a Green Beret doctor who's accused of slaying his pregnant wife and two daughters in the early 1970s.

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