EPISODE 11: OVERKILL PART 1
In the first half of this two-part episode, Paul and Kate investigate the 1970 military base murder of Jeff MacDonald’s family while he, a Green Beret Surgeon was found alive at the scene in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Evidence suggests a home invasion, but things aren’t adding up.
Sources:
“Officer's wife, children found slain at Fort Bragg” by Kara Evenson (The Fayetteville Observer)
“FORT BRAGG MURDER CASE INTRIGUES 50 YEARS LATE” by Paul Woolverton (The Fayetteville Observer)
https://stories.usatodaynetwork.com/jeffreymacdonald/themacdonaldmurders/
UNITED STATES, Petitioner v. Jeffrey R. MacDONALD.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/456/1
“The Jeffrey MacDonald case: a timline” by Paul Woolverton (Fayetteville Observer)
https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2020/02/17/jeffrey-macdonald-case-timeline/1692040007/
“FATAL VISION REVISITED: THE MACDONALD MURDER CASE” by B M Murtagh, MP Malone (Department of Justice)
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/fatal-vision-revisited-macdonald-murder-case
“Jeffrey MacDonald case intrigues 50 years later” by Paul Woolverton (Fayetteville Observer)
“Innocence Project Applauds Federal Appeals Court Ruling in Jeffrey MacDonald Case Saying Court Must Consider All Evidence of Innocence When Considering Innocence Claims” (The Innocence Project)
“The Devil and Jeffrey MacDonald” by Robert Sam Anson (Vanity Fair) https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1998/07/macdonald199807
United States v. MacDonald (Oyez)
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1981/80-1582
“The Jeffrey MacDonald Murder Case” by Joan Barthel (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/25/books/the-jeffrey-macdonald-murder-case.html
“‘A Wilderness of Error’ Points the Lens Back at Errol Morris” by Scott Tobias (New York Times)
“5 Convicted Murderers Who Might Actually Be Innocent” by Amelia McDonnell-Parry (Rolling Stone)