A Wilderness of Error (Audiobook)

from gregorybrown

Outstanding work from Errol Morris, digging through mountains of evidence to try and figure out what the hell really happened in this case. Morris' task is complicated throughout by missteps by the military police, prosecution, and even the defense-contaminating the crime scene, influencing witne...

from HenryKrinkle

I saw this referred to as "an epistomological crime story", which is a pretty accurate description. Film maker Errol Morris investigated the trial and conviction of Jeffrey MacDonald, a Greeen Beret accused of murdering his wife and children, and attempting to cover it up with a cockamamie story ...

from jen.e.moore

This is exactly the kind of thing I enjoy, and what I want most out of my true crime: a relentless chronicle of all the things we don't know, can't know, could have known but don't because somebody screwed up; an analysis of how a crime turns into a story turns into a trial, and how disconnected ...

from invisiblelizard

First, I have to start by saying, what a beautiful book. The layout, design, text, cover, are all very well done. There was the occasional page that was printed crooked, or was smudged with transfer, but that may have been just a one off with my book. I reacquainted myself with the Jeffrey MacDon...

from susanamper

A terrific read. Besides the case of Jeffrey MacDonald, she sheer volume of material Errol Morris had to wade through is mind boggling. He tells a really great story. We know how it ends. Jeffrey MacDonald is still in prison after all. But this reads like a thriller. For fans of Morris, true crim...