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out of your system tonight.

Just be yourself in that

courtroom, and you'll be fine.

Who else am I supposed to be?

Jeff, what's going on?

Tomorrow, I'm gonna get up

on that stand...

Mm...

And I hope to god

they see who I am.

All those people Lookin' at me.

In a lot of ways, I've always...

Been a performer.

You can't afford not to be...

With the whole world

always looking at you, you know?

They're always looking.

Are you gonna tell the truth?

I told you I would.

Good night, Joe McGinniss.

Dr. MacDonald,

can you tell us

what this picture depicts?

It's Kris and Kim,

my little girls.

Can you describe the clothing

that Kristen MacDonald

is wearing?

Pajamas.

The same pajamas she was wearing

the night of February 17, 1970?

Yes.

Can you tell us what it reads

across the top of the pajamas,

please?

"Little angel."

Dr. MacDonald,

I would like you

to share a letter

dated August 26, 1969.

From your wife to you.

She was in Patchogue,

long island,

writing to you

at Columbus, Georgia,

when you were in the middle

of paratrooper training.

"My darling Jeff.

I wanted to thank you.

You're the only one who can

make me happy and full of love.

In case you're getting ready

to jump out of an airplane

and need a little..."

"And need a little material

for pleasant daydreams,

Here are a few of my favorites.

The night we came home

from Paul and Cathy's

and had something

to eat in the city.

New year's Eve this year.

And the first time

you came to Skidmore

and our picnic in the woods.

Four kisses, Colette."

Faker.

Quiet in the court!

Silence!

Silence in the court!

Is this the pajama top

you wore to bed that night?

I guess.

If you say so.

How did these holes

get in this pajama top?

I assume when I was

being attacked

and held it up to defend myself.

And what would you say

if the jury should find

that there were no blue fibers

from this pajama top

in the living room

where you say you were attacked?

I wouldn't know what

to say to that.

Suppose the jury should find

the fibers from that top

were found in Kimberly's room.

Although, according

to your story,

you say you had removed it

by the time you went in there.

Any explanation for that?

No.

And fibers from that top

were found next

to the headboard of your bed

under the word "pig."

Why would that be?

I have no idea!

Dr. MacDonald,

suppose the jury

should find the evidence

that Colette MacDonald,

four months pregnant,

was beaten, stabbed 37 times.

That Kimberly was beaten,

stabbed nine times.

And that 2-year-old Kristen

was stabbed 32 times.

And suppose, sir,

the jury further finds

that the injuries

that you sustained

were not consistent

in degree of seriousness

and that you are,

quite obviously, still alive?

Any explanation for that?

Objection.

Argumentative.

Sustained.

Your honor, that concludes

the government's cross.

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Ladies and gentlemen,

suppose that one night,

raise your hand in anger,

and before you can stop it,

you do something

that is irretrievable.

When you look at the autopsy

photos of those little children

and think about what it would

take to cause someone

to raise a knife

and destroy them,

it can't be true.

We suggest to you the following.

That an argument about

what we do not know

started between Jeff and Colette

in the master bedroom.

The Macdonalds were a young,

vibrant family

about to have another child.

Why would Jeffrey

throw that all away?

The evidence also

shows that Kimberly was struck,

perhaps by accident.

We contend that Dr. MacDonald

bludgeoned and stabbed

Colette to death

in Kristen's room

and then also killed Kristen.

It doesn't make sense

because there was no motive.

Ladies and

gentlemen, we can't tell you

why Jeffrey MacDonald killed

his pregnant wife and children.

But we have proven beyond

a reasonable doubt

that He did kill them.

And that is what is important.

Why?

It may never be known.

Jeffrey MacDonald needs peace.

And you, as a jury,

can Grant him that peace.

They're back.

They've reached a verdict.

Mr. foreman.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, your honor.

Would the defendant please rise?

Mr. foreman, how do you find?

We, the jury,

find the defendant,

Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald,

guilty on all counts.

Quiet in the court.

Does the defendant wish to make

a statement at this time?

Sir, I am not guilty.

I don't think the court

has heard all the evidence.

Joe.

I love you.

We have proven

beyond a reasonable doubt

that He did kill him.

Why?

It may never be known.

Thank you.

It's incredibly generous

of you guys to have me.

Thank you very much.

If you're going to write,

you need to know

what really happened.

Not just what Jeff

wants you to think.

You know, from the small amount

of time that I spent with Jeff,

I felt like I knew him.

I thought I knew him inside out.

But I realized almost everything

Jeffrey MacDonald says

or does is a lie.

Here.

This is where Jeff

screwed himself.

The article 32 hearings.

It was a closed proceeding.

I wasn't allowed to stay

after I gave my testimony.

But then I got a copy

of the transcript,

and I read every page.

And I found almost 100 things

that Jeff stated as a fact

that I personally knew

not to be true.

Jeff said they didn't

own an ice pick.

Well, I know for a fact

that they did.

I used it myself.

He said He didn't know

the neighbors to go to for help.

Well, Colette was going

to invite them

for Thanksgiving dinner.

After the army dropped

the investigation,

He talked to reporters,

went on "the Dick Cavett show."

He told us He was going on it

to help get the word out

and catch the real killers.

But then on TV,

He just laughed and smiled.

He loved the attention.

Jeff told me stories about

how Colette loved his surprises,

like He bought her

an expensive stereo,

and she was very

excited about it.

That stereo caused a huge fight.

Jeff was always

spending their money

on expensive things He wanted,

then giving them

to Colette as "gifts."

He also told me that Colette

was happy for him,

that He was getting to travel

to Russia for a boxing trip.

There was no trip to Russia.

He just told Colette that.

Jeff was planning

to go to New York

to see an ex-girlfriend.

He was a philanderer.

During the investigation,

the army's Cid agents found

that He had had

sexual relationships

with multiple women.

Did she ever tell you guys

that she wanted to leave him,

or she was going to leave him?

No.

But she was becoming

more independent.

Colette was just

beginning to think about

how she might be able

to have a life outside of Jeff.

Jeff hated that.

Right.

He hated looking

after the girls.

He hated that she was starting

to have opinions of her own.

Did Jeff really save Colette's

life after Kristen was born?

That's a dramatic

turn of phrase, but yes.

Colette had severe

internal bleeding

which her doctors missed

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