Name: Girl in a Floppy Hat
Uploaded: 20200926
Duration: 2 min 14 s
Description: "It's a case that resists definitive explanations." Watch award-winning documentarian Errol Morris in the opening of the FX docuseries A Wilderness of Error, now streaming on FX on Hulu.

After Jeffrey MacDonald is sent to prison for killing his family, a storm of swirling narratives overshadows a chilling possibility: he may be an innocent man. 

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After Jeffrey MacDonald goes to prison for killing his family, multiple narratives hinder the truth.

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A Wilderness of Error

"When you think it's over with, the story is just beginning." Jeffrey MacDonald has been imprisoned for murdering his wife and daughters. For decades, a storm of swirling narratives overshadow a chilling possibility: he may be an innocent man. Take a special look at the FX docuseries, A Wilderness of Error.

Special Look: A Wilderness of Error

The story is just beginning. A Wilderness of Error, a two-part FX documentary series, now streaming on FX on Hulu.

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Helena Stoeckley

After years of speculation on her part in the crimes, Helena Stoeckley, the alleged "woman in the floppy hat," takes the stand in Jeffrey MacDonald's murder trial. A Wilderness of Error is streaming on FX on Hulu.

Check out selected scenes from A Wilderness of Error on FX. 

A Wilderness of Error Selected Scenes

In episode 2 of the FX docuseries A Wilderness of Error, Colette MacDonald's stepfather, Freddy Kassab, starts his own investigation. "Freddy was not going to quit. He had biblical levels of persistence."

Freddy Kassab

"It's a case that resists definitive explanations." Watch award-winning documentarian Errol Morris in the opening of the FX docuseries A Wilderness of Error, now streaming on FX on Hulu.

Girl in a Floppy Hat

Selected Scenes | A Wilderness of Error on FX

Jurors in Jeffrey MacDonald's 1979 murder trial visited his former home in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, untouched since his family was murdered there in 1970. "It was a really moving experience to be the first people entering that house since this awful thing happened." A Wilderness of Error is now streaming on FX on Hulu.

The Jury Visits the Crime Scene

Helena Stoeckley's roommate at the time of the MacDonald murders says she remembers Helena coming home that night ... and more. A Wilderness of Error is now streaming on FX on Hulu.

Helena Stoeckley's Roommate

"Fatal Vision" author Joe McGinniss met and befriended Jeffrey MacDonald as he was awaiting trial for the murders of his wife and two daughters. A Wilderness of Error is now streaming on FX on Hulu.

Joe McGinniss and Jeffrey MacDonald

Months after military charges against Jeffrey MacDonald were dismissed, it seemed he was interested in "putting this behind him." The case, however, was just beginning. A Wilderness of Error is streaming on FX on Hulu.