Morally Indefensible
truth.media · Sony Music
Show overview
Morally Indefensible has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 11 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 4 hours of audio in total. Releases follow an irregular cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 17 min and 32 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language True Crime show.
The show is still active — the most recent episode landed 1 months ago, though releases have slowed compared with earlier in the run. The busiest year was 2020, with 9 episodes published. Published by Sony Music.
From the publisher
From Marc Smerling, the creator behind The Jinx and Crimetown, comes a story of murder, friendship and betrayal. In 1979, Ex-Green Beret Doctor Jeffrey MacDonald was convicted of the murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters. When he meets a famous young journalist named Joe McGinniss, the two become fast friends. Joe agrees to write a book about Jeff’s case to finally reveal the truth. The book, Fatal Vision, became a smash bestseller and a TV limited series watched by millions of people. But the story it told wasn’t the story Jeff expected…And that sets off a series of events that ruins both their lives. Morally Indefensible is a companion to the FX docuseries, A Wilderness of Error coming to FX September 25, and streaming next day on Hulu.
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S1 Ep 5Chapter Five | Friends Become Enemies
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S1 Ep 3Chapter Three | Pen Pals
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S1 Ep 2Chapter Two | The Trial
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S1 Ep 1Chapter One | February 17th, 1970
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