Filmmaker R. J. Cutler calls Jack Roland Murphy – otherwise known as “Murf the Surf” – “television’s first true crime celebrity.” Considered the mastermind behind the 1964 jewel heist of New York’s ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jack “Murf the Surf” Murphy, who was behind one of the biggest jewel heists in U.S. history, gained membership in a surfing hall of fame and served time for murder, has ...

On this day, Oct. 29, in 1964, three thieves, including surfing champion Jack Murphy, stole the Star of India and other gems from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In what was dubbed ...

Serving a double-life prison sentence for murder, Murf finds God and is reborn as a Christian — but Murf may not have changed his ways, and this may be another one of his cons.

In the early ’60s, before the Beatles, surf music and culture ruled the West Coast. Among the artists, there was Rick Griffin, whose famous cartoon character was “Murph the Surf.” I moved to Tahoe in ...

Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J.P. Morgan jewel collection from New York's American Museum of Natural History. Called "The Greatest Jewel Heist of the 20th Century", the ...

Ths true crime docuseries pulls back the curtain on America’s most infamous jewel thief, Jack Roland Murphy, who played a key role in the 1964 burglary of the jewel collection of New York’s American ...