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 ...

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.

Jack “Murf the Surf” Murphy’s life takes a turn from childhood prodigy and professional surfing champion to notorious jewel thief when he pulls off the heist of the century. Murf the Surf continues ...

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 ...

From the moment it was announced that someone with the improbable nickname of Murph the Surf had been arrested and charged with the $410,000 Museum of Natural History gem theft, Jack Roland (Murph the ...

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 ...

Dubbed the “Jewel Heist of the Century,” thieves unlocked a bathroom window during open hours and climbed in that night. The alarm for the Star of India didn’t work because the battery was dead.

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.

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 ...

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 ...