Jack Murphy, the subject of MGM+’s new docuseries ‘Murf the Surf,’ was TV’s first true-crime celebrity—and a convicted killer.
one of the most audacious jewel heists in US history when he and a buddy scaled the American Museum of Natural History, broke through glass, and stole the Star of India sapphire, the DeLong Star ruby, and an assortment of diamonds and emeralds.premiering February 5 on MGM+, makes clear that Murphy wasn’t an expert thief. At 27, Murphy was a tanned party boy who simply lucked out with the museum’s unbelievably lax security.
Murphy and Griffith, who each accused the other of the murders, were convicted of murdering Frank—with Murphy sentenced to life in prison and Griffith sentenced to 45 years. Cutler points out that, whenthe jewel heist in a 2019 feature, the murders were “mentioned 20 paragraphs in—that, oh, by the way, he was convicted of a murder.”
The docuseries, which features interviews with Murphy himself, chronicles his crimes and examines the perception of his life. Speaking about Frank and Mohn, Cutler says, “[We wanted] to honor [Murphy’s] victims, and see how history exploited them and how the reporting on Murf has exploited them…This is a story that is about the very nature of truth itself…at a time where truth itself is under siege in our culture and society.
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