Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus, and Mayhem in the USA

Documentary

Crime

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 Museum of Natural History.

Production Companies

Imagine Documentaries

This Machine Filmworks

Episodes

Cast

The Heist

1. The Heist

50min

5th Feb 2023

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.

Another Level of Madness

2. Another Level of Madness

19th Feb 2023

Murf the Surf continues down his criminal path and becomes increasingly violent. After a stolen-securities scheme goes awry, he is charged with murder.

God's Business

3. God's Business

26th Feb 2023

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.

The Truth Bends

4. The Truth Bends

5th Mar 2023

Fresh out of prison, Murf embarks on his new path as a man of God, but as he attempts to convince the public that he is a reformed Christian new facts emerge that challenge Murf’s story of his life.

First air date

5th Feb 2023

Last air date

5th Mar 2023

Status

Returning Series

Type

Documentary

Original language

en

Networks