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The Sneak

The Murders at Whiskey Creek | 5

The Sneak

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True Crime, Racing, Documentary, Sports, For The Win, Incarciration, Heist, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, Prison Stories, Prison, Bank Robbery, Anthony Crucio, Nate Scott, Football, Car Racing, Gambling, Nascar, Untold Story, Mario Rossi

4.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Murf the Surf offers his explanation for what happened at Whiskey Creek, where two young women were found bludgeoned, shot, and stabbed. And the last man they were seen with was Jack Murphy.

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0:00.0

Hey all, before we get started, a quick warning that this episode does have explicit language, as well as graphic descriptions of violence, and it may not be appropriate for kids.

0:10.0

On January 28,, 1968, Jack Murphy was arrested after a botched robbery devolved into a gun fight with the Miami police.

0:21.0

The officer soon discovered that the man they'd arrested was not only the infamous

0:25.2

Murf the surf jewel thief they'd once seen on the news, but he was the same Jack Murphy

0:29.7

that was out on bail in connection with a murder investigation.

0:33.4

Not just any murder investigation, but the high profile double homicide where

0:38.1

just over a month earlier, two young women were found shot, bludgeoned and stabbed, weighed down by cement blocks in the

0:44.9

waters of Whiskey Creek.

0:47.5

Jack claimed his innocence then, and he claims it now.

0:51.2

And in this episode of The Sneak, he'll walk us through what he says happened at Whiskey Creek.

0:56.0

My name is Nate Scott. I'm a reporter and editor with For the Wind in

1:06.2

USA Today Sports. This is the sneak. In our sit-down interview this past winter, Jack took his time describing his life in Miami Beach,

1:22.4

the star of India Heights that made him famous, and his work in prisons, preaching to inmates all over the world.

1:28.0

The interview lasted well over four hours.

1:30.0

Jack took his time on just about every chapter of his life except one. He was eager to

1:36.9

fast forward from Riker's Island to the subsequent prison sentence and his

1:40.8

salvation. But we couldn't skip over what happened in between.

1:45.0

I want to get to prison.

1:47.0

I want to get to that second stint which saved your life.

1:50.0

Before we do that, though, we have to get get to prison which was Whiskey Creek.

1:55.0

So when I got back to Miami the first thing that I did when I hit home when I got to the

1:59.4

airport and I had a buddy picked me up I didn't go over to see friends or family or I went and got a pistol.

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