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The Gary Murphy Assassination, A San Francisco Cold Case

Jan 2, 2026

Host/private eye Mike Spencer airs parts of the tapes from the case file. These interviews have never been heard by the public. Spencer won the tapes in 2025 after a five-year battle with the San Francisco Police Department. The tapes are part of the case file from the June 12, 1998 murder of the ex-con biker.

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Sep 11, 2025

Host/Private Eye Mike Spencer's five-year battle to obtain records in the case pays off when police release audio of witness and suspect interviews to him. It's the first time the public has ever heard these tapes. It's clear that as early as a day after the June 12, 1998, shooting death of biker and ex-con Murphy,...


Oct 1, 2024

Spencer private eye, the host, wins a public records battle on the case that he has fought for five years. After several attorneys turned him down to represent him vs. San Francisco Police, the police legal division voluntarily released the case file on the 1998 uncharged murder case. The file does not hold back. It...


Mar 11, 2024

Host Mike Spencer private eye escalates his records battle with the DA and Police Department by the San Francisco Sunshine Records Ordinance Task Force. He addresses the Task Force committee, who will decide whether the full task force will hear his arguments for obtaining records in the June 1998 murder for hire of ex...


Jun 8, 2023

Host Mike Spencer private eye shines the light on the prime suspect in the broad daylight slaying of Gary Murphy, the grandmother who fought Murphy for custody of his then 6-year-old daughter. This is the 25th anniversary of the June 12, 1998, killing when a gunman chased Murphy through a halfway house that he managed...