The Gary Murphy Assassination, A San Francisco Cold Case

By Mike Spencer San Francisco Cold Case Investigator

This San Francisco true crime investigative podcast follows private investigator Mike Spencer as he examines a biker murder in San Francisco. The true crime podcast host Spencer looks at a case of his from 1998. His podcast won a James Madison Freedom of Information award from Northern California Society of Professional Journalists in 2026.

A gunman killed Murphy one morning at a halfway house in a quiet neighborhood near the ocean. Murphy, a biker and three time convicted felon, tried to escap

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Gary Murphy Case: Case File Release — San Francisco Cold Case Ep 5

In this San Francisco investigative podcast, true crime podcast host Spencer reviews his win of a public records battle that he has fought for five years. After several attorneys turned him down to represent him vs. San Francisco Police, the police l

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Episode 3: Combative Grandma, Gary Murphy Assassination

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, killin

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The Gary Murphy Assassination, A San Francisco Cold Case

Former reporter turned private eye Mike Spencer looks back at a case of his from 1998. Gary Murphy, a three-time convicted felon, came to the door of the halfway house he managed in San Francisco's quiet Outer Sunset District. A man wanted informatio