Murphy’s first clearly show, "Popular," which débuted in 1999, was, in truth, one thing of a flop, long lasting only two seasons on the teen channel the WB. The third-century Greek biographer Philostratus data a legend in his Life of Apollonius of Tyana of how the ghost of an Aethiopian satyr was deeply enamored with the women from the area village and experienced killed two of them.