MURPHYSBORO — Legend has it, more than a half-century ago, a series of sightings of what would be known as the Big Muddy Monster occurred in Murphysboro. It is still unknown today what exactly it was ...

MURPHYSBORO, IL (WSIL) -- Expect to see more of the Big Muddy Monster in Southern Illinois. Dozens were at the corner of Routes 13 and 127 in Murphysboro Saturday morning for the unveiling of a new ...

It was a typically humid, early summer evening as the sunlight began to fade in Murphysboro on June 25, 1973. Air conditioners worked steadily across town as the temperature lingered near 90 degrees ...

The festival started last year, after Muddy Monster Comics owner Mike Noe moved his business from Carbondale — where it was called Campus Comics — to Murphysboro.