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==Murray==
Murray is the [[demon]]ic-looking [[mascot]] of Dio who appears on several of Dio's [[album cover]]s, including ''[[Holy Diver]]'', ''[[The Last in Line]]'' and ''[[Dream Evil (album)|Dream Evil]]'', as well as on some of their [[Single (music)|singles]] and [[compilation album]]s. He was also featured in the sets for live shows.

=== ''Holy Diver'' ===
Dio's first [[studio album]], ''[[Holy Diver]]'', from 1983, was the first to feature Murray on its cover. Murray appears to be a demon torturing a [[Clergy|cleric]], but [[Ronnie James Dio]] said that it is not necessarily clear which one is the monster and which one is the priest.<ref>Quoted from the interview on the 2005 remastered CD edition of the ''Holy Diver'' album, track 19, 00'48</ref>

===''The Last in Line''===
Murray is also featured on Dio's second studio album, ''[[The Last in Line]]''. On this cover, resurrected souls emerge from their graves on Judgment Day to find a gigantic Murray staring at them from the far horizon.

===''Dream Evil''===
Murray is not featured on Dio's third studio album, ''[[Sacred Heart (Dio album)|Sacred Heart]]'', but is, for the last time in his original form, featured on the cover of ''[[Dream Evil (album)|Dream Evil]]''. He is shown in the window of a bedroom with a child sleeping in a bed, while being haunted by several different spooky creatures. Murray's story is printed in the ''Dream Evil Tour'' book. The cover art of ''[[Dream Evil (album)|Dream Evil]]'' is a reference to one of the tracks on the album, "Faces in the Window" (the entire album's concept is fears and [[superstition]]s about the [[night]] and [[darkness]]).