The Headless Horseman
About this episode
For Halloween, the true story behind Washington Irving's 1820 Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow, New York.
Research sources for this film
- THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. 11
- HEADLESS HORSEMAN | William G. Pomeroy Foundation
- Headless Horseman
- The Real Sleepy Hollow - The Origin of the Headless Horseman
- The Lore Behind the Legend: Historical Inspirations for Irving's Horseman-Haunted Sleepy Hollow
- What Inspired ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’? | HISTORY
- ICHABOD CRANE | William G. Pomeroy Foundation
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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