Was the Headless Horseman a Real Person?
Video EpisodesOctober 28, 202600:36:25

Was the Headless Horseman a Real Person?

Sleepy Hollow is more than just the Headless Horseman...but all its ghosts seem to have a complicated relationship with history. In this episode we'll take a look at the history and folklore behind the Headless Horseman and try and uncover the identity of this headless Hessian. Along the way we meet other specters like Raven Rock's Woman in White, Hulda the Witch, and the ghosts that allegedly haunt Irving’s Sleepy Hollow cottage, Sunnyside. Because, apparently, writing about ghosts wasn’t enough for him...he had to go become one.

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0:00 Intro
1:54 Abridged Legend of Sleepy Hollow Reading
9:34 Investigating the Headless Horseman
14:14 The Horseman Revealed?
16:58 The Wailing Woman of Raven Rock
18:33 Hulda the Witch
25:45 Sleepy Holl34ow's Competition with Salem Massachusetts
28:26 The Ghosts of Washington Irving's Sunnyside
34:12 Outro


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Music:
"Behind the Veil"
by 8er41
paranormal, librarian, archives, archival, archivist,