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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a Halloween essential that has endured for centuries. Washington Irving's 1820 tale of a headless horseman who terrorizes the real-life village of Sleepy Hollow is considered one of America's first ghost stories.
SOURCES
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/18/nyregion/who-was-the-real-ichabod-crane.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FIrving%2C%20Washington
https://hudsonvalley.org/
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/27/nyregion/soapbox-ichabod-crane-s-namesake-or-not.html
https://ghostcitytours.com/ghost-stories/irish-ghost-stories/the-dullahan/
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SOURCES
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/18/nyregion/who-was-the-real-ichabod-crane.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FIrving%2C%20Washington
https://hudsonvalley.org/
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/27/nyregion/soapbox-ichabod-crane-s-namesake-or-not.html
https://ghostcitytours.com/ghost-stories/irish-ghost-stories/the-dullahan/
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/autumn-s-oddities--5307439/support.
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