Aug 28, 2016
What is fact and what is fiction? It's hard to separate the two
when discussing the origins of Washington Irving's famous short
story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and it's most
famous ghost, The Headless Horseman. But that won't stop host
Eric Dwinnells and guest cohost Jennifer
B. Lecesse from trying to figure it out for you!
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is essentially this: there is a phantom
headless horseman who rides out of his grave each
night between midnight and dawn. He rides to where he was killed in
battle when a cannonball decapitated him. It is said he is looking
for his head, but if he can't find his own, he will attempt to take
one from any mortal that crosses his path. His most famous alleged
victim was the town's hapless school master, Ichabod Crane.
So was the legend real? Is there really a headless soldier
buried at near the Old Dutch Church and did the town fear him? Is
there really a Sleepy Hollow? Was there really an Ichabod Crane?
Turns out the answer to all these questions is YES!....and
no!
We'll also discuss the various adaptations of the story from the
silent Will Rogers movie, to the Disney cartoon, to Tim Burton's
"reimagining".
Remember: You can't reason with a headless man!
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