The Headless Horseman is synonymous with Washington Irving’s 1820 short story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The narrative follows schoolmaster Ichabod Crane, who travels to the village of ...

blood-curdling sight of the Headless Horseman. As rooted in folklore as “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are, they are not, in fact, popular legends and myths that sprang up during ...

There’s part of the classic American short story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, where the iconic headless horseman is supernaturally ... to the place. (Photo by Patrick Koenig) The bridge to ...

One autumn night at a house party at the Van Tassel’s home, Brom recites the story of the Headless Horseman ... of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." (SUBMITTED PHOTO) The next morning, Gunpowder ...

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" juxtaposes the haunting specter of a headless horseman against the backdrop of the idyllic Hudson River countryside. Residents of his "drowsy, dreamy" land of Sleepy ...

The town is best known as the setting of one of America’s seminal ghost stories, The Legend of ... as a Headless Horseman himself speeds past to Sleepy Hollow. “People in their cars were ...

Photo by Cindy Daigneault The vibrant ensemble brings Sleepy Hollow's townsfolk to life ... Photo by Cindy Daigneault The iconic tale of the Headless Horseman runs throughout the performance ...

When I taught literature, reading “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving was one of my favorite fall traditions. Teaching it close to Halloween only intensified the festiveness of ...

In the 205 years since “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” was published, a local identity has surrounded the headless horseman ... Donald Trump stopped for a photo op in the Bronx last week ...

The Headless ... via Imagn Images As legend goes, at least according to a popular 1820s short story, the village of Sleepy Hollow is graced by the presence of a headless horseman, the ghost ...