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Episode: Before the Headless Horseman: The True History of Sleepy Hollow | Plus, I Narrate The Full Story!
Description: Everyone knows the tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman — but the real history behind Washington Irving's classic is darker and stranger than the fiction. The Hudson River Valley's lawless past, real Hessian soldiers, and a real man named Ichabod Crane all played a part in creating one of America's most enduring ghost stories.*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*IN THIS EPISODE: The true story behind “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” - plus I’ll narrate the entire story as Washington Irving wrote it back in 1820! *** Students move into a relati...