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October After Dark: The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow

Season 1 Episode 35 Published 2 weeks ago
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October After Dark: The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow

Hi everyone, and welcome to Whispers from the Mist: Conversations from the Spiritual Byway!

Before Michelle and Stacy head to Sleepy Hollow, they have one quick correction from the Dracula episode: the author’s name is Bram Stoker.

Michelle also shares a story that she saw on Instagram about a man who was fined for pretending to be a ghost in a cemetery. This leads to a discussion between the ladies: would you find that funny, or disrespectful to the people visiting?

Then the ladies will shift their discussion to today's topic - Washington Irving and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

During this conversation, Michelle and Stacy will explore some of Irving’s background, the tale of the Headless Horseman, and then they will debate what they think actually happened to Ichabod Crane on his unforgettable ride home.

Was the Headless Horseman real, or did Ichabod’s fear—and perhaps Brom Bones—have something to do with it?

They ladies will also talk about how the story has changed on screen, from the Disney version that many of us remember to Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow and the later Fox television series.

After listening to this episode please let us know....Which version shaped the way you picture the Headless Horseman?

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Before closing out this episode's notes, we would like to add a quick historical correction. In the episode, Michelle says that Washington Irving was born about a year after the Revolutionary War. In fact, he was born on April 3, 1783, five months before the Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783. This treaty formally ended the Revolutionary war, so Irving entered the world just as that chapter of American history was coming to a close.

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