The Headless Horseman - Biography Flash

Dive into the dark, misty world of one of America's most iconic and terrifying literary figures with The Headless Horseman - Biography Flash. This podcast delivers a comprehensive biography of the legendary spectral rider from Washington Irving's classic 1819 tale, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — the ghostly Hessian soldier who lost his head to an American cannonball during the Revolutionary War and now gallops through the night in restless pursuit of it. Explore the real historical roots behind the fiction, including the documented account of a Hessian artilleryman decapitated at the Battle of White Plains, the eerie connection to Irving's hometown of Tarrytown, New York, and the enduring mystery of whether the Horseman is a genuine supernatural terror or an elaborate hoax orchestrated by the cunning Brom Bones. Beyond the original story, this show keeps you up to date with regular episodes covering the latest news, cultural events, adaptations, and modern reinterpretations that keep th