A Trip to Sleepy Hollow
November 10, 2009
I always wanted to see the real Sleepy Hollow, as described by Washington Irving in the story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” published in 1820. (taking place in 1790).
I finally went there and have this video to share. I read from the story, describe why I think it has such a lasting appeal, and show the location as it looks today.
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Sweet video James.. that place reeks of atmosphere.
I love it, James. I’ve always loved the story (though I’ve never read the book, none of the libraries around here have it!), and I think you expressed the reason why far more eloquently than I ever could. For me, nothing evokes the Halloween spirit more than the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
I was also unaware there were so many film adaptations! If it’s not too much trouble, could you list the ones you know of?
Well James, I wanted to e-mail you to tell you how incredibly well made your videos and movies are (but this is easier…you might actually read it). I enjoy your website a ton and have shown most of my friends your stuff and they love it. Keep making videos because your obviously very talented and it’s awesome to see someone finally getting to live their dream. I really enjoyed your Cinemassacre 200 documentary as well. Really neat to see even a small child using such imagination that I never had! You’ve given me a ton of laughs and I would like to say on behalf of all your fans: THANK YOU!
awesome video, thank you james, keep making awesome stuff!
What in gods name is up with the audio, and why are none of the first post kissasses mentioning it too? I could barely hear a thing said throughout the video.
that place looks awesome i love the sleepy hollow movies
keep up the great work
That was pretty interesting & artistic.
wow, turns out my friends headphones are garbage. Great video though now that I know the narrative XD
just that fact the city is real is just creppy my mind and make come chill in my spine
man that was amazing that place is perfect for hollowenn days
awesome video as usual. It was kind of creepy though, because i have to write a parody of Sleepy Hollow and i have been researching it like crazy. And then today you post this. Love your work James
Iam going to have to go and read this book now. Thank you James.
Cool!But it didn’t scare me a bit.Anyway it is very interesting.
Awesome vid James. Greetings from Argentina
I really liked the narrative of this video.
Man James, I actually kind of got some goose bumps just watching this while you narrated it. I could totally imagine being chased by that freak. Great stuff as always!
really nice video james! Really interesting background and story in deed. More greetings from Argentina
I live near Valatie, NY where we have been told was part of the ride of Ichabod leading right up to where the Ichabod Crane school is located…the whole area around here is filled with legends such as Hill House, Sleepy Hollow, and Rip Van Winkle. While none are close to each other they are all considered areas we look upon with reverence towards the supernatural stories they hold within them. Very nice video James!
DUDE!! I lived in Sleepy Hallow when I was little!! I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS LITTLE THE STORY!! Thank you James for letting me reminisce my childhood.
Great video, James! I love when you take these field trips to awesome places and make an interesting video about it.
While still on the subject of Halloween, I was wondering if you’ve had the chance to see the new Halloween anthology flick, “Trick R’ Treat?” I saw it a few months back, and thought it would be right up your alley. Was kinda disappointed it didn’t appear in Monster Madness 3.
OMG I used to live near there!!! It was just a few miles from my house. It’s my favorite place in the world! I’ve been to those places!
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I followed your work for quite some time now, Mr. Rolfe, and I never felt the urge to comment on something I saw. I am not the type of guy who leaves comments on anything on the internet, participates in forums discussion or posts on blogs. However, this entry of yours made me create an account in order to give you my feedback on this video. I think that it is one of your – if not THE – best pieces of work. The editing is good, you picked the right locations (I am an autumn-lover, to be honest), you picked the right music, and on top of all, your narration was tremendous. You really should consider starting a career in radio plays (I am a semi-professional voice actor and at least know a little bit what I’m talking about) or start recording audio books. I never realized the clear quality of your voice as well as your very delicate accentuations until today. You really have the ability to create a creepy, yet somewhat cozy atmosphere, you should definitly make something out of it!
If you read this, then thanks for reading Mr. Rolfe, I won’t bother you with such an outrageously lengthy comment any time soon;
Take care,
Paul
That was a treat to watch, James. Thanks for another great video and keep up the good work. Cinemassacre rules!!!
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The old Wilhelm Scream!!!
Very cool as always, James!!
Aww…still remember, that story was the first “real” horror story my mom read to me when I was little.
Such a great story, & ever since I found out Sleepy Hollow was real I wanted to go there, but I’m on the west coast, so maybe someday.
Whoa!…I lived all my life in Upstate NY..(Johnstown)..When ever it snowed Ichabod crane school was closed. It has always been an inside joke for years. BUt the freakiest part was that I heard the story thinking it was just a story the you hear on the news that the place is real!!AHHHHHHHHH!
I agree with Tharyus, couldn’t have said it better myself. I’ve been watching your videos for the last few years, and I can honestly say that this is my favorite out of anything you have done so far. Great work, I loved it!
the way you described this made it really creepy, nice surprise video james!!!
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I love the Disney version of this classic story. Very neat that you traveled there, James. Nice work as always.
Very interesting stuff, but it was hard to tell when you stopped reading from the book and went back to talking normally. I’m not too crazy about the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, but it’s awesome to know that the place really exists. Thanks for the tour
Do i see the flag of Flanders on your shirt?
Next stop Dracula’s Castle? That was pretty awesome that you toured Sleepy Hollow James, but it was even better that you shared the tour with us.
At the part where the Horseman threw his head at Crane, only thing I could think of is “Headshot!”
Interesting; you’d think Sleepy Hollow (the town) would have some sort of monument to Washington Irvine, considering most other superfamous authors do. Oh well.
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, As long as James is doing something on camera I’ll watch. Awesome video
Yeah, don’t fuck with the Hessians!
James, did the television discover you yet? I think it’s just a matter of time!
Greetings from Hesse.
I live about 5 miles away from Sleepy Hollow and I have a friend who lives there. For some reason, it always feel like Halloween there.
great video it got me in the mood for halloween…..too bad its gone now lol
very creepy the imagery went really well with the words and your voice went with it rather well too
id love to hear an entire horror book made into a video series made and read by you
that would rock
i was following your every word at the edge of my seat and im sure im not alone….
impressive
Very cool video, James.
Hey James, did you eat at the headless horseman restaurant? Food is great there!
James, this video is awesome. Hope you decide to make more videos simular to this: on the origins of urban legends and folktales. That would be cool. Keep up the great work. Cheers!
Awesome video!!!!!! You really made me want to get this book. I dont read novels at all. Maybe books about psicology and stuff, but not stuff like this.
You really made me want to read it.
Thanks!
Damn, definitely going to read the book now.
i’m finally a member of your site and i’ve seen basically all your uploaded movies for 2 years. Keep up the GREAT WORK especially this awesome work of bio and background on one of the creepiest horror stories of my childhood:-D
I have no idea about the Sleepy Hollow but I do remember the tale of the headless horseman on the bridge.
Wow, so there’s really a place called Sleepy Hollow where the legend of the headless horseman came.
The place seems so quiet I don’t even saw any other people walking around in your video except for some cars passing by
Nice video, James
Thanks!
James, this was awesome! How you matched shots of the town with the actual story is great. I expected another video or photos of you seeking out a film site like you did in Rocky Jumped a Park Bench, but this was a bit different. The sites of a famous novel, and one of the greatest horror stories ever, no less. Well done, sir!
Excellent video. Very informative, and not too far from home, for me. I even love the way you did the afternoon shots with the vignette that made it look darker than it was. Like it wasn’t dark, but there’s some extra foreboding shadows trying to make the night come early. The method of going back from prose to the telling of observations really made the whole video seem poetic. I could tell there was a real effort to bring all these pieces (words, music, video effects, and video overlays) in concert to create an art piece. I haven’t thought about making a trip to that place before, but after this video, I kind of want to go there.
Nicely done, and the editing was very well done.
The one thing that I don’t like are the extreme tilts with the camera. It’s a personal thing, but it always feels like a campy thing to do, after the overuse in the Adam West Batman.
But still, I enjoy the more ’serious’ stuff!
Good stuff, as always.
WOW! All I can say is that was AMAZING! You told the story as well as it was written. Washington Irving would be proud of you. Great job!
Thanks for doing this James! The legend of sleepy hollow is one of my favorites. I have that cartoon version on dvd and watched it quite a few times during October.
Been meaning to get up there and visit the real location for a while now.
The story isn’t too well known here in Europe, which is unfortunate. The image of the headless horseman is some of the most creepy things I can imagine.
My first encounter with the story was actually the Burton-film. I liked it and watched another version and did some minor research on the original story later on.
But I didn’t know the original story was based on a real place until now, so this was a nice and interesting video to watch. I like seeing real life locations like this.
Slowly walking through the ambient area has an uncanny resemblance to The Jersey Odysseys (The Rolfe Odysseys: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow…?).
With other places you’ve gone to like the “Big W”, the Wonka Factory, and the Back to the Future locales, it would be interesting if you began to film or capture some locations from books or movies versus taking a few pictures.
Reciting lines and immersing viewers into the location itself can’t be done for every spot on the map of course… But if you look at the Trip to the Family Matters house video, you work with what you have and show your fans a great look back on whatever the subject matter is.
Cool! Check out my website “Movie Set Locations Then And Now”!! http://www.mattmoviesets.weebly.com, It’s right up your ally!!!
That was wonderful!
you should do like “field trip” videos. you should go to like transylvania or something! but that might cost a lot so just do ones that you can get to without costing an arm and a leg.
Really interesting video though. i remember watching that movie as a kid and i thought it was funny as hell (I watched the animation one). never seen any other ones besides the animation one though. maybe I’ll look into them.
Very cool James. It’s nice that you don’t take things at face value or just believe whatever someone or something may say, you take charge and find out the truth for yourself. I bet that was the bridge you were standing at. Seems to be too small of a creek to render a dam. Excellent video.
Oh, that was a good one. I like historical detective work.
Ha, liked the Wilhelm scream. That thing always make me laugh.
I thoroughly enjoyed this.
great flow. being listenable is such a virtue.
great choice in refrence’s to the books and movies james
s did u have a hell of a road trip and do they serve rolling rock in sleepy hollow
wow very awesome ^_^
i use the same music in my movie invaders from the planet space. very awesome video james
Very interesting video, James. You know, I lived in New York for 20 years, and I never once got to visit Sleepy Hollow (I moved to Mississippi about two years ago). Combining the writing with the visuals was superb.
Perhaps you should visit Centralia, Pennsylvania–the town that Silent Hill is based off of? Although the town is almost deserted, there are still people living there, so it would probably be okay to take a look.
Ichabod Crane was a real guy, too. He’s buried on Staten Island in NYC, very close to the mall. Of course, some asshole sprayed graffiti on his headstone like everything else old and abandoned. Also, the topper was smashed off, but the bottom of the stone is still legible and you can see his name pretty clearly. Apparently he was an army general who met Irving once, and was pissed off when he found out his name was used in the story years later.
Fun stuff, thanks for giving us a glimpse of your trip.
Videos like this are what set you ahead of the pack. You’re not standing in front of a camera talking to us, you’re not bullshitting your way through or bogging the video down with useless information. It’s well and clearly narrated, it is not self indulgent, and most of all it is informative while being interesting. Excellent job!
Excellent overview of the story and the place that inspired it. =)
Wow, this was really awesome!
I love this new direction and I think this whole review was just grand!
Excellent Documentary.
that was cool
I live in a town nearby and it’s so cool there. I love how into it the town gets. I swear there used to be a Headless Horseman Statue and an intersection but I can’t remember. I haven’t gone there in so long. This video inspired me to go back and appreciate how close by i am SO AWESOME
awesome vid! i didnt know this place actually exists!!
Hey James. Nice video. I didn’t realize Sleepy Hollow existed either. That’s pretty cool.
Have you ever seen the episode of The Real Ghostbusters where they take on the Headless Horseman who later became the Headless Motorcyclist? Their story was that Crane survived, and that horseman continually chased him and his descendants for decades.
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate videos like this. Small, thoroughly researched documentaries about topics that I never would have considered even giving much thought. Whether Nerd, Bullshit Man or just James, I always look forward to the next video or tidbit of whatever you are doing. I know it’s probably stressful as shit sometimes but I tell you, when I’m having a bad day Cinemassacre has been the place to go.
I was there once I actually really also tried to retrace the steps here. I decided to when i was visiting my sister who happens to live in New York and discovered sleepy hollow was real we did see that rubble. I thought this might be it i read the description turns out it was wood not stone. and we looked for a black spot in the lake but there were a million of them we couldn’t tell which it was. we also Thought we found the unnamed grave but it turns out it was just warn out with the letters barely there still
Anyway Nice vid James. Make more so we are occupied watiing for new AVGN
James! This is brilliant and very well done! How do you find time to make this? Its incredible.
James, I have watched a ton of your videos. You have an impressive body of work. Have you ever considered doing a pilot and doing a real show based on your travels to famous movie spots? I have seen some blog posts of your where you travel to former locations, Twin Pines Mall and the big “W”, and I think this would make a great TV show.
I registered for your site just so I could tell you this. I’m amazed how prolific you are, and I think your analysis and criticism of games and film are really becoming very sophisticated and mature.
I think this a great ear because there are so many people, like you and myself, who have a great deal of nostalgia for the past. Only now can I really, intellectually relive those experiences and I find a whole new kind of appreciation for them.
For me, it wasn’t the cursing or the re-enactments, although I can see why it’s fun to put yourself in those situations. No. For me, it was the unabashed truthful explanation of the stupidity of video games and certain movies that makes me keep coming back to see what you’re going to cover next.
I love the side-by-side comparison you did between the three older films throwing the pumpkins. I don’t think you realize just how profoundly powerful that can make criticism and film appreciation. It’s so much more informative, compared to say, a snarky film review on your average website.
Anyways, nice work!
You are a great film maker James, videos like this remind me of that.
Thats was sooo awesome!!!
Wow, that was pure awesome. I never knew that Sleepy Hollow actually exists. That’s kinda creepy, but cool at the same time.
Definitely one of your best videos yet. Keep ‘em coming!
Sleepy Hollow wasn’t a real place when you were a kid…It used to be North Tarrytown (a city that was actually stated to be pretty close to the fictional sleepy hollow in the story as I recall.) The town’s name was changed to Sleepy Hollow when I was in middle school to increase tourism in the area. Although based on what I heard I do believe that North Tarrytown was indeed the setting of the old story in the first place, Irving must have just changed the name to improve the tale’s atmosphere.
Hahahaha “Old Church” Always funny when american refer stuff to being old when they actually aren’t. That old church are as old as the youngest church here. All our church are related back to atleast 1312 or something.
Wow, that was a nice piece of editing and documentary. Such could easily appear on television…
it might sound strange to you, but here in france we almost don’t know about the sleepy hollow legend.
the main reference for us is the Tim Burton film. considering this video I regret that.
Very engrossing and chilling video.
James, haven’t you thinking in narrating horror histories? Your voice sounds like an old school narrator from classic movies like Plan 9: from outer space.
Pretty nice!
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Eh, kinda missing the mark by equating the headless horseman to popular movie monsters.
There isn’t any headless horseman in the story. It’s Brom trying to scare Ichabod off.
Other movies ran wild with it, took the story and put their own spin on it, making it supernatural, making the horseman real. Had an english professor who hated this, bashed these movies. I always felt it was no big deal. Much of what Irving wrote was inspired by old Dutch fables and legends, he took them and put his own spin on em, usin em for his own unique stories. Movies like Burton’s awesome Sleepy Hollow can serve as homages to Irving, even if they COMPLETELY alter and twist up his original work.
Cool, I never knew Sleepy Hollow was a real place and you James did an excellent job of telling the story to this legend, I think you would make a great storyteller because your voice sounds so interesting and you really sure know your horrors.
Sleepy Hollow as the Halloween Capital of the world? I thought the Halloween Capital of the world was Transylvania, the home of Count Dracula, but oh well, this is an awesome video.
Awesome review now I just have to watch Sleepy Hollow for the nostalgia.
I found the Horseman’s bridge on street view.
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It’s a long way from me but Sleepy Hollow is defiantly a place a want to visit, and I would not even know it existed if not for this review.
This impresses me on a technical level. Did you write it out first, then visit the location? Did you visit then figured out how you wanted to shoot things, then wrote it out? Were there any setbacks if you did write it first?
Either way this is, I feel, one of your best work. It’s really tight in narration and a bit more loose in editing to give it that urgency in voice but calm in look. This builds suspense just like a dream where you can never run fast enough.
The description of being alone in the dark and having that rush of memories made me realize what Fellini was trying to accomplish with 8 1/2’s opening segment. It’s a modern take on that feeling but instead of in the dark alone, you’re in public exposed.
Awesome, well done! I’ll definitely have to check that place out next time I’m visiting family up there.
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In many ways, I owe my present-day fascination with ghost stories and the horror genre to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, having being raised on the Disney version when I was a kid. Even to this day the story fascinates me as a uniquely American ghost story.
This was a very well-made insight into the book and its locations. It certainly looks like the epitome of a classic ghost story town, and the juxtaposition of the book passages and the footage worked well. This made for great viewing.
Really, I would love to see you visit more locations from classic horror literature, as you seem to have a real passion for the subject. If by some remote chance you ever visit my hometown of Whitby in England, I’ll be glad to take you on the Dracula Walk!
Hey James, could you review the different movie approaches to “The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow”? That would be awesome”.
james, while i love AVGN, i also like these other videos you do. lets us see another side of your interests. thanks for the tour of sleepy hallow. its something that i wouldn’t have thought much about, but was glad you decided to document your visit. always looking forward to your next video.
I use to live about 30min away from there. We use to go check out the old town every Halloween. Get all fucked up at a party then camp out over night in the Sleepy Hollow woods. Seriously fun!!
It´s really interesting to see all these original locations of different stories and legends. And James again did excelent job on this clip!
I think that another trip here in Europe would be a major Cinemassacre Location-thon
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nice vid james
Wow…Great video. I live in sleepy Hollow and have for most of my life. You really made our town look great. I hope you found other grave stones, as each character is based on, or has a name taken from, a real person buried in that cemetary. I hope you had a chance to check out Washington Irving’s mantion in the town over.
due u live in sleepy hallow that must be assome
sory dued
It actually use to be called “North Tarrytown,” if I recall correctly. I used to live in Tarrytown, which obviously is very close and a little south of Sleepy Hollow. They changed the name to Sleepy Hollow some years back to suit the book that Washington Irving wrote. Great video, BTW, it was very nostalgic for me.
Wow, James. It was amazing. The way you read the lines of the book… you got me really nto the story, like I was really there
kinda hypnotic and atmospheric.
once you should do an audiobook
Damn James, thats a badass jacket. its about time i get a new jacket, imma look for one like that (in black of course)
Thanks a lot, great vid as usual.
Jesuschrist James, you are a good director. This video was so moving, it’s incredible what you can do when you’re inspired.
If I could give you an advice I’d say: James, please do what you like to do, because you always do it nice.
ah this is so weird. I live in sleepy hollow… went to the horseman the other day for breakfast. wish i could have seen you in real life.
I also thought the Headless Horseman was classic just like Frankenstein and Dracula.
Awesome video, im thinking of going there my self some day
thats wild especially how you filmed certain areas described in the book really gives you the feeling your there…
Amazing video! Any plans on visiting maybe Lovecraftian places?
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Jesuschrist James, you are a good director. This video was so moving, it’s incredible what you can do when you’re inspired.
If I could give you an advice I’d say: James, please do what you like to do, because you always do it nice.”
Truer words can not be found.
WOW! that was amazing i never knew there was a sleepy hollow either. I was never really into this story but this video gets me wanting to read the book and/or watch the movie. Thanks James
Very good! Love the AVGN vids, but to see some more of the other things Cinemassacre has to offer is great! I always wondered whether or not it was a real tonw, but never checked it out, thanks for all the actual footage of the town!
very intresting, thx for sharing !
You should do a review of the many film adaptations of the story, the 1999 one(independant) was awful in my opinion
I absolutely loved this, James. Maybe more than any video you’ve ever made. I would adore to see more documents like this. Perfect.
Wow, James. You’re great at scripting.
Oh man, I almost went there this past weekend. It woulda been cool to run into you!
I, too, registered to leave this comment. This was absolutely astounding work, James. One of the best I’ve seen you do. Thank you for a fitting tribute to Washington Irving’s timeless tale.
Truly beautiful. i believe you articulated wonderfully why Halloween is so important to us that celebrate the holiday in the true spirit. James, this was just brilliant. i don’t know what else to say.
Great video, James! I showed it to my friend.
Have you seen this version of the story? I remember watching it on TV 10 years ago:
http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi2152857625/
Once you cross that bridge my friend. The Ghost is through his powers end!
The only way I can describe this is just this:
Epic Win.
I used to live in the Hudson Valley region of NY. One of my jobs was a field service technician for Xerox. One of my accounts was in Sleepy Hollow. I remember the first time I ever went there, all that I thought about was The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I’m glad it also perked your curiosity
You definitely brought back some memories. Well done, as usual, with your work.
That was cute, like you were taking us on your little vacation& playing tour guide.
The buildings there look very old & the leaves are nice & red, & the town looks a little more festive in October than most places I’ve seen.
Hi James, just to say thanks for another great vid.
I can’t add up all the hours I’ve spent being entertained and informed by your various works on the net, so I just wanted to say thanks; you’re very appreciated, I think your very talented, and when you want to be, VERY funny.
I’m going to ask Santa for the AVGN DVD’s for Xmas!
Once again, heartfelt thanks from your pal `over the pond` here in engerland.
Nice! I didn’t have the slightest clue Sleepy Hollow really exists. When I’m in the US I have to go there and see it myself. I also would like to visit Jerusalems Lot, Derry and Castle Rock if they exist.
Hey james,
i saw this clip, and was baffled by the fact this was a somewhat dutch settlement with a dutch church.
Being from The Netherlands myself (city of groningen- a.k.a. mini-amsterdam), this is a very ,very cool thing to know!
I’ve been t vermont and lived in oregon for seven months when i was 17 yrs.old , and a lot of americans dont know New York is actually a dutch settlement the english (u bastards!!) o took from us in the 16 or 1700’s.
The reason for this was the fact the dutch did not make a small cluster of people, but spread their (small number of )setllers out on a quite large area ( for dutch standards) .. they we;re sitting ducks.
still its an honor to have names like brooklyn (Breukelen in dutch) Harlem (Haarlem,the dutch city still exists!) and how Broadway (Breeweg in dutch ,means broad way) and Wall street was (wal straat , wal means shore)
and now we can add sleepy hollow to that!
hope you read this,
big fan of your work,clssic console collecter myself,
you’r movies absolutely make my day!
De groeten, like we say in dutch,
Greets from groningen NL
Very awesome video, James! I remember reading the book and watching the Tim Burton movie in middle school. Amazing story! There’s also another place that has always a Halloween charm in the air is Salem, Massachusetts. You should check it out there sometime. Keep up the good work and ROCK ON!!!!
I’ve always been fascinated with this story, since I saw the Disney version on “A Disney Halloween” as a kid in the 80’s. Judging by the atmosphere in your video of it, it seems to be as disquieting there as seems in the story, especially the wooded areas. I would love to visit the actual town one of these days, and maybe I will in the near future, hopefully. Sorta sucks being stuck on the west coast all the time. :B
great work, as always, james! i really enjoyed this video, especially the narration. it’s a great thing to see people, like you, committed to prose through different media, a real treat. keep it up!
I think this is definitely one of the videos you’ve put more time an thought into, and it shows. Very nice, but as a New Englander, I’ve got to argue in favor of Salem, MA being the Halloween capitol of the world.
Can I just say James that I thoroughly enjoyed that video, if you could more of these that would be great (of course only do so if you have the time and patience, I don’t want to be one to pressurise)
awesome .. keep coming back to your site.. just really like what you do thumbs up man !
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I remember that I’ve watched this cartoon as a kid. Man, did it scared the crap out of me…
And the movie with Johnny Depp is just another reason why I LOVE Tim Burton!
The most fun part of this story? I’m also Hessian – not a headless with a horse, but a horseless with a head ^^ !
Awesome, a great story that has obviously captured many people’s imagination accompanied by a well thought out narrative and fun video about a place I didn’t know actually existed!
I don’t know if you caught this while you were there, but evidently Sleepy Hollow cemetery is also where failed video game titles go to die.
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the first experience i had with this was when are you afraid of the dark had an episode similar to this i have read the book im now enteraning the idea of going to sleepy hollow which is bout an hour from my house
How did I miss this?? This was spectacular, I love the Sleepy Hollow legend!
Actually, Sleepy Hallow kind of wasn’t real. The town was based off of Tarrytown, which changed it’s name to Sleepy Hallow after the book was published in order to attract tourism.
Like always a awesome video.
I´m interested in this story too and it`s great to see the real sleepy hollow, where it took place. Here in germany the headless horseman is part of the folklore, specially in the west around the Rhein-River.
I have some disappointing news. I moved to Sleepy Hollow in 2005 and I lived there for a little over 2 years. I was saddened to learn not long after I moved there that the story was not named after the town. The town was named after the story in the mid 90’s. Sleepy Hollow was not a town but rather a secluded glen in Tarrytown.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrytown,_New_York