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Tonight, during our second annual October Classic Horror Series,

we'll read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a Gothic story by American author

Washington Irving, written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England.

It is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween.

The Headless Horseman was believed to be a Heshin soldier. Heshins was was what the Americans called German soldiers who fought for the British

during the Revolutionary War. If you enjoy this story,

be sure to check out Snuscast's earlier episode

of Rip Van Winkle, Part 1 and Part 2,

also written by Irving.

Let's get cozy.

Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson

at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators, the Tappanze.

And where they always prudently shortened sale and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed.

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