No, we’re not saying that a literal headless ghost haunts the village of Sleepy Hollow on horseback. During the Battle of White Plains, though, some historians believe that an actual Hessian ...

OWING TO THE POPULAR LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, AS DEPICTED IN BOOKS ... THE GHOST OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN IS A HESSIAN TROOPER WHOSE HEAD WAS BLOWN OFF IN A WESTCHESTER BATTLE, AND WHO HAS ...