The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is set circa 1790 in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (based on Tarrytown, New York), in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky, and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with the town rowdy for the hand of Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter of a wealthy farmerl.
As Crane leaves the Van Tassels' party on an autumn night, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman, who is supposedly the ghost of a trooper who had his head shot off by a cannonball during the Revolutionary War.
Narrated by Martin Jarvis for BBC.
As Crane leaves the Van Tassels' party on an autumn night, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman, who is supposedly the ghost of a trooper who had his head shot off by a cannonball during the Revolutionary War.
Narrated by Martin Jarvis for BBC.