Dossier: Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson River Valley

The legend comes to life with Jonathan Kruk in the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow

Jonathan Kruk in a performance of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow in the Old Dutch Church, October 20, 2010. To view more Sleepy Hollow pictures, click here

View of Old Dutch Church Burial ground from the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. View larger or see more spooky churches by clicking here. The Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow has been perched on the hill overlooking the Pocantico River and the Albany Post Road for well over 300 years. As a young [...]

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Horseman’s Hollow: Sleepy Hollow goes for the jugular

Horseman's Hollow in Sleepy Hollow, New York

Horseman’s Hollow, Sleepy Hollow, New York. Click here to view more images from Horseman’s Hollow to view larger   When I was a kid I used to love haunted house attractions. It probably started with a visit to the Haunted Mansion at Disney World, and was fed almost every year by some form of Halloween [...]

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True Confessions: In which the author relates his own encounters in the land of Sleepy Hollow

Guest bedroom at Washington Irving's Sunnyside in Irvington, New York

In which the author relates his tale of spooks in the cemetery of the Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow, and ghostly laughter at Irving’s Sunnyside

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The Pursuit of Ichabod Crane, from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving

Into Sleepy Hollow, Irvington, Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is perhaps America’s best known and most loved ghost story, told by the first great American author, Washington Irving. The Gothic Cabinet of Curiosities and Mysteries traces the route of Ichabod Crane that fateful night, in modern-day Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow.

An excerpt from Return to Sleepy Hollow. Click here to read the full essay.

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