Sleepy Hollow

The Headless Horseman was a soldier whose head was shot off by a cannonball in the town of Sleepy Hollow during the American Revolutionary War.

Every night he can be heard riding his horse to the scene of his death, in constant search for his head.

Those who encounter his spectre in the night offer suffer his wrath, losing their lives as well as their heads.

The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow is often associated with Halloween.