Ichabod Crane Obituary

Ichabod Crane was a young lad that moved to Sleepy Hollow, New York from his home state of Connecticut.  He was a schoolteacher in Sleepy Hollow and gave music lessons, where he met the heiress of Bault Van Tassel, Katrina Van Tassel.  As time went on, Mr. Crane learned from the ole Dutch wives some of their favorite haunted stories from the surrounding areas, and a particular favorite was of the Headless Horseman, a Hessian soldier who lost his head during a war.  His body is rumored to have been buried in the church graveyard of Sleep Hollow and he roams the night in search of his lost head.  Ichabod believed in witchcraft and its components, and to believed, in the legend of the Headless Horseman.

One night on his way home from a party at the Van Tassel’s, Mr. Crane encountered the horseman and was never heard from again.  Not much was found of Mr. Crane, except for the smashed pumpkin that had been thrown at him, hoof prints, and his hat.  Some of the townsfolk believe Abraham Van Brunt pulled a prank on Ichabod by using his fears against him in order to have nobody else in the running to take Katrina Van Tassel away from him; others believe Ichabod ran away to another city and remained under the radar, but was able to tell his story of the Headless Horseman; and there are those who believe in the tale and that Ichabod passed away the night he encountered the horseman.