Headless Hessians and Other German Tales from the Revolution
Feb 26, 2022•59 min
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Episode description
The American Revolution gave author Washington Irving inspiration for one of the greatest ghost stories in American history: the Headless Horseman. Emerging Revolutionary War historians with special guest Hessian historian Ross Schwalm, dive into this tale and others on Halloween night, looking at the facts upon which Irving based his famous fictional tale on.
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