Ghosts of Sleepy Hollow

A special reissue of my haunted interviews, 2015

Sleepy Hollow is the opposite of a ghost town in the metaphoric sense this time of year, when crowds have hit many thousands at our recent parade and festivals. But, according to some, we are indeed a literal ghost town where the living dead abound.

I thought Halloween and the Dia de los Muertos to follow is a fine time to revisit the oral history episode I once recorded at Warner Library with four women with four haunting stories from Sleepy Hollow/Tarrytown area homes and bars, from Webber Park where everyone and their awful sidekick trick-or-treats tonight, to the old Set Back Inn and J.P. Doyle’s bars, and featuring a cat that won’t quit, a Confederate soldier, a man on a roof, and more.

The audio—in two segments with one group conversation, and with one with a neighbor in her haunted 1920s house near our famous cemetery—came with an accompanying article in the Hudson Independent. Read more and give a listen below.

“It’s just part of the charm that is Sleepy Hollow.”

Happy haunting! [And not to worry, we will return to the Ugly Contest as planned, round 2 on Saturday.]

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