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by Washington Irving
1 hour, 26 minutes
Unabridged Horror Story
1819
Irving’s most famous story about Ichabod Crane–a timid schoolmaster and superstitious outsider in the the haunted Dutch community of Tarry Town–and his fateful encounter with the ghost of a Revolutionary War soldier: the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
Note: only the first part (of two total) will be podcasted; the MP3, AAC, and Ogg Vorbis downloads include the full recordings. Read by Alex Wilson.
Originally for sale on October 26, 2004, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
Washington Irving (1783-1859) was a New York author considered to be the Father of the American Short Story. "If the tales I have furnished should prove to be bad," he commented on the form, "they will at least be found short." He is best known for the stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle."
Alex Wilson is a writer and actor from northern Ohio and now based in Carrboro, North Carolina. His stories and comics have appeared/will appear in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Rambler, Outlaw Territory II (Image Comics), Weird Tales, Futurismic, LCRW and elsewhere. Locus has called him a "promising new writer," and Publishers Weekly also has nice things to say. Website)
Alex has performed lead roles in the North American premiere of (Richard Taylor's musical) Whistle Down the Wind and (Emmy-nominated director Jack Lucido's film) The Third Cord. He has recently appeared in the Deep Dish Theater productions of Hedda Gabler and Moon for the Misbegotten, and recorded narrations for Escape Pod and Night Shade Books. (Acting Resume/Reel) On early Telltale recordings, Alex is sometimes credited as "Alexander Wilson." He founded Telltale in 2004.
Tags: 1-2 hours, 1819, 19th Century AD, 2004 Release, 2009 Release, Alex Wilson (reader), Fiction, Free, Ghosts, Horror, Mystery, Podcast, SF Story, Washington Irving