The Horseman was a Hessian soldier hired to suppress the American Revolution. During the war, the Horseman was one of 51 Hessians killed in a battle for Chatterton Hill, wherein his head was severed by an American cannonball. He was buried in a graveyard outside a church. Thereafter he appears as a ghost, who presents to nightly travelers an actual danger (rather than the largely harmless fright produced by the majority of ghosts), presumably of decapitation.

Around 1790, the Horseman supposedly haunted the small town of Sleepy Hollow, New York. A school teacher named Ichabod Crane was never seen again after being pursued by the Horseman, though he may have simply been scared off by his rival, Brom Bones.

All published appearances of Headless Horsemen from before January 1, )-(95)}} are public domain in the US.

Some Notable Appearances are listed below:

*The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

*Jumbo Comics vol. 2 #11 [35]: Stuart Taylor travels back in time and discovers Brom Bones impersonating the Headless Horseman to scare Ichabod Crane.

*Whiz Comics #30: Ibis the Invincible battles the Headless Horseman and sends him back to his grave.

*Blue Bolt vol. 6 #8 [64] : Sergeant Spook investigates reports that the Headless Horseman is once again haunting Sleepy Hollow, but discovers that the spectre is merely the result of special effects.

*Spook Comics #22: Reprints story from Blue Bolt #v6#8.

*A Treasury of Horses

* Amazing Mystery Funnies #19, Arrow #2: Betty is a woman in late 1800s Nebraska who disguised herself as the Headless Horseman to fight crime in the Wild West.

*The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1912)
*The Headless Horseman (1922)
*The Headless Horseman (1934)

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*[http://www.comicvine.com/headless-horseman/29-53680/ Comic Vine]
*[http://shrek.wikia.com/wiki/Headless_Horseman Shrek Wiki]
*[https://fictional-characters-in-media.fandom.com/wiki/Headless_Horseman Fictional Characters in Media Wiki]
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