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🗓️ 13 October 2023
⏱️ 2 minutes
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0:00.0 | It seemed so perfect, so full of promise. |
0:09.9 | He was the new teacher in town, friendly and ambitious. |
0:15.2 | She was the beautiful daughter of a rich landowner, a match made in heaven. |
0:21.8 | All he had to do was tell her so. |
0:26.1 | He would stake his claim at the biggest party of the year, the whole town would gather |
0:30.5 | around to see his triumph. |
0:34.6 | But what happened? |
0:35.6 | It was not love. |
0:37.7 | Oh no. |
0:39.7 | It was nothing like love. |
0:42.9 | A heart-stopping chase in the dead of night, a monster on horseback, closer and closer, |
0:49.8 | a last, horrible sight. |
0:54.1 | And then silence. |
0:59.8 | What happened in that dark and lonely place is a question that's haunted the town for |
1:04.8 | 200 years. |
1:07.2 | Maybe now, you'll know. |
1:10.4 | I'm Keith Morrison. |
1:12.5 | Come with me to the town of Sleeby Hollow, just north of New York City. |
1:18.0 | The first stop in our new podcast series, where we'll bring you classic works of fiction |
1:23.5 | stories, so chilling. |
1:26.2 | You may end up clutching your bed covers a little tighter at night. |
1:32.0 | And because it's Halloween, we're starting with Washington Irvings, the legend of Sleeby |
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