In 1781, at the height of the Revolutionary War, a French Paymaster carrying wages for the Allied Army’s troops stopped at an inn in Canton, Connecticut. Unable to speak English, he took a hasty meal and then retired for the evening. The landlord said that he left the premises before daylight, but neither the Paymaster nor his gold were ever seen again. In the decades following, however, many claimed to have seen a headless apparition riding a horse in the nearby woods, trying to locate something - or someone. A coincidence, or an eerie murder mystery? In this scintillating talk, local folklorist Kara LaBella will discuss the "true" story of the Headless Horseman and the similarities between the Canton legend and Washington Irving's classic tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Registration is required; please sign up below!