The Headless Horseman is a ghost horseman who is looking for his head. According to one legend, the headless horseman is a Hessian cavalryman who died during the American War of Independence, whose head was torn off. The body was buried without a head, and since then the restless soul rises every night from the underworld in search of its head. The headless horseman was also mentioned in the famous story Sleepy Hollow.