Chasing Hazel's Tales - A Family History Podcast · Kimberly McLaughlin & Laura Ireland - Music by Andrew Mclaughlin

Ep 31 - 1.4 Million People Can't Be Wrong

·32 min·3 clips
A gravestone for three children uniquely states they 'drowned together while playing with a sled on the ice' in 1821, a rare historical detail.
Hosts Kim and Laura recount their trip to Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, New York, blending family history research with experiencing local Halloween festivities. They visit cemeteries to find ancestral graves, attend events like the Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze and the Tarrytown Halloween Parade, and share a viral TikTok moment from the trip.

As heard by us

A Sleepy Hollow walk turns a grave marker into the sharpest history in the episode.

Kim and Laura turn a Sleepy Hollow weekend into a good family-history ramble, with Halloween timing, a mascot joke, and just enough headless-horseman anxiety to keep it moving.

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Why you'd press play

For a Sleepy Hollow stop that lands on one unforgettable grave.

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