15 Sleepy Hollow Trivia Facts

 

Ichabod (Tom Mison) watches Abbie (Nicole Beharie) do computer research on the TV show Sleepy Hollow.To celebrate Sleepy Hollow’s Season 3 premiere on October 1, TV Recappers’ Delight is serving up a seven-day lovefest. Here are 33 tidbits Sleepyheads should know.

  1. The first Sleepy Hollow resident killed by the Headless Horseman as Jimmy Oglevie, owner of Fox Creek Stables.
  2. According to Katrina’s headstone, she was 32 at the time of her death.
  3. The leftenant says that the first time Ichabod called her Abbie was in “The Sin Eater” episode. (That’s what we were going with, but reader Cindy informs us that the first time was actually in the pilot and she was correct. Thanks, Cindy!)Sherfif Reyes visits Captain Irving at Tarrytown Psychiatric on Sleepy Hollow.
  4. The shirts on Tarrytown Psychiatric patients reads TPI, but on Sheriff Reyes’ file it’s Tarrytown Psychiatric Hospital.
  5. The GPS app Waze gave users the option of hearing Tom Mison voice directions as Ichabod Crane, but it’s no longer available.  (Maybe he was inspired by Yolanda.)
  6. Grace Dixon was married to Joseph, a pastor at Trinity Church.
  7. Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, and Dobbs Ferry are the names of real neighboring villages in Westchester County, New York, where the show is set.
  8. In “The Midnight Ride,” Ichabod  affectionately says: “Paul Revere, you rum beggar.” In “Bad Blood,” Mr. Crane called Ichabod the same thing.
    Sleepy Hollow's Hawley and Abbie chat in a bar in "Heartless."

    Photo courtesy of Fox

  9. Actor Matt Barr, who played Nick Hawley, starred in a 2009 thirteen-episode whodunnit Harper’s Island. The main character’s name was Abby Mills.
  10. In real-life Dutch immigrant, Frederick s Philipse was the architect and financier of the Old Dutch Church. There is no Fredericks Manor in Sleepy Hollow, NY, but there is a Philipse Manor
    Ichabod (Tom Mison) and Abbie (Nicole Beharie) visit a mystical portal to the lost colony of Roanoke on the "John Doe" episode of Sleepy Hollow.

    Photo courtesy of Fox

  11. Tom Mison, is 6′ 1″ Nicole Beharie is 5’1″
  12. The Horseman of War, the Wendigo, Moloch, Sandman and the Scarecrow/Tree monster were all portrayed by actor Marti Matulis.
  13. At the time of Sleepy Hollow’s debut the real-life Sleepy Hollow had one black woman on the police force, Officer Wendy Yancey on the force. She was also the only woman on the force and got to meet Nicole Beharie at New York Comic Con in 2013.
  14. The real-life Village of Sleepy Hollow was originally incorporated as North Tarrytown but adopted the name Sleepy Hollow in 1996. The 2010 census report listed the population at under 10,00, not 144,00 as on the show.
  15. Abbie and Jenny were not the first to see Moloch in the woods. In 1882, a farmer reportedly saw the Moloch and the four white trees.
Elaine G. Flores, Chief Editor
Elaine is the chief editor of TV Recappers' Delight. She's an experienced entertainment reporter, reviewer, editor, blogger, columnist and Bon Vivant.

2 thoughts on “15 Sleepy Hollow Trivia Facts”

  1. Cindy says:

    Contrary to what she said in Sin Eater, that was the third time Crane called her Abbie. The first time was in the pilot.

    1. Elaine F. says:

      Really? That is an amazingly good catch. I will give you credit with the update.

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