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* In the ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' episode "The Dark Rider", a killer lures several victims to their deaths by masquerading as a headless horseman from local legend.

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* In the ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' episode "The "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS15E1 The Dark Rider", Rider]]", a killer lures several victims to their deaths by masquerading as a headless horseman from local legend.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CostumeQuest'': Wren's costume in "Baking is Best with Friends" is [[PunnyName Headless Horse-Wren]], actually.

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* ''WesternAnimation/CostumeQuest'': ''WesternAnimation/CostumeQuest2019'': Wren's costume in "Baking is Best with Friends" is [[PunnyName Headless Horse-Wren]], actually.
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* A non-supernatural but still creepy example would be the French Colonel Louis-Charles-Henry de Lafutsun de Lacarre during the French cavalry charge at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wörth battle of Wörth]] (UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar, 1870), who was beheaded by a Prussian shell. The horse continued to charge with the headless body standing on it.

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* A non-supernatural but still creepy example would be the [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades French Colonel Colonel]] Louis-Charles-Henry de Lafutsun de Lacarre during the French cavalry charge at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wörth battle of Wörth]] (UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar, 1870), who was beheaded by a Prussian [[UsefulNotes/PrussiansInPickelhauben Prussian]] shell. The horse continued to charge with the headless body standing on it.
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* A non-supernatural but still creepy example would be the French Colonel Louis-Charles-Henry de Lafutsun de Lacarre during the French cavalry charge at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wörth battle of Wörth]] (UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar), who was beheaded by a Prussian shell. The horse continued to charge with the headless body standing on it.

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* A non-supernatural but still creepy example would be the French Colonel Louis-Charles-Henry de Lafutsun de Lacarre during the French cavalry charge at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wörth battle of Wörth]] (UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar), (UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar, 1870), who was beheaded by a Prussian shell. The horse continued to charge with the headless body standing on it.
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* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'', a monster known as a "Headless Honcho" is fought near the beginning of the second act. Notably, its shield has a face on it that talks on behalf of the headless body. Various weaker variants of this monster appear as low level {{Mook}}s throughout the rest of the game, not all of which have horses.

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* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'', a monster known as a "Headless Honcho" is fought near the beginning of the second act. Notably, its shield has a face on it that talks on behalf of the headless body. Various weaker variants of The Headless Horsemen, Headless Hunters, and Headless Norsemen make their debut in this monster appear as low level {{Mook}}s throughout the rest of the game, not all of which have horses.while the Dullahans, Dark Dullahans, and Hell’s Gatekeepers from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'' reappear in this game.
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* Children's author and poet Jack Prelutsky has a 1980 book called ''The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight'', which naturally includes a poem about this character.

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* Children's author and poet Jack Prelutsky has a 1980 book called ''The ''Literature/TheHeadlessHorsemanRidesTonightMorePoemsToTroubleYourSleep'': In "The Headless Horseman", the black-clad Headless Horseman Rides Tonight'', which naturally includes rides an alabaster steed upon the wind. Beneath his left arm it holds its skeletal head with its "harsh and hollow" voice while with his right arm he wields a poem about this character.scythe. The horseman may or may not be a psychopomp. On one hand, he rides to take a soul with him and anyone could be that soul. On the other hand, the horseman's overall look taps into that of the Grim Reaper and he's also referred to as the "minister of death".
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Tales of headless riders have existed in folklore for centuries, most notably the Irish legend of the Dullahan (see below for examples), but the TropeCodifier is Creator/WashingtonIrving[='s=] story ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' (although it's arguably an UnbuiltTrope there, as it is strongly implied that the Headless Hessian that pursues Ichabod Crane in the climax is actually local rowdy Brom Bones [[ScoobyDooHoax playing a prank]] to scare the shit out of the schoolmaster, his would-be romantic rival).

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Tales of headless riders have existed in folklore for centuries, most notably the Irish legend of the Dullahan (see below for examples), Dullahan, but the TropeCodifier is Creator/WashingtonIrving[='s=] story ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' (although it's arguably an UnbuiltTrope there, as it is strongly implied that the Headless Hessian that pursues Ichabod Crane in the climax is actually local rowdy Brom Bones [[ScoobyDooHoax playing a prank]] to scare the shit out of the schoolmaster, his would-be romantic rival).
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* ''Literature/KonoSuba'': The first of the Demon King's generals Kazuma and his party face is Beldia, a headless knight who's explicitly identified as a Dullahan. Interestingly, his horse is also headless.
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Tales of headless riders have existed in folklore for centuries, most notably the Irish legend of the Dullahan (see below for examples), but the TropeCodifier is Creator/WashingtonIrving[='s=] story "Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow" (although it's arguably an UnbuiltTrope there, as it is strongly implied that the Headless Hessian that pursues Ichabod Crane in the climax is actually local rowdy Brom Bones [[ScoobyDooHoax playing a prank]] to scare the shit out of the schoolmaster, his would-be romantic rival).

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Tales of headless riders have existed in folklore for centuries, most notably the Irish legend of the Dullahan (see below for examples), but the TropeCodifier is Creator/WashingtonIrving[='s=] story "Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow" ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' (although it's arguably an UnbuiltTrope there, as it is strongly implied that the Headless Hessian that pursues Ichabod Crane in the climax is actually local rowdy Brom Bones [[ScoobyDooHoax playing a prank]] to scare the shit out of the schoolmaster, his would-be romantic rival).
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* "Halloween Hound: The Legend of Creepy Collars" is the second-season premiere of ''Series/{{Wishbone}}''. In this episode Wishbone imagines himself as Ichabod Crane and reenacts the Headless Horseman story in his imagination as his owner, a boy named Joe Talbot, goes on a Halloween night scavenger hunt.

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* "Halloween "[[Recap/WishboneS2E01And02TheLegendOfCreepyCollarsParts1And2 Halloween Hound: The Legend of Creepy Collars" Collars]]" is the second-season premiere of ''Series/{{Wishbone}}''. In this episode Wishbone imagines himself as Ichabod Crane and reenacts the Headless Horseman story in his imagination as his owner, a boy named Joe Talbot, goes on a Halloween night scavenger hunt.
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* A preschool-friendly variant, No-Noggin the Headless ''Scarecrow'', appears in the Halloween special from ''WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge''. It's said to kick peoples' hats off out of jealousy, having lost its own pumpkin head.
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* Dark Horse Comics has put out at least one annual Halloween anthology comic titled "Headless Horseman" in which the title character plays host to the various stories, ala the Crypt Keeper. However, from the cut of the uniform worn, and from the cleavage our host displays when wearing a bathrobe whilst playing video games (long story), it is obvious that she is a headless horse''woman''.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'': Dagath is a Warframe inspired by the legend of the Headless Horseman. She was once a servant, but was betrayed twice by her Orokin masters: the first betrayal killed her Kaithe (a horse-like creature) but also mortally wounded her, leading her to be turned into a Warframe as an EmergencyTransformation; the second time was an attempt at outright murdering her, which [[TheFaceless turned her face into a big hole]] but failed to kill her. She then took revenge on her masters, before roaming the land on [[HellishHorse the ghost of her Kaithe]], demanding offerings from travellers who encounter her. In gameplay, her abilities have her summon {{Sinister Scythe}}s, attune to the spirit realm for buffs, and calling forth a stampede of ghostly horses to trample her foes.
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he's out looking for a head to swap\\

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he's He's out looking for a head to swap\\
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->''With a hip-hip and a clippity-clop,\\
he's out looking for a head to swap.\\
So don't try to figure out a plan.\\

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->''With a hip-hip and a clippity-clop,\\
clippity-clop\\
he's out looking for a head to swap.\\
swap\\
So don't try to figure out a plan.\\plan\\

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