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The Irish Dullahan not only helped inspire The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, but as Dr. Zarka will show, they are much scarier than Washington Irving’s monster.
These headless monsters of Celtic lore are connected to horses, carriages, and graveyards-and they cannot be defeated. Oscar Wilde even called them “the most terrible thing in the world.”
The dullahan can be male or female, but they are always headless, a characteristic that makes sense given Ireland’s social and religious history. Ultimately this monster is a personification of death, a monster that reminds us all not to “lose our heads” in more ways than one. #dullahan #headlesshorseman #MonstrumPBS
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The Leviathan would be an interesting pick! Eh, eh?
Either Leviathan or Behemoth, maybe both!
@@320Death Leviathan, Behemoth and Ziz
Definitely
Juan Camilo Rojas Romero they did the kraken
Juan Camilo Rojas Romero nah. The old red eyes is much better
It's incredible that a channel like yours can just pop into existence at such a level of quality! Though it only pops into existence from the viewer's perspective, I imagine it took a lot of work on your part.
Thank you! The whole team works hard.
It being apart of PBS would help sooo...
PBS got that money...
@@D.Z.A.-kp8lf and I'm glad they funded this passion
@@NeocrimsonX me too.. one of my favorite channels
This is gonna be a great channel.
1 year Correction: Yep, I was right.
Two episodes in and it already is
thanks to your comment I just realized, that it has only less than 60k subs :O I thought always it has much more since it was featured in some videos of some other channels
100%
YOOOOOOOO exactly!! >:)
True that
0:47 "She's beautiful.. she's rich.. she's got HUUUUGE... Tracts of Land!"
Jocose Sonata but father.... I don’t want land.
@@c0nqu3st5 listen Alice
Pahrul Afrizal Herbert!
Always these golddigging men.
her father's treaty deals bring all the boys to the yard!
Katrina is not demonized in Sleepy Hollow, but rather is vindicated by the end of the film. Her stepmother is evil, yes, but there are a lot more evil men in the movie than women. Also, not to be too nitpicky, but Ichabod is actually a greedy Old World Puritan in the original story, whereas Bones represents rugged Americanism. He is actually smarter than Ichabod, a hard worker, and LOVES Katrina rather than coveting her father's lands (like Ichabod). Irving hated men like Ichabod Crane.
thank you!
Bull women are the most evil of the world
Yeah it was obvious Ichabod was mostly after money and land, having the beautiful Katrina was just a plus in his book
Yeah, what a terrible take to just gloss over in this video.
What a shift the Disney flick did to Ichabod and Bones, then. Guess they figured that they needed the victim of the Horseman to be a protagonist instead of someone getting his just desserts.
real Dullahan: you or a family member will die!
anime dullahan: i'm here to flirt with the protagonist.
Aaaaaand you've both just summed up what I hate about anime
Also anime dullahan: is a shy motorcycle rider in a relationship with a mad doctor
You reminded me of lala the dullahan. Is that right?
A man of culture I see
Celty - durarara
Lala - monster musume
Yuri alpha - overlord
Verdia - konosuba
Kyouko machi - demi-chan wa kataritai
Sleepy Hollow did not Demonize women. The villain wasn't evil because she was a woman, it was because of greed. The young woman, who's name I forget, was a white witch, if she even was a witch, probably even a wicken?
Katrina Van Tassel was her name and you mean Wiccan.
Dr.Zarka, I think that you've gotten Katrina VanTassel confused with her step mother
Katrina is a good witch( in the film ,Jonathan Masbath says " A Strange sort of witch,with a kind & gentle heart ") lady VAn Tassel is the maleficant Witch.. she governs the horseman
My favorite dullahan is Celty Sturluson!
The anime/manga didn't make it in here, but I'm glad someone else knows about it!
@@pbsstoriedThat series introduced me to the term as well but the Legend of Sleepy Hollow has made a far larger impact in our culture so it was the understandable you use Irving's short story as the example to explain what a Dullahan is
Spoiler Alert!
She's Celt, but you knew that... also she's HOT!(even without a head)
They usually mention modern pop culture in these. I was excited to hear them talk about Celty, but great video nonetheless.
Mine is Beldia from Konosuba.
UA-cam really needed mythical, legendary, epic and monstrous channel like Monstrum. Please put plenty videos thanks
I would love to see an episode about some of our Indigenous Australian folklore. Maybe start with a look at the Bunyip?
Gareth Tudor I’d even like to see a yowie
Gareth Tudor- A bunyip? is that like our jack o lope?
@@djmajiktuch82 I wouldn't say so. I don't know much about the Bunyip but I believe it's a mythological creature that may actually be more like a long memory transmitted for many generations among the aboriginals. I read once that it may refer to a creature that disappeared about 50'000 years ago, right around the time the first aboriginals made it to Australia if I'm not mistaken. The theory was that they kept passing down the memory of this creature in their oral tradition all the way to the present, which is quite impressive.
Gareth Tudor you should check out the myths and legends podcast!
The Bunyip's a water monster that lives around still waterholes and is more often heard than seen. I think it'd make perfect material for the channel.
Great episode! Can you feature Filipino folklore too?
We have our own vampires (manananggal), giants (kape), demon babies (tiyanak), and centaurs (tikbalang), among others.😊
Coffee?
You mean "kapRe"? 😂
Not really supernatural but I'd really like to see the beginning of stories of mermaids
I’ve heard that they were most likely mistaken by manatees
Yeah ive heard the same thing
@@DeadlyAlienInvader
Mistaken FOR manatees, you mean.
Marlon Moncrieffe I’m afraid your mistaken
@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 no they mean manatees where mistaken for mermaids
I thought Tim Burton’s rendition of Sleepy Hollow was wonderful! I think they may have just revered some of the women as witches because of the hysteria including the trials and witchcraft, making it a more interesting, but also time-period accurate, film. I do not think it was meant to demonize women. It’s one of my favorite Halloween films and I love how Burton made it his own with the material he was given. Yet I love the back stories of all these monsters from folklore! I never knew so much went behind them and I love your videos!
Well, the ultimate punishment of the villainess (whose evil plan involved sex) included the monster looking at her meaningfully and forcefully and violently kissing her while tearing at her mouth and dragging her to hell.
Implied is, let's call it "sexualized punishment" for her sexualized villany.
Katrina is the opposite of her step-mother. She was not to blame for what was done to the Archer family.
@@aprilrichards762 Katrina was the opposite of her step-mother, she was the virginal love interest.
And moved into action not by an actual desire for truth, for an ending to the murders or even, really, that much by the murder of her father. What actually moves her into action is her love interest.
@@edisonlima4647 true. I love the movie though. The soundtrack is amazing.
Damn, I must really be old. Because I saw that movie years ago and didn’t get the same anti-woman or “demonization” of women vibe you folks are talking about The “sexualized punishment” for “sexualized villainy” as you put it seems more poetic that anti-woman. It fits the whole “live by the sword, die by the sword” trope.
As for Katrina, I never knew it was anti-woman or demonizes women for them to be motivated to uncover the truth to protect someone they love. It’s always seemed a human quality to me to want to help those closest to you.
I guess times really have changed. When compassion for the ones you love is seen as evil.
Sleepy Hollow was an awesome movie. I'll never understand why people dump on it so much. Ok, so, Katrina was a bit of a "damsel in distress" but, she was also smart, caring, devoted, brave, strong-willed, nonjudgmental, and had a strong moral compass.
Crazy their world view to project that negativity into the film.
@@odnewdylee- right? What's this guy talking about?
Great untill you played the femishit nonsense card, bye. It could have been a good channel
Sleepy Hollow by Burton is an amazing film. I Loved the reimagined story that draws from the old source material.
Agreed that line was out of no where.
Nathan Paul it’s so frustrating that she doesn’t even explain what she means. Claiming that the film is sexist and not providing examples is unfair to someone who is thinking about watching it for the first time.
Other then those weird comments I do like her videos.
Nathan Paul I like these videos too.
What does she exactly say? Demonization? Steamonization? I can't for the life of me hear what she is saying there.
I like to argue that Irving ... maybe didn't "demonize" women... but made women out to seem that they loved playing games, or at least Katrina did. I can't remember the whole line but it starts with "Oh these women, these WOMEN, could that girl be (playing him) Heaven knows not I" Really Irving? You're the writer of this short story, I feel like you'd know. For it seems like Irving had the main character as a gold digger, Bones was ... (maybe) in it for love? and Katrina is a harlot who's eyes will ever be wondering... or who will always love to keep Bones jealous.
I think she was talking about the Johnny Depp movie and not about Irving's short story when she said "It has issues, mostly the demonization of women".
@@edisonlima4647 but in what way?
How about monsters from Inuit legends, e.g. the Amautalik?
BTW, I'm really digging this series so far. Well done.
I first learned about the Headless Horseman from that one episode of the Sccoby-Doo Show, which had a lot of accurate references to the story
Except for the fact that Ichabod was dirt poor and as a result never lived in a mansion. As well as the fact that Ichabod survived the headless horseman encounter (the original story heavily implies that it was really just Brom Bones in disguise) and was frightened Into leaving town. He never returned to sleepy hollow because he would have ended up as the town laughing stock.
Tim Burton's version demonizes women? Really?...
Ichabod had a mother, whom he loved dearly and who's death he never recovered from. Katrina Van Tassal, his love interest, always used her powers and charms to help Ichabod at various times during the movie. Not to mention how important she was in the final showdown with the headless horseman.
Just because the story's main human villain was a woman, doesn't mean the whole film demonizes women.
Another thread of this folklore goes back to the Suebi and/or Cliff People of the Alps/Germany even prior to contact with (and kicking the butt of) the roman legions. They had a custom of "black riders" and/or night hunting, where they would paint themselves & their gear all black and go out to operate at night -- either hunting or fighting.
Other tribes were "intimidated" by their abilities in the dark, and black/night riders became the origin of many legends thereafter. Some tales said they could turn into black wolves or other shamanic forms/abilities similar to Skinwalkers in North American lore, then changed back into men when they returned home to their village & family with the food or victory.
In modern tales, this has been carried on not only as Headless, but also the songs "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and "Witch Wolf," a visual sequence in "The Song Remains the Same" by Led Zeppelin, and of course Tolkien's "black riders" in Lord of the Rings. After christianization, the riders were often translated as or associated with demonic forces and losing your soul, of course.
In reality, this "practice" never entirely went away, and it has been copied as best they can by commando corps in several modern militaries.
Excellent piece of education and entertainment. Thanks guys
.... Having a women being a villain doesn't mean you're demonizing them ! Great vid tho ....
Most of the men in that film were equally villainous but in ways that truely exist in life. It would have made more sense to show Mrs. Van Tassel as she was the true villain.
@@UA-camViolates1A , what the heck does any of Rob Zombies movies have to do with this movie?
@@coppersandsprite My bad, misread. I thought you were disagreeing and being defensive over the female character being "demonized". I mentioned Rob Zombie films to prove a point that men are demonized in movies too. So my fault.
@@UA-camViolates1A , no problem.
"Across Ireland, both male and female skeletons have been discovered with their heads forcibly removed."
As opposed to heads removed in a gentle, considerate manner?
Meaning the bones bore mark/s of swords and other sharp-edged trauma as opposed to being caused by disturbance during grave robbing or as part of the decomposition process.
J. K. Rowling's Headless Hunt sounds to me like a significantly sanitized offshoot of the Dullahan.
What, you don't think women can be villainous? Well that's sexist.
Weren't witches a thing in those times and were very feared?
I mean Christopher Walkin was a demon too.
Right?what about the demonization of men in that film. Gasp! And if I remember right, they suspected she (Riccis character) was a witch and....she was one. I get so annoyed when fact based videos always have just a little bit of "problematic" thrown in.
There is a difference between a villain being a woman, and a villain being a villain BECAUSE she is a woman. Which is the implication in that film.
@@Tinyvalkyrie410 now let's try reversing that argument and seeing how well it goes for ya. Also relating the actions of a few individuals to an entire group is your own perception problem.
TimeofRagnarok I don’t understand what you mean. I was just saying that it’s a problem when someone is portrayed as evil simply because of their gender... I would say the same regardless of the gender being targeted. It just happens that throughout history, usually it’s women (and trans people) that are targeted this way. I also don’t know what you mean about generalization? I was speaking specifically about the movie referenced in this video... specific, not general.
I had a rather interesting takeaway on the tale of the Headless Horseman: the rival, Brom, is the one who tells the tale of an encounter with the Horseman during the party, shortly before Ichabod's climactic encounter. Brom specified that *he* escaped once he crossed the river. But when Ichabod makes it across the river...he doesn't escape the flung pumpkin. That and a few other lines in the end--plus Brom's marriage to Katrina--has made me wonder if ol' Ichabod actually met a specter that night...or just a gussied-up, clever, and possibly cold-blooded fellow who'd come up with a foolproof way of disposing of his rival.
Yeah.. well the text of the story poses this idea rather directly. This is hardly some new interpretation.
I mostly enjoy these videos you put out Doctor......
but please stop injecting ID politics into them.
Demonization of women in the Sleepy Hollow-Movie? Srsly? Silly af, sry.
I love Celtic mythology! I hope you introduce more of them to everyone
Demonisation of women? There are 5 main women, an ordinary midwife who, despite her terror and brief screen time, impresses the viewer as she tries to protect her child; Ichabod's mother, who is described as an innocent child of nature and is murdered by her religious maniac husband; a bonkers psychic who tries to warn Ichabod; a young woman who desperately tries to use magic to protect her loved ones; and a vengeful villainess. The latter is even given a sort-of-understandable motive.
5 strong female characters, which is a higher proportion than most movies, and one of them wicked.
What application of the word "demonisation" is being used here?
I thought the same thing...
Im surprised y'all didnt mention celty sturlion from durarara as well.
Dr. Zarka, thank you for creating this channel. I followed you from Eons and you're the latest (and now favorite) of my subscribed PBS channels. Very well delivered cool info. Thank you, Konrad
I second Konrad's praise. I too, came over from Eons.
What a great way to learn about new things. I absolutely love this channel. I'm already waiting anxiously for the next video 😍
I've met a Dullahan once. I asked him where he was headed. He didn't answer.
Funny how different cultures match with some monsters in Mexico we know the dullahan as el jinete sin cabeza
During the Spanish colonial period any Roman catholic could become a citizen of the Spanish crown. Many Irishmen took advantage of that offer to escape the thumb of the never Irish friendly English and went to the americas to make. So it's not impossible that Mexican monster you mentioned may have the same Irish origin.
I guess cabeza means head then.
@@Ninjaananas right.
I've seen the Dullahan. When I was young it took my Auntie from my uncle and me. I remember it to this day.
*roars in Christopher Walken*
'Sleepy Hollow' is a great horror flick and does NOT demonize women!
@Marlon Moncrieffe I agree.
Half the witches were depicted as wonderful and loving women who were bright lights in a dreary puritanical world. The hermit witch though scary asf was actually very helpful and only the antagonist fit the bill of the stereotypical witch. I thought it was bashing the ultra religious and/or the intolerant because the puritans in the movie wanted to (and mostly did) destroy all science, innovation, and art. They also gave Ichabob PTSD for killing his mum just because she was a witch.
I love how you dress for the Monster Myth in each episode 👍👍👍
Thanks! There’s a nod to every monster or culture of its origin in each episode. Some are obvious, others more subtle. Keep your eyes peeled!
One of the more fascinating links between the folklore of the Dullahan and Washington Irving's story is that Irving's story is pretty open about Brom Bones using the infamous Horseman as a hoax to scare off Ichabod. A lot of speculation has been made about whether Irving's story was meant to describe how America didn't really have its own cultural identity, so Brom (a descendant of Dutch settlers) used a story heard from Scottish and/or Irish settlers, instead of an "American" story.
1:30 ok first of al lot hat movie was awesome! Not great but the kind of fun Tim burton can give us, and Laos not all the women are demonized.
1:20
Ahhh no, no women can be bad charaters in a movie too.
sayingthe thingstheywont yeah I made it to that point then I rolled my eyes and moved on.
Just a fair critisism, just tone down the political stuff. I want to listen about cryptids.
Best channel suggestion I had from UA-cam for a long while. Love the animation, lenght and subject. Idea: succubus
The Scandinavian 'troll' has an interesting history and folklore.
3:00
I am NOT About to ignore that solid violin solo in the background.
these videos would be amazing without the random political insertions.
This ain't the kind of educational content you usually see on UA-cam. I'm glad this channel exists! Hope to learn many more horrific tales!
🎬 Aw, I LOVE 'Sleepy Hollow' (1999)!
By the way, there was a great episode of 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?' based on the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
ITS THE DULLAHAN FFS
Shoutout to Celti Sturlison, a dulahan searching for her lost head in the streets of Tokyo!
KrazyKaiser Ikebukuro
@@rattheninja2877 Ikebukuro is a small part of Tokyo
Love Durarara
I'm not gonna lie, this video gave me chills and I don't even have close Irish roots! I had a relative in Ireland, centuries ago that was buried with a headless dog. I thought, "I'll never know why".🤔 Your video solved a weird family mystery for me😱 😨😅 I'll be sure to share this w/my dad.
DURARARA!!!!
Subbed. Love the history and narrative elements of this idea for a channel! Keep it up, and stay spooky, Professor!
I just adore Celtic legends and folklore!
How can a doctor be this cute?
Loved this episode, but Sleepy Hollow by Tim Burton did not, in my opinion, demonize women. I am a woman and I love this version of the story. It's just a dark fantasy MOVIE with good vs. evil witchcraft, with good being triumphant in the end. I think people have to quit overthinking and reaching for things that are just not there. It's a cool story, nothing more. I highly doubt the writer of the story sat there saying "let's see how evil we can make out women in general via this one woman controlling the forseman". I know I don't do that when I write. If I have an evil character, I want his or her vileness to come out in everything they do. It's how you build that character in the story. And in Sleepy Hollow, when she breaks the branch as a child, you see how she's been an "evil witch" from the start because of how she internalized being tossed out of the Archer cabin and her parent's deaths.
But on another note, can we take a moment to appreciate how hot Christopher Walken looked as the Hessian!! OMG I love him!!
"Including it's demonization of women"
Is this going to be one those kinds of channels?
@Carnivorus I just watched someone else's video about the dullahan. Lol
@La Tigresa del Mar Get a life tough guy.
Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow was awesome, even if it's not that accurate to the source material.
But what the hell is this about "demonizing women"? Just because the villain is a woman, it's suddenly demonizing women now???
@The Horned King i agree.
It's just stupidity
The Horned King I think it’s cos all the main female characters were witches in some way.
I thought it was the first big budget movie since The Wizard of Oz to portray a white/good witch, so I thought that was odd, too.
The main villain isn't even a woman it's a headless man.
Actually in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ichibod Crane was obsessed with scary books and he read about a book that matched the figure he saw that scared him out of the town, so you're right.
I looove the story of Sleepy Hallow
To quote Thor "More!" *Smashes Glass
I think you mean, "Another!"
Interesting how you pulled in the cultural history of decapitations in Ireland. It's fascinating how everything rolls together into monster stories.
Side note: I like the skull necklace.
I’d love to see a video on Oedipus & the Sphinx, and anything on feline monsters.
I saw a headless or at least faceless nun once. The dogs in my neighborhood were barking then they all went silent. I looked out the window and saw a nun with no head, just black emptiness under her habit, glue down the alleyway. Once she was gone, the dogs started up again. Scared the crap out of me. This was in a town near
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
There is a urban legand of a headless nun
@@jhettarce1 near the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area? Oh, glue is supposed to GLIDE. Ugh, damn autocorrect!
@@aprilrichards762 no but I'm pretty sure it's a Canadian urban legand
@@jhettarce1 Can you tell me about it?
@@aprilrichards762 so a Nun from France went to Canada to help them because the British wanted to take over land. So she went there and helped the Canadians as much as she could. She was then asked to protect their treasure. So she decided to bury it. But two men came and threaten her for the money. She didn't say the location, so she was beaten and her head was cut off. The Canadians found her body but her head was missing. They sent her body back to France to be buried. And it is said that her spirit wanders around hurting nobody, just trying to help others.
Hey, cool new channel!
Nice atmosphere and graphics, and a great host.
How about a video about Baba Yaga?
But demonization of men is fine tho. 🤣
Whataboutism.
@@Ninjaananas not wrong tho
God i hate the feminist undertones in this. Women or witches can be villains too you know.
Still a pretty good video
@Boomer Bomb I agree.
My wife and I love that movie! "Demonization of women" pah!
Yeah, that kinda ruined the video for me a little. The movie is set during a time period and place where a bit of lingering witch hysteria probably was common.
Keep the your politics out of the video.
The moment she says "demonization of women", she puts an actual sweet, pure angel of a character on screen.
@@TheOnlyTherazan one of the main heroic characters, yeah like,wut?
Awesome! I didn't realize (never thought about it actually) that the Irving story was based upon something older. Fascinating!
Any thoughts on the Dullahan characters popping in various anime in recent years?
“…keeps you sober…”
Ah, I see you’ve never actually met an Irishman. Lol
Other PBS channels should support this channel more often!
"Imagine if the Headless Horseman had a headless horse..that would just be chaos!" Mitch Hedberg
Silliness aside, stumbled on this channel a couple weeks back&am really digging it. Emily is a great host, the stories about the various folklore is informative and interesting, and the animation is her cool as well. Kudos to y'all.
Love dullahan is one of my favorite mythological creatures
Really enjoying this channel! Keep up the great work!
This would be a great video, except for the ridiculous statement regarding women in Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow.
What make no sense?
Eh, she should have used the step-mother's picture.
so how long do we have to wait for "The Mother-in-Law"?
This channel is so underrated. Very high quality and very informative :O
Does anyone know that occasionally, a spectral headless horseman appears in a video game? In Elder scrolls V, skyrim. I have seen it a couple times myself. It is rarely seen, though. Thought it would be an interesting anecdote.
Wow this video is really aHEAD of its time 🤣
"Movie had a lot of problems, including its demonetization of women."
Excuse me, but Evil has long been an equal opportunity employer and frankly you should apologize for denigrating the countless women in our ranks with your insistence that women should not ever be considered evil or villainous. Those women worked hard and did many great and terrible things to join the ranks of evil, and to disrespect their efforts and insist that the realm of evil be solely dominated by men is frankly sexist, insulting, and bigoted.
What's next, insisting that "people of color" should never be evil as well?
...demonetization of women?...what about Micah transactions?
Lucius Sulla shut it boomer
Noob
I LOVED Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow and I thought Katrina was a really cool character with bad-ass powers as a white witch.
For some reason I confuse this legend with the stupid Nicolas Cage movie
The film based on a Marvel comic book?
Ghost Rider.
Probably inspired by this
Would make sense.
I love the Dullahan! Headless monsters have fascinated me ever since I was little, after watching the TV Show “Seven Little Monsters,” which features one with a removable head.
A certain Dullahan named Celty Sturluson may be more known to modern audiences. She appears in the anime “Durarara!!” and is on a quest to recover her own stolen head, a quest that leads her to Japan. Her horse has the powr to shapeshift, taking on the appearance of a motorcycle to better blend in with modern Japan. It’s quite interesting!
I’d love to know what the music you guys used in the background is called. Love the part where the violin comes in, really added intensity to the subject of the video. Great quality video 👍🏼
This series would be better if you’d stop talking about how women are “demonized”, feminist ideas, and racism references in almost every video. Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker were not addressing racism issues in their novels about Frankenstein and Dracula, and Tim Burton was not “demonizing” women in Sleepy Hollow. We’re here to watch videos about folklore and myths not political agendas.
I've heard of many many Celtic wonders but this is a new one on me.. Most people don't realize the influence the Irish and Scots have had on the US.. Could you tell us about Rawhead Rex.?
That comment about the movie Sleepy Hollow was kinda dumb lol. They were suppose to be about the witch hysteria during that time. I mean, you’re allowed to have evil female characters in movies with it being “demonizing”.
Would you be able to do one on the Banshee? Through the years I've been told many differing stories, all of which managing to keep me up at night as a child.
Celty Sturluson, my spirit animal
I like the series, but please make the music/effects a little quieter. It makes it hard to hear the speaker's voice.
This channel is awesome! Thank you Dr. Zarka.
I've seen two vids from the series; the feminist narrative killed it, there's always that little remark to point out some "issue"
I love the irish much love to your ancestors
Celts loved them some decapitation.
I absolutely love your channel!! 🎃
When I was in high school, I saw a headless man walking at the street... It was one of my supernatural experiences happened in my life...
Wednesday Addams!
I've been scrolling through the comments to see if anyone else thought this as well!