Murder, She Wrote Season 3, Episode 11
"Night of the Headless Horseman"
Original Airdate: Jan. 4, 1987
Writer: R. Barker Price
Director: Walter Grauman
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Thom Bray, Karlene Crockett, Judy Landers, Hope Lange, Doug McClure, Charles Siebert, Guy Stockwell, Fritz Weaver, Barry Williams, Brandon Douglas, Forry Smith
Tonight on Murder, She Wrote we’ve got a modern take on a classic American ghost story, Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The way the killer is handled here anticipates the slashers of the post-Scream era. It’s too bad we didn’t cover this during spooky season proper. Then again, this episode first aired in January of 1987.