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5) Fill in the blanks based on what you listen:
The Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York conjures up frightening images.
“Think about Dugrab shoulder and saw ..yes.. that was a black shape following him, closer and closer!”
It could only be the fearsome Headless Horsemen, ______________ poor Ichabod Crane as depicted in a 1949 Disney film - the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow,"
We must disclose that rumors persist that this place is still _____________.
And among the spirits here is that of Washington Irving, the man who made the place famous by writing the "Legend” as guide Linda Ford explains:
"He was a brilliant satirist, I think if he were alive today, he'd be writing for 'SNL.'"
Yes these brave souls who dared to venture into the _______________ world, (This became the home of Barnabas Collins – the vampire) of Cemetery tourism!
"I just think they're wonderful places. They're just full of history and they're full of architecture" “And full of dead people!" "And full of dead people, but they don't mind!"
If there's a chief Tombstone Tourist, it has to be photographer Doug Keister, who's visited hundreds of cemeteries, and published four books.
He says it's a great way to see how the rich and famous end up . . . folks like steel manufacturer Andrew Carnegie.
“He was one of the wealthiest men in America and his monument which is a Celtic Cross is actually quite simple.”
Even ______________, according to the cemetery's historian Jim Logan, is the virtually unmarked gravesite of Darling Leo, a Cocker Spaniel interred in 1892 by a wealthy tobacco heiress who visited every day:
"She would hire local schoolchildren to accompany her, and she paid them a sliding scale; the more tears they __________, the higher the wages,"
Turns out, you can learn a lot about human nature by visiting a cemetery.
“This is bigger than a lot of peoples home.”
“Yes it is a hundred miles away but it is smaller than their home.”
No surprise that hotel magnate Leona Helmsley, ______________ for her personal extravagance, would shell out millions for a tomb for herself, her beloved husband Harry, and her even more beloved Maltese, Trouble.
But guess what? "The Queen of Mean," as she was known, first built this mausoleum. Now owed by others at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. (In my position, I guess it link with other stories)
Historian Susan Olsen says Leona was ________ ____ on moving, because she claimed her view here had been spoiled.
She even brought a lawsuit against the cemetery.
“Is that law over?”
"I'm not allowed to talk about it"
Of course, going out in style is old hat here at Woodlawn, this replica of Leonardo Da Vinci's tomb, constructed at the turn of the 20th century, houses Oliver Belmont (of the Belmont raceway) and his wife, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont.
"What was the reason they wanted to duplicate Da Vinci's tomb? Just because they could?
"Just because they could,"
And in a place where you can see the tombs of everyone from Miles Davis to F.W. Woolworth, and architecture styles from classic Egyptian to Gothic, complete with gargoyles,
It might not be "Night of the Living Dead," (still in search of the head) but you'll never be bored stiff.
5) Fill in the blanks based on what you listen:
The Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York conjures up frightening images.
“Think about Dugrab shoulder and saw ..yes.. that was a black shape following him, closer and closer!”
It could only be the fearsome Headless Horsemen, ______________ poor Ichabod Crane as depicted in a 1949 Disney film - the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow,"
We must disclose that rumors persist that this place is still _____________.
And among the spirits here is that of Washington Irving, the man who made the place famous by writing the "Legend” as guide Linda Ford explains:
"He was a brilliant satirist, I think if he were alive today, he'd be writing for 'SNL.'"
Yes these brave souls who dared to venture into the _______________ world, (This became the home of Barnabas Collins – the vampire) of Cemetery tourism!
"I just think they're wonderful places. They're just full of history and they're full of architecture" “And full of dead people!" "And full of dead people, but they don't mind!"
If there's a chief Tombstone Tourist, it has to be photographer Doug Keister, who's visited hundreds of cemeteries, and published four books.
He says it's a great way to see how the rich and famous end up . . . folks like steel manufacturer Andrew Carnegie.
“He was one of the wealthiest men in America and his monument which is a Celtic Cross is actually quite simple.”
Even ______________, according to the cemetery's historian Jim Logan, is the virtually unmarked gravesite of Darling Leo, a Cocker Spaniel interred in 1892 by a wealthy tobacco heiress who visited every day:
"She would hire local schoolchildren to accompany her, and she paid them a sliding scale; the more tears they __________, the higher the wages,"
Turns out, you can learn a lot about human nature by visiting a cemetery.
“This is bigger than a lot of peoples home.”
“Yes it is a hundred miles away but it is smaller than their home.”
No surprise that hotel magnate Leona Helmsley, ______________ for her personal extravagance, would shell out millions for a tomb for herself, her beloved husband Harry, and her even more beloved Maltese, Trouble.
But guess what? "The Queen of Mean," as she was known, first built this mausoleum. Now owed by others at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. (In my position, I guess it link with other stories)
Historian Susan Olsen says Leona was ________ ____ on moving, because she claimed her view here had been spoiled.
She even brought a lawsuit against the cemetery.
“Is that law over?”
"I'm not allowed to talk about it"
Of course, going out in style is old hat here at Woodlawn, this replica of Leonardo Da Vinci's tomb, constructed at the turn of the 20th century, houses Oliver Belmont (of the Belmont raceway) and his wife, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont.
"What was the reason they wanted to duplicate Da Vinci's tomb? Just because they could?
"Just because they could,"
And in a place where you can see the tombs of everyone from Miles Davis to F.W. Woolworth, and architecture styles from classic Egyptian to Gothic, complete with gargoyles,
It might not be "Night of the Living Dead," (still in search of the head) but you'll never be bored stiff.
