Black Tom, Tavistock Street, Union Street and Clapham Road Junction

According to Andrew Watt’s article entitled ‘15 ghost sightings in Bedford’, which was published in Bedfordshire on Sunday (10 March 2015). ‘This junction of Tavistock Street, Union Street and Clapham Road was the location of the execution and burial of notorious nineteenth century highwayman, Black Tom. Buried with a stake driven through his heart to prevent his return, he has been seen with another unknown ghost numerous times following his death. In the 1960’s, in broad daylight, witnesses claim to have seen a gruesome figure with a broken neck staggering down the road, who vanished into thin air seconds later. Before his dramatic disappearance, a witness to the same apparition in the 1990’s assumed he was just a drunk in fancy dress.’