Union Street Roundabout

The ghost of "Black Tom" stands by the road where this roundabout is located and was the site where he was hanged in the 18th century; he was buried with a stake through his heart. Despite appeals for clemency, this rogue, who was not violent, was hanged anyway when a petition had not been handed over because the gaoler had not been bribed enough. His phantom is described as "a cloaked and hunched figure" although a daytime sighting descibed "a figure in dark, old-fashioned clothes staggering towards them ... His head was lolling to one side, his face purple and blotched." The ghost of Tom is sometimes seen with another unidentified spectre.

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Link: Bedford Today