Thomas Lyon-Bowes was born as the heir to one of the noblest titles of Scotland, the first-born child of the 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. But he would never inherit, and legend tells how he was cruelly locked up in a secret chamber. Named the “Monster of Glamis” because of his serious deformity, some say that he haunts the ancient Scottish castle to this day.
Thomas came into this world on 21st October 1821, at Glamis Castle, near Angus in Scotland. The official records stated that the newborn baby boy died on the same day as he was born. But rumors persisted that he had survived.
The rumors started when local people noticed there was no gravestone of the young boy Thomas. Stories started to circulate of chance meetings with a strange creature in and around the grounds of the castle, hushed up by the family.
Were these just rumors, or was the child hidden away by his family? Who what might the monster of Glamis Castle really be?
