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Mitre Square is now surrounded on three sides by modern office blocks and bordered on its south side by the Sir John Cass Foundation school. Nothing remains of the Victorian square except a few cobblestones, across which people hurry to and from work, unaware they are walking over the site of one of London's most infamous crimes.
Catherine Eddowes was the second victim on the night of Sunday, 30 September 1888, a night which had already seen the killing of Elizabeth Stride less than an hour earlier. These two murders are commonly referred to as the "double event" and have been attributed to the serial killer Jack the Ripper.
It was in the south-west corner of Mitre Square that the horribly mutilated body of Catherine Eddowes, the Ripper's fourth victim, was found at 1:45 a.m. on 30 September 1888. Local tradition maintains that on the anniversary of the killing, people have occasionally glimpsed Catherine's ghostly figure lying upon the spot where her life came to such a tragic and gruesome end.
In the days when a brewery occupied the area, a strange chill was often noted drifting through the boardroom at 6 a.m. on the murder's anniversary. It was also reported that the headless ghost of Annie Chapman was sometimes seen standing by the wall of the storeroom built on the spot where she died.
中文翻译
米特广场如今三面被现代办公楼环绕,南侧毗邻约翰·卡斯爵士基金会学校。这座维多利亚时代的广场已荡然无存,仅余几块鹅卵石。人们匆匆穿行其上,忙于上下班,浑然不觉自己正踏足伦敦最臭名昭著的罪案现场之一。
1888年9月30日,周日夜晚,凯瑟琳·埃多斯是第二名受害者。就在不到一小时前,伊丽莎白·斯特赖德已遭杀害。这两起谋杀通常被称为“双重事件”,并被归咎于连环杀手 开膛手杰克。
1888年9月30日凌晨1点45分,凯瑟琳·埃多斯惨遭肢解的尸体在米特广场的西南角被发现,她是开膛手杰克的第四名受害者。当地传说称,在凶杀案的周年纪念日,人们偶尔会瞥见凯瑟琳的幽灵身影,躺在她生命以如此悲惨而可怕的方式终结的地方。
在该地区曾是一家酿酒厂的年代,人们常注意到,在凶杀案周年纪念日的早上六点,会议室里会飘过一股奇怪的寒意。也有报道称,有时会看到安妮·查普曼的无头幽灵站立在建于她遇害地点的储藏室墙边。