Mitre Square: Where Catherine Eddowes Was Murdered

England, London · United Kingdom · Urban site · Scare 3/5

The small square stands on the site of a medieval priory dissolved under Henry VIII.

The small square stands on the site of a medieval priory dissolved under Henry VIII. But it is one night in 1888 that made it notorious. At a quarter to two in the morning on 30 September, Catherine Eddowes was found murdered and mutilated in the southern corner of the square, the only one of the murders that took place within the City's own police district. Barely half an hour earlier she had been released from a police station, where she had been taken to sober up.

There is an older tale claiming that a monk murdered a woman at the priory altar in the 1530s and that the place has been cursed ever since. But be honest about where it comes from: the story was written as a cheap horror novel shortly after the Eddowes murder in 1888, not as old folklore. It is sensation, not tradition. Security staff in the area today speak of footsteps and a sense of being watched. Stand in the corner where she was found, but do not turn her into an attraction. Catherine Eddowes was a real woman, and this is the place where her life ended.

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Mitre Square: Where Catherine Eddowes Was Murdered has a scare factor of 3/5 according to Haunted Places’ verified ratings.

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Mitre Square: Where Catherine Eddowes Was Murdered is in England, London, United Kingdom.

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