Providence House lay in the picturesque village of Peasenhall in East Suffolk. The large property was owned by Mr and Mrs Crisp and in 1900 Rose Harsent, a young local woman, came to live and work as their domestic servant. Rose was a colourful character with a love of music and she attracted a fair amount of male attention. The night of the 31st May 1902 witnessed a fierce storm, and as the wind howled and thunder roared Rose sat on her bed waiting for a visitor. They had promised to meet her at midnight in an unsigned letter she received earlier that day. The night passed and the people of Peasenhall woke up, completely oblivious to the horror that had occurred when they were tucked up in their cosy beds. That morning Rose’s body was found by her father at the foot of her staircase surrounded by a pool of blood. 

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Sources:

• https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/britain-s-unsolved-murders-from-pen-sword-2617040
• https://www.unsolvedcasebook.com/the-peasenhall-murder-rose-harsent/
• https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.clermontsun.com/2020/12/09/marc-hoover-unsolved-the-tragic-killing-of-rose-harsent/amp
• http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-midsomer-murder-of-rose-harsent.html?m=1
• https://casebookclassiccrime.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/issue-1-e28093-conference-special-e28093-april-_15-e28093-free-download-just-open-the-page-and-click-the-link.pdf
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107381464/rose-annie-harsent
• http://murderrevisited.blogspot.com/2009/07/murder-in-peasenhall.html?m=1
• https://www.getthedata.com/peasenhall/where-is-peasenhall

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