stabbed to death. Two "identical" ex-soldiers, Cornelius Howard, a relative, and Mark Wilde, were tried, with the same defense attorney, but neither resulted in a conviction. A year after the murder, In the summer of 1910, his widow, Mrs. Maggie Storrs had Gorse Hall torn down, with the stone reused elsewhere, she moved away, to Morecambe Bay, never to return. The case is examined in The Stabbing of George Harry Storrs by Jonathan Goodman. and featured in an episode of the television series In Suspicious Circumstances, in 1995, and Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder, in 2005. Present day All that remains at this site is an old fireplace, standing alone in a concrete clearing, and floor foundations, painted a mixture of green, blue and red to show the outline of the home and where the disaster happened. Friends of Gorse Hall manage the grounds. Disambiguation Gorse Hall Primary School, Forester Drive, Stalybridge (across from former Age UK Site). Gorse Hall, on the old Chorley to Blackburn road, Whittle-le-Woods Gorse Hall Rock, Lancashire geological feature Further reading Hardwicke, Glyn (1974) The Gorse Hall Mystery - a New Look at an Old Case, 42 Medico-Legal J. 14 HeinOnline </ref> References External links The Friends of Gorse Hall The Friends of Gorse Hall — Tameside History Forum Friends of Gorse Hall — Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council "In Suspicious Circumstances": The Golden Goose (1995) — IMDb Buildings and structures in Tameside Stalybridge