The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar Farm

by Mark Sebastian Jordan

Overview

This chilling true crime history reveals the story of a young woman in nineteenth century rural Ohio who poisoned her family for love.

It was a cold and rainy day in Ohio’s Pleasant Valley in the spring of 1896, one that began like any other for the Rose family. What they didn’t know was that young Ceely Rose was brooding. She’d been told to forget her obsession with handsome Guy Berry. She’d been told about the danger of Rough-on-Rats poison. She’d heard about murdering those who stand in the way of love.

By the time Ceely was done, her family would be dead and others threatened. Later, the place where these crimes took place became Malabar Farm, the estate of Pulitzer Prize–winning author and conservationist Louis Bromfield. In The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar Farm, Ohio author and historian Mark Sebastian Jordan examines the story of the Poisoner of Pleasant Valley, and how it has resonated throughout the years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439672716
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/10/2022
Series:	True Crime
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	195
Sales rank:	972,859
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Mark Sebastian Jordan is an award-winning playwright, poet, music critic, historian and storyteller who lives near Loudonville in Appalachian Ohio. He has received awards from the Ohio Arts Council, the Ohio Poetry Association, the Associated Press, the Richland County Foundation, the Ohio Theatre Alliance, as well as the Jesse Stuart Memorial Award, the Gerald B. Rice Theater Award, the Florence B. Allen Literary Award and the Case Reserve Review Award, among others. He has been seen on such television programs as Ghost Hunters, Mysteries at the Museum, My Ghost Story and House of the Unknown. He writes a weekly local history column, "History Knox," for KnoxPages.com and has performed extensively throughout Ohio as a storyteller, living history reenactor and poet.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Acknowledgements 15

Mysterious Deaths 17

A Dream Halted 21

A Family in Flight 30

Outsiders in the Valley 38

Boy-Crazy 50

Grave Suspicions 57

The Investigation Begins 63

The Investigation Stalls 68

To Catch a Killer 72

Tabloid Celebrity 83

The Trial Begins 92

The Defense Gathers Steam 101

Closing and Verdict 110

Asyla 115

The Legend Ripples Outward 130

Epilogue 145

Appendices 147

Selected Bibliography 167

Index 171

About the Author 175