The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar Farm

So cool to read about a murder case that took place 10 minutes from where I grew up, and has been a local spooky story since it occurred in 1896. Ceely went to school in a one room school-house later owned by one of my best friends, where I've spent many nights. Ceely's teacher was my great-great-gr......more

If you're looking for a salacious telling of a tale you might not have heard before: this isn't it. Nor is it a story with a tidy and satisfying ending. Instead, this book is an honest, meticulously researched -- and yet still, at times, shocking -- look into a historical murder wrenched back from t......more

Was Ceely Rose mentally ill....or was she a cunning murderer? Author/researcher Mark Sebastian Jordan looks in all the dark corners and dusty drawers to uncover all the truths that can be found about this sensational 1896 crime. Ceely Rose poisoned her parents and older brother, allegedly because he......more

Fascinating true crime! This book details the arsenic poisoning murders of Rebecca Rose, David Rose and Walter Rose by their daughter and sister, Celia Rose (commonly called Ceely). The crimes took place in rural Richland County, Ohio in 1896. I have read many true crime books but had never heard of......more

Murder This was a very interesting book, I grew up in Ohio and though I have been living in another state many years I get back often. Malabar Farm rang a bell so I picked this to read. Its not a tedious read and only took me two days. Great details of something I had not known about the area. Read i......more