The tranquility of Ohio’s Pleasant Valley was forever scarred in June of 1896 when tragedy struck the Rose family. Twenty-three-year-old Ceely Rose was infatuated with neighbor boy Guy Berry. When he did not reciprocate her feelings, her family ordered her to stop following him, and she in turn used rat poison to murder them. A trial would follow, with much of the focus on her sanity and mental capacity.
My guest is Mark Sebastian Jordan, author of “The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar Farm”. He’s been fascinated with this story since childhood, and not only shares details of his decades long research into the murders, but also explains how the case has reached folkloric status over the years.
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The author’s publisher page: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467146180
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The author’s Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/MarkSebastianJordan
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