LOCATION FILE

Malabar Farm State Park (The Big House)

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HAUNTING / GHOSTHouse built 1939State park / historic house museumPUBLICDOCUMENTEDLEGEND

OVERVIEW

A 32-room farmhouse built by Pulitzer-winning author Louis Bromfield, now an Ohio State Park; the property hosted the 1945 wedding of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall and sits near the site of an 1896 poisoning that killed the Rose family.

REPORTED ACTIVITY

Staff and visitors report flickering lights and a presence tied to Ceely Rose, convicted of poisoning her family, as well as sightings described as Bromfield himself in the Big House.

VISITING

Open to the public for tours, camping, and hiking.

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