Κυριακή 11 Νοεμβρίου 2012

Poveglia, the Haunted Island (?)


Poveglia is a small island located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. A small canal divides the island into two parts. It is off-limits to visitors. Presently, the island is closed to locals and tourists and remains under Italian government.



In recent times, some legends have arisen about the island, about scary voices of dead from the past scaring any visitor or inhabitant of the island.



According to legend, during Roman times it was used to isolate thousands of plague victims, and during the three occasions when the Black Death spread through Europe, the island was effectively used as a lazaretto and plague pit – it was considered an efficient way of keeping the infected people separated from the healthy. According to this version, over 160,000 people died on the island throughout its history. The island used in 1576 to accommodate those hit by the plague was not Poveglia, but Lazzaretto Nuovo.





Another legend surrounds a building erected in 1922 on the island, which was used for various purposes, including usage as a mental hospital.The legend states that a particular mental health doctor tortured and butchered many of the patients, before going “mad” and jumping to his death from the bell tower. According to that same legend, he survived the fall, but was ‘strangled by a mist that came up from the ground’. Its ruins remain to this day. The institution in question has been described as a retirement home,but evidence on the island shows that despite the controversy, at least part of the building housed mental patients.


The island has been featured on the paranormal reality shows Death in Venice: Demon Doctor, Ghost Adventures and Scariest Places on Earth. More details of the creepy stories HERE





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  2. Really poveglia island is an ghost adventure spot.nice information.lake natron have an mysterious place.

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