"Like
ghosts? Then you'll love Poveglia, a small, deserted island in the
Venetian lagoon that's going on the auction block next month. It's been
called "the island of madness," "Hell," and "the most haunted place on Earth." You'd just love it to pieces.
No,
but seriously, this place sounds scary. The trouble started back in the
late 19th century when Poveglia served as a checkpoint for ships going
to Venice. After a pair of ships carrying plague victims arrived in
1793, the island was sealed off and turned into a quarantine zone for
people with infectious diseases, a role it served for over a century. It
goes without saying that many of these people died on the island during
this time, leading to the widespread belief that Poveglia is haunted.
It didn't help when the place was converted into a hospital for the
mentally ill in 1922. Rumor has it, the hospital was home to a number of
crude lobotomies, performed by a doctor who'd been driven mad by the
ghosts. He later flung himself off the bell tower."
3 comments:
A really Creepy one.....
A great place for opening a "Haunted Theme Park"....
Yeah. It could be a good money maker. I have a feeling the place is going to be super expensive though. I would use it as a villainous retreat. :)
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