World's most Haunted Island - Poveglia, Italy
- 9 years ago
island among paranormal enthusiasts is believed to be one of the most haunted places in the world. The island has an honorific past which makes it prime for paranormal activity. Many locals believe that the island and is cursed, and local authorities have even closed it off to the public because they not only believe to be cursed, but so haunted that they are afraid that people would get harmed due to the activity.
When you hear the name Venice, beautiful architecture, canals and bridges float though your mind. But hold on not all that glitters is gold.
One of the islands of Venice also happens to be one of the most haunted palces in the world. As if just this label doesn't give you the full picture, Puveglia Island is also considered one of the most eveil places in the world, arguably second only to Auschwitz.
Poveglia Island is one of many islands in the lagoons of Venice, Italy which was used as a plaque quarantine zone. As to the magnitude of horror and evil, 160,000 infected sould including women and children died here during plaques that struck Europe.
Infected were first dumped in trenches and later other dumped were burnt alive. According to some whispers, half of the island soil now consists of human remains and the surface is ashen with burnt human flesh.
In the 20s, a mental hospital was built to welcome the island's newest "guests," or anybody that showed symptoms of any sort of sickness, physical or mental. Basically, if you had an itch, away you went to Poveglia where you'd sink your feet into the soil (half dirt, half human ash) and be in the company of over 100K diseased ghosts. What's more is that these plagued ghosts aren't your loveable Patrick Swayze types. No, these ghosts are pissed. You see, a dickhead doctor ran the mental hospital and, since mental health was pretty wishy-washy back then, conducted all kinds of brutal experiments on residents of the island (like shoving chisels into their brains to see what moved.) The doc eventually tumbled off the bell tower, either by his own doing or with a little shove from a few tortured souls. He survived the fall but rumor has it that some sort of mist swallowed him upon landing, effectively finishing the job. Suffice it to say that if you're looking for a place to piss your pants in horror, Poveglia's got the ghoulish goods.
When you hear the name Venice, beautiful architecture, canals and bridges float though your mind. But hold on not all that glitters is gold.
One of the islands of Venice also happens to be one of the most haunted palces in the world. As if just this label doesn't give you the full picture, Puveglia Island is also considered one of the most eveil places in the world, arguably second only to Auschwitz.
Poveglia Island is one of many islands in the lagoons of Venice, Italy which was used as a plaque quarantine zone. As to the magnitude of horror and evil, 160,000 infected sould including women and children died here during plaques that struck Europe.
Infected were first dumped in trenches and later other dumped were burnt alive. According to some whispers, half of the island soil now consists of human remains and the surface is ashen with burnt human flesh.
In the 20s, a mental hospital was built to welcome the island's newest "guests," or anybody that showed symptoms of any sort of sickness, physical or mental. Basically, if you had an itch, away you went to Poveglia where you'd sink your feet into the soil (half dirt, half human ash) and be in the company of over 100K diseased ghosts. What's more is that these plagued ghosts aren't your loveable Patrick Swayze types. No, these ghosts are pissed. You see, a dickhead doctor ran the mental hospital and, since mental health was pretty wishy-washy back then, conducted all kinds of brutal experiments on residents of the island (like shoving chisels into their brains to see what moved.) The doc eventually tumbled off the bell tower, either by his own doing or with a little shove from a few tortured souls. He survived the fall but rumor has it that some sort of mist swallowed him upon landing, effectively finishing the job. Suffice it to say that if you're looking for a place to piss your pants in horror, Poveglia's got the ghoulish goods.