Poveglia in venice (haunted Island), page
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Topic started on 1-11-2005 @ 06:22 PM by asala
Haunted venice.

I was watching a program the other night on venice and was amazed by the story and happenings of Poveglia in venice,

Poveglia is one of the small islands in Venice that is not open to any public to go see, The history of this island is both intreging and frightfull,

It was once used to place the dead bodies of the black plague and those who were suffering from it, A plague doctor would look for people suffering from the plague and take them to this island to die, basicly they were dumped there.

long long after this a hospital was built there by a mad doctor who used to carry out experiments on people and basicly tourture them,

This place still stands today,

As you can imagin with all the events that have happened on this island there has got to be some real ghostly experiences there,

It is said that they do allow psycics on the island from time to time but most have left terrified!

This really got my interest so i was wondering if others know of any storys of people who have maybe gone there?

heres a little more on this island

www.thehorrorcarnival.com...



Eventually the doctor began to see the spirits himself and jumped (or was thrown?) from the bell tower to his death. Rumor has it he is now bricked up in that same tower. Some say you can still hear the bell ringing late at night.






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[edit on 13-3-2009 by asala]


reply posted on 2-11-2005 @ 03:04 AM by Jeremiah25
What a fantastic setting for a ghost story. Nice work in bringing this one to our attention, asala.


In 1922, a psychiatric hospital was built on the island. It is rumoured that many of the patients claimed to see the tormented spirits of the plague victims soon after their arrival. The doctor there investigated this phenomena by conducting crude lobotomies and medical experiments. He supposedly began seeing the ghosts himself and jumped to his death from the hospital steeple. After this, the hospital was abandoned and remains so to this day.


Reference - Wikipedia



Such a location begs for a dedicated, scientific examination. However, it appears as though the Italian authorities may have plans to open up Poveglia Island to visitors after all:


In the southern part of the island, the main building, situated opposite the canal separating it from the "octagon", will become a "welcome centre" for the young people from all over the world able to board about 200 people. Right behind the above building will be the guest quarters ("Foresteria") for the participants in the scheduled events, from a conference or congress to a concert or movie screenings which will take place inside the multi-use hall.


Reference

It will be interesting, if any type of reconstruction effort does indeed go ahead, to see if there are subsequent reports of paranormal activity. This will be especially true if the new buildings are to house people. I suppose we shall wait and see.
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