Poveglia Island, Northern Italy
(Reader Contribution to World's Most Amazing Islands)
Poveglia is a small island located between Venice and Lido in northern Italy. During the times of Ancient Rome the Island was used as an isolation area for plague victims and it was used as a quarantine station again when the Black Death swept through Europe a few centuries later. In the early 1920s a mental hospital was built on the island.
Local folktales claim that the hospital was home to a doctor of the insane variety. He would perform cruel experiments on the patients being kept there most of which were elderly, as metal hospitals and nursing homes were practically synonyms in the early 1900s. The doctor eventually attempted suicide by jumping off the roof of one of the buildings. Supposedly he survived the jump but a strange mist arose from the ground and strangled the doctor, finishing the job.
All attempts at populating the island have been met with frightened people fleeing from the island in terror. Today, Poveglia is uninhabited and the Italian government has declared it completely off limits to the public. Many legends and claims of ghosts of plague victims still surround this creepy island. Some claim to see strange lights coming from the island. They also claim to still hear the moans of those who were tortured on the island. Fishermen also refuse to fish near the island because they will often dredge up human remains.
Islands are often seen as being a paradise on Earth. People often venture to remote islands to escape the pressure of every day life, and relieve their stress by relaxing on a sandy island beach, but as illustrated by these five islands looks can be deceiving. Islands are often cut off from the rest of the world and can be the scene of atrocities as a result of disease or insanity. So the next time you are vacationing on a beautiful island keep your eyes open and be on the look out for the supernatural.
Jonathan Kaulay Copyrighted © paranormalhaze.com
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10/4/2010
source: http://www.paranormalhaze.com/the-5-scariest-islands-on-earth/
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10/4/2010
source: http://www.paranormalhaze.com/the-5-scariest-islands-on-earth/
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