Pinkberry
Artemis
I've looked into the eye of this island, and what I saw was beautiful
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Post by Pinkberry on Jul 9, 2008 21:10:07 GMT -11
I was watching the Scariest Places on Earth on Scifi and they had a family go to Poveglia which is an island off the coast of Venice with a gruesome history..
Poveglia Island is a tiny island located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy. It has an unfortunate history and is considered by some to be a hot spot for ghosts. 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 plague pit — it was considered an efficient way of keeping the infected people separated from the healthy. It is believed that over 160,000 people died on the island throughout its history. The island was home to a small community until it was abandoned around 1380, during the War of Chioggia between Venice and Genoa. 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. Today, the island is used for farming (primarily vineyards) and is not open to tourists.
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Pinkberry
Artemis
I've looked into the eye of this island, and what I saw was beautiful
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Post by Pinkberry on Jul 9, 2008 21:48:27 GMT -11
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Post by LCellini on Jul 10, 2008 9:13:06 GMT -11
i remember that episode and i know that place looked creepy as all get out. i don't think i would want to visit there. and i remember seeing somewhere that in the waters of venice there are dead bodies and skeletons and if you were to drag the waterways you would find a lot of bones. creeped me out and i have no desire to go near the water in venice.
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Post by chrissy on Jul 10, 2008 11:38:51 GMT -11
I wish GHI would hit some of these locations! THey are awesome and have such history !!
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Pinkberry
Artemis
I've looked into the eye of this island, and what I saw was beautiful
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Post by Pinkberry on Jul 11, 2008 5:38:00 GMT -11
i remember that episode and i know that place looked creepy as all get out. i don't think i would want to visit there. and i remember seeing somewhere that in the waters of venice there are dead bodies and skeletons and if you were to drag the waterways you would find a lot of bones. creeped me out and i have no desire to go near the water in venice. Venice a dirty smelly city without the dead plague victims floating about it.
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Post by LCellini on Jul 11, 2008 16:10:45 GMT -11
eww i don't think that i want to go there. i have this weird thing about water...darn i have a weird thing about numerous things: feet, pizza, water, how i look when i go out in public...
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