46+ Haunted Island In Italy Images. The mystery of the haunted island off the italian coast is a disturbing one indeed. Would you dare to travel to an island said to be haunted by spirits and monsters?
According to legend, during roman times it was used to isolate thousands of plague victims. A small canal divides the island into two parts. When the plague hit italy in 1576, thousands of dead bodies were piling up in venice and the stench was terrible.
Considered by some to be the most definitive haunted island in the world and by others to even the world's most haunted location, poveglia's history is what followed was a wave of plague epidemics that hit italy in the early 15th century.
In ancient times, it was also called popilia. The island is thick with a long, twisted, and tumultuous history that has a large shadow of evil and sinister goings on looming over it. Dubbed one of the most haunted places in the world, poveglia, which was sealed off after it was hit by the plague, is to be sold off to raise money for italy. Dare you visit once you know its secret?