The Haunting Of Poveglia island

<p>Poveglia Island a small speck of land between Venice and the mainland is known as one of the most haunted places on Earth. Once a quarantine station for plague victims later an asylum for the mentally ill the island carries centuries of suffering cruelty and death. Its decaying buildings overgrown pathways and lonely shores are not empty-thousands of spirits are said to roam from shadowy plague victims and tormented asylum patients to the ghostly children who still wander searching for what was taken from them in life.</p><p>In The Haunting of Poveglia Island Gavin Lee delves into the island's chilling history recounting eyewitness encounters folklore and personal accounts of the spirits who refuse to leave. Readers will explore the infamous ash pits the collapsed asylum wards the looming bell tower and the misty lagoon shores discovering the lives lost the horrors endured and the restless souls who remain.</p><p>This book is not just a journey through a haunted island-it is a journey into memory tragedy and the enduring presence of those who suffered reminding us that some histories never truly die.</p><p>Prepare to step into the shadows of Poveglia where the past lingers and the spirits of the lost are never far away.</p>