Shutter Island of Poveglia (Venice) is definitely one of the most haunted places in the world, let alone in Italy and it is totally off-limits for the visitors. The story is controversial and scary, because we are not talking about a building, but a whole island of death.
It is said that the haunted island has hosted over 160.000 plague infected souls, meaning that 50% of the soil consists of human remains.You can actually see parts of human skeletons in the open air and feel weird presence near you at all times. It hides a long tradition of human suffering, being known as a city of barbarians, a battlement station, a place where soldiers were captured and burnt alive, a bubonic plague quarantine station and checkpoint and as an asylum for the mentally ill.
