Poveglia Island | The Facts and Myths Behind Italy's Most Haunted Island

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🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Today we look at the haunted history of the ghost island of Poveglia. Support us directly on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/redweb With Patreon, you get access to ad-free content, our exclusive bonus show Movie Club, the Red Web Discord, and more! Off the coast of Italy, near Venice, sits a small island once used for defense and quarantine. This island now sits abandoned though locals still hear screams and laughter echoing across the water, and some who try to visit have been scared off immediately. Today, let’s discuss one of the most haunted places in the world, Poveglia Island. Sensitive topics: Death, illness, mental illness, patient abuse, child death Our sponsors: This episode is sponsored by Marvel Snap - download the Marvel Snap app now available on the App Store, Google Play and Steam, or visit http://www.marvelsnap.com to learn more. This episode is sponsored by Rocket Money - go to http://rocketmoney.com/redweb to cancel your unwanted subscriptions with Rocket Money. This episode is sponsored by Bilt Rewards - go to http://joinbilt.com/redweb to start earning points with your rent payments today. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com/redweb to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Off the coast of Italy near Venice sits a small island once used for defense and quarantine.
0:12.0	This island now sits abandoned though locals still hear
0:14.8	screams and laughter echoing across the water and some who try to visit have been scared
0:19.8	off immediately. Today let's discuss one of the most haunted places in the world
0:24.8	Pavalia Island. episode of Red Web, the podcast all about Unsolved
0:42.4	mysteries, True crime, and the supernatural.
0:45.9	I am your resident mystery enthusiast Trevor Collins and joining me hearing this case for the very
0:50.5	first time, Alfredo Diaz.
0:52.8	Uh, hello.
0:54.0	Anything that has to do with water.
0:56.2	I was feeling helpless.
0:57.8	You only do so much.
0:58.8	You know what I mean?
1:00.0	I feel like on land, there's, I don't know. I don't know. I I don't know I get my feet under me a water
1:05.0	you feel trapped out there on that island I would think so yeah you think you can
1:11.4	swim 2,000 feet might be able to make it. I don't know if ghosts can swim though.
1:15.5	Yeah, I don't know. See that's the thing. I don't know the rules and regulations if you're talking about movies
1:20.1	They they are down low kind of sunk in a little bit and then pull you under that's true like the dead marshes
1:27.2	But I just hear that drowning is absolutely
1:30.5	Terri like it's just painful. No, I'm not into that.
1:33.0	Yeah, that's not a good way to die.
1:35.0	Drowning and probably burning alive, I would say the two things you want to try to avoid all costs in terms of going out of this world, you know, the least peaceful ways.
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