
The Dark Mysteries of Poveglia Island
Italy's Plague Island: 100,000 Dead, a Mad Doctor, and the Asylum That Still ScreamsBy Aiden NightfallLength1h 23m
About this audiobook
In the Venetian Lagoon, between the islands of Lido and Chioggia, sits a small, low-lying island that appears on few tourist maps and is closed to visitors. Poveglia covers roughly 18 acres of overgrown ruins, crumbling walls, and soil that locals say is half human bone. For centuries, it served as a dumping ground for the sick, the dying, and the dead — first as a quarantine station during the repeated plague outbreaks that devastated Venice, and later as a mental asylum. Today it is abandoned,
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Spirituality and Religion
Length1 hr 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 9, 2026
LanguageEnglish
