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Step into the misty waters of Venice and uncover the chilling history of Poveglia – the Island of the Dead. 🌙 Once a refuge, later a plague quarantine, then a psychiatric asylum… today it stands abandoned, sealed off, and whispered about as one of the most haunted places on Earth.  In this 2-hour horror history sleep story, told in a slow, immersive narrator’s voice, you’ll drift through centuries of sorrow — from the plague pits that claimed over 160,000 souls, to the eerie asylum where shadows still linger, to the silence that keeps even fishermen away.  Close your eyes, listen carefully, and let the whispers of Poveglia guide you through the night.  ✨ Before you begin, tell me in the comments: Where are you listening from? And when did you first subscribe to this channel?  If this story chills you, remember to like, share, and subscribe for more midnight tales of haunted history.

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00:00They say there is a place in Venice, so haunted, so heavy with sorrow, that even the bravest will

00:05not set foot there. An island made not of earth and stone, but of ash and blood and bone. It is

00:11called Poveglia, the island of the dead. Before we begin, tell me something. Where are you listening

00:17from tonight? And do you remember when you subscribed to this channel? Drop it in the

00:21comments below. I'd love to know how far these whispers travel. And if you're new here, don't

00:27forget to, soft emphasis, like this video and share it with someone who loves dark history as

00:31much as you do. It helps me keep telling these midnight stories. Now, let us drift together

00:37across the black water. In the beginning, Poveglia was no different from any other speck of land in

00:42the Venetian lagoon. Families lived here. They fished in the shallow waters and they prayed in a tiny

00:48chapel. They raised children who ran barefoot on the sand. For a time it was safe, but safety never

00:54last. By the 9th century war came to the lagoon. Invaders swept across the islands, burning homes

01:00and scattering families. Poveglia's survivors fled into Venice, and the island was abandoned.

01:06That's when the stories began. Fishermen swore they heard voices calling across the water.

01:11Sailors claimed to see figures waving from the shore, though no one lived there. Poveglia was

01:17learning to keep secrets. Then came the Black Death. It moved through Venice like fire, devouring

01:22whole families. The Senate needed somewhere to take the sick, and the dead. They chose Poveglia.

01:29Boats slipped silently across the lagoon at night. Some carried bodies already gone cold. Others

01:34carried the dying, still breathing, still crying out. But none of them returned. On the island,

01:40great pits were dug. Lime was poured. Ash was spread. And tens of thousands of bodies were cast inside.

01:47Historians say more than 160,000 souls were left in that soil.

01:50Even now, storms wash bones onto the shore. Imagine the sound of that night air. The crackling

01:56fire. The tolling of bells. And the faint voices of those who begged not to be taken across the

02:02water. If this story chills you already, press the like button so I know you're still with me,

02:07still listening. Centuries later, in the 20th century, the plague was gone. But Poveglia was not

02:13forgotten. Authorities built a psychiatric hospital on the island. It was meant to heal. But it became

02:19a prison. Patients whispered of shadows that moved across their walls. Of cries at night that did not

02:24belong to them. One doctor grew infamous. He claimed he could cure madness with cruel tools,

02:30drills, hammers, and crude lobotomies. Patients screamed as their minds were broken. Locals

02:35whispered the island itself was guiding his hands. And in the end, he climbed the asylum's bell tower.

02:41Witnesses say he screamed of black figures pulling at him. He fell. Some say he jumped. Others,

02:47that he was pushed. The bell was removed long ago. But fishermen swear they still hear it tolling in

02:53the night. When the asylum closed, the government sealed the island. No visitors. No tours. No

02:59development. Fishermen refused to cast nets near its waters, claiming they pulled up bones instead of

03:05fish. Children were told never to swim near its shore. But trespassers still came. Ghost hunters.

03:11Explorers. Explorers. Skeptics. They tell the same stories. Sudden chills. Hands on their shoulders

03:17when no one was near. The toll of a bell that no longer exists. And always, the feeling that someone

03:23is watching. Today the buildings crumble. The trees grow wild. But the ground itself remains

03:30restless. More ash than earth. More bone than sand. Poveglia is not abandoned. It is waiting.

03:36So now you know the story of Poveglia, the island of the dead. Tell me. Would you dare to step foot

03:42there? Would you walk among the bones? Or would you, like the Venetians, turn your gondola away and

03:47pretend the island does not exist? Drop your answer in the comments. I'll be reading them in the dark of

03:52the night. And if you felt the chill of Poveglia tonight, don't forget to like this video, share it

03:58with a friend, and subscribe so you never miss another midnight story. Sleep well if you can. For some

04:03voices, do not rest.

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