Poveglia haunted island in Italy is probably the most haunted island in the whole world, and now it's surprisingly for sale. Reports claim that the former mental hospital and plague trench could become a luxury hotel. Poveglia haunted island in Italy is put up for sale by the Italian government.

Poveglia haunted island in Italy is located in the Venice lagoon. Next month, it will be going up for auction on a 99-year lease. It is one of around 150 state-owned properties in Italy to go up for deals and is expected to raise about €500 million for the struggling Italian government.

The Poveglia haunted island in Italy is currently a goldmine in terms of real estate. Located just off the western shore of Venice's Lido, it is divided into two by a canal, and it also has a defensive octagonal building in the sea in front of the main complex of buildings, which are designed in classical Venetian style. The Italian government has promised to streamline the official permit process to allow renovations to the poorly maintained buildings in the Poveglia haunted island in Italy as soon as possible. Though a goldmine in those terms, not much can be said when it comes to its history.

Poveglia haunted island in Italy began its haunting tale in 1793, when a ships arrived in Venice whilst carrying plague victims. Poveglia haunted island in Italy was unfortunately chosen as a quarantine site, and since that fateful day in the 1700s, it has house people with infectious diseases for over a century. It has been believed that as many as 100,000 people have died there, and now the island's soil is believed to be heavily containing human ash and bone, that it is now five feet higher than it was.

The haunting history of the island doesn't stop there however. Poveglia haunted island in Italy converted into a mental hospital in 1922. According to tales, a mad doctor used to perform countless lobotomies to the patients in the hospital. He then before hurled himself to his death from a bell tower, because he was driven mad by the ghosts of those who he unnecessarily lobotomised and killed. The mental hospital in Poveglia haunted island in Italy eventually closed in 1968, and since then, the 17-acre island has been empty.

In a 2012 episode of the show Ghost Adventures, paranormal investigators went to the Poveglia haunted island in Italy and they featured one of the show's presenters becoming possessed.

Poveglia haunted island in Italy auction is on May 7. Reports say there is a high possibility for the island to be developed with haunted hotels, as several travel companies are now offering ghost-spotting weekends.