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Daily Mirror
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Milo Boyd

Inside Italy's creepy 'island of ghosts' where 160,000 died - and tourists are banned

An abandoned 'island of ghosts ' saw the deaths of 160,000 people, and housed an asylum where patients were tortured.

Poveglia Island, off the coast of Venice and Lido, Italy, is now closed to all but the hardiest dark tourists who either sneak on or get special permission.

Set foot on the island and you would be forgiven for thinking that you're in the northern Italy version of paradise.

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