Ghost Map

EN PL

Country

Italy

cases
5
years
1375–2026

Disputed: 1 Legend: 2 Explained: 2

  1. 14th century

    1. 1375–present Haunted castles · Legend Azzurrina – the Vanished Girl of Montebello Castle Montebello Castle, Poggio Torriana near Rimini On the summer solstice of 1375 the albino daughter of Montebello's lord supposedly vanished in the castle's ice-house – and her voice is said to return every five years.

  2. 16th century

    1. 1599–present Cemeteries, crypts and ossuaries · Explained The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo and “Blinking” Rosalia Capuchin Catacombs, Palermo, Sicily Beneath a Palermo monastery hundreds of mummified bodies stand and lie in their finest clothes – and little Rosalia Lombardo is said to open her eyes.

  3. 18th century

    1. 1793–present Forests, islands and abandoned places · Legend Poveglia – the Plague Island of the Venetian Lagoon Poveglia Island, Venetian Lagoon An abandoned islet between Venice and the Lido is sometimes called “the most haunted place on Earth” – but its most frightening legends were born on television.

  4. 1990–1999

    1. 1991 Tomb and family curses · Explained The Curse of Ötzi the Iceman Ötzi find site near the Tisenjoch pass, Ötztal Alps The 5,000-year-old mummy from the glacier was said to bring death to those who found and studied him. The media counted seven victims of the “Iceman's curse.”

  5. 2000–2009

    1. 2006 Vampires and strigoi · Disputed The “Vampire of Venice” with a Brick in Her Mouth Lazzaretto Nuovo island, Venetian Lagoon In a mass grave of 1576 plague victims, a woman's skull was found with a brick jammed in its mouth – a researcher read it as a measure against a “vampire.”