1 Std. 20 Min.
14: Poveglia Island Pass Me the Boos
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- Philosophie
We're going all the way to Italy this week to talk about Poveglia Island! Ever since it was claimed by people in the year 421, it has seen nothing but death. Leyna gives us the timeline from when it started off as a stronghold for battle, a quarantine zone where over 160,000 people met their deaths, and then eventually turned into an abusive mental institution run by a malicious doctor. Did you know the term quarantine comes from the Italian word "quaranta giorni" meaning forty days? Th...
We're going all the way to Italy this week to talk about Poveglia Island! Ever since it was claimed by people in the year 421, it has seen nothing but death. Leyna gives us the timeline from when it started off as a stronghold for battle, a quarantine zone where over 160,000 people met their deaths, and then eventually turned into an abusive mental institution run by a malicious doctor. Did you know the term quarantine comes from the Italian word "quaranta giorni" meaning forty days? Th...
1 Std. 20 Min.