{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Loreplay","title":"Poveglia Island and The Black Death","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a0acf930\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2494,"description":"A normal ship docks. Europe panics. History absolutely spirals.In this episode of Loreplay, Dayna Pereira unpacks the chaos of the Black Death—the pandemic that wiped out up to half of Europe—and the extreme (and often unhinged) ways people tried to survive it. From bloodletting and snake remedies to emeralds, unicorn lore, and cooked chicken applied to plague sores, medieval medicine was doing its most… experimental.As Venice struggled to protect itself, it pioneered quarantine and sent the sick to a small island in the lagoon: Poveglia Island. Over centuries, the island became a quarantine zone, mass burial ground, and later the site of a psychiatric hospital—cementing its reputation as one of the most haunted places in the world.Plague, paranoia, ghost stories, and generational trauma baked into the soil—this is the story of how fear shaped public health, folklore, and one island no one wants to visit.Dark history. Questionable medicine. Lingering ghosts. Welcome to Loreplay.Historical Plague & MedicineBenedictow, Ole J. The Black Death 1346–1353: The Complete History (Boydell Press)BBC History – “The Black Death” https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_01.shtmlNational Geographic – “How the Black Death Changed the World” https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/black-deathPoveglia Island HistorySmithsonian Magazine – “The Plague Island of Poveglia” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plague-island-poveglia-180974071/Atlas Obscura – “Poveglia Island” https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/poveglia-islandItaly Magazine – “Poveglia: Venice’s Most Haunted Island” https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/poveglia-venices-most-haunted-islandQuarantine & Venetian Public HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – History of Quarantine https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/historyquarantine.htmlSnowden, Frank M. Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present (Yale University Press)Podcasts: Lets Get Haunted","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qrKRCVgS-SidSX8b9CGzZDHhnpF4bwxZyw2FLc5pukw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83MTBl/MDI3MGZkZGE0M2U0/MmJlYjhmNGQ4NjAy/NmY0Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}