The past year has been most wonderful, but alas, I must leave you once more. This forthcoming journey into the unknown comes with not just fears alone, but hopeful prospects as well.

This calling takes me to Poveglia Island near Venice, Italy, which has not been explored since 1922. Legend has it that this mystical place is haunted by the ghost of a doctor who had been tossed from the top of what is known as Bell’s Tower.

By special permission from the Italian government I will be the first person to step foot on this enchanted land in 87 years. The 1922 expedition met with disaster when two of the 12 explorers died from an illness described as being much like the Black Plague, while the others disappeared in the murky waters just off shore when their vessel capsized for unexplained reasons.

As always, my purpose is to shed light on this mythical legend of ghosts and ghouls and prove that past, tragic happenings were a matter of mere bad luck and misfortune.

In all my years as an investigative journalist, I must say, this has me most excited. More so than my investigation of Charleville Forest Castle four and a half years ago.

I will keep a journal to note my experiences and observations, and will later formulate these into my next article.

See you in six weeks my friends.

Dan Geruss