The “House of Spirits” in Venice is the Casino degli Spiriti, an elegant 16th-century annex of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo in Cannaregio, near Fondamenta Gasparo Contarini. It is famous for ghost legends, especially the story of the painter Luzzo, whose spirit was said to appear after his suicide from unrequited love.
 
Local tradition paints it as a cursed or haunted place, linked to spirits, secret gatherings, and dark stories that have circulated for centuries. Some accounts say fishermen still avoid the area, and others connect the site with eerie sounds from wind and water that helped fuel the legends.
 
Beyond the ghost stories, the building was reportedly a meeting place for philosophers, nobles, artists, and learned men in the Renaissance, with names such as Tintoretto, Veronese, and Titian associated with its heyday. So it is both a literary-haunted landmark and a real historical Venetian site.
 
A few stories...
The most famous ghost story is Pietro Luzzo, a painter said to have shot himself after unrequited love; his ghost was reportedly seen in the windows, which were then bricked up. (yeah like walls stop ghosts!)
Another tradition says the site hosted cults, smugglers, pirates, and other clandestine gatherings. Even a plaque Hospital is linked with the site oh and mention of 20th-century crimes, including bodies found there in 1929 and a murder in 1947. It really is an Estate agents nightmare.
 
Interesting facts...
Its isolated location plus wind and water makes erie noises so is probably the source of most of the above outlandish stories.