REMASTERED – Episode 44: From Within
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Aaron Mahnke
4.6 • 46.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
This remastered classic episode—complete with fresh narration and scoring—takes us back through the history of mysterious fires that seem to come from within. And be sure to stick around for the brand new bonus story at the end.
Researched, written, and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with music by Chad Lawson, with additional help from GennaRose Nethercott and Harry Marks.
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| 0:33.0 | In 1987, in a small village in northwestern India, a young widow stood beside the funeral |
| 0:47.9 | pire that held the body of her husband. |
| 0:50.9 | She was just 18 and he, 24. |
| 0:54.5 | As the flames climbed higher and cremated his body, she stepped forward and threw herself |
| 0:59.9 | onto him. |
| 1:00.9 | Right there, in front of thousands who had gathered for the funeral, she was burned alive. |
| 1:07.2 | And the people responded by building her a shrine. |
| 1:11.3 | What she did, as horrible as it sounds to our modern sensibilities, was a tragic yet |
| 1:16.7 | common act in her culture. |
| 1:18.9 | It's an ancient Hindu funeral right known as Sati, and by practicing it, this young widow |
| 1:24.7 | became one more participant in a very old tradition. |
| 1:29.3 | Sati as a practice dates back at least 2,000 years. |
| 1:33.0 | It wasn't an obscure practice either. |
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