Spontaneous Human Combustion

The Morbid Curiosity Podcast

Hallie Lloyd

Cryptid, Serialkiller, Science, Disease, Medicine, Scary, Skeleton, Historyofmedicine, Social Sciences, Ghost, History, Medical, Anthropology, Monsters, Archeology, Murder, Creepy, Skeptic, Paranormal, Prison

4.8 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The myth of Spontaneous Human Combustion, which holds that it is possible for people to spontaneously burst into flames, has been prevalent since the 1600s, but what can modern science reveal about these mysterious deaths by fire? In this episode, we discuss some of the well-known cases, as well as the theories proposed throughout history about how these deaths may have occurred.

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0:00.0	This episode was suggested by several listeners, Aaron, Amanda, and Loanna.
0:05.4	If you'd like to suggest a topic, you can do so on Twitter at Morbid Podcast,
0:10.1	on Facebook and Instagram, at Morbid Curiosity Podcast, and on our website,
0:15.3	www.morbid Curiosity Podcast.com.
0:19.7	Before we get into this episode, I want to warn you that we will be discussing several
0:24.2	deaths by fire and going into detail on the processes a human body undergoes when being
0:29.5	burned.
0:30.1	If this isn't something you want to hear about, this may be a good episode to skip.
0:34.9	Also, remember that many of the victims we're discussing were people, not just
0:39.5	victims, whose deaths have been scrutinized by both the scientific community and the parascientific
0:45.1	community, people who have living family members, who have likely had to hear all of the questions
0:51.3	and the theories. Keep that in mind throughout this episode. That being said,
0:56.8	on with the episode.
1:09.6	Humans are fascinated by gore and violence, but even more so the mysterious and unsolved.
1:16.9	Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity,
1:21.9	and it has gripped hundreds of people throughout the ages.
1:25.5	I am one of those people.
1:31.7	My name is Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast. With a summer as hot as this one has been, the risk of fires has been on the minds of the general public more than usual.
2:07.6	I'm of course referring to forest fires and wildfires, but if we were back in the Victorian era, we'd be more worried about people spontaneously bursting into flames.
2:21.8	This alleged occurrence is called spontaneous human combustion,
2:25.2	and its true nature has been the subject of much study by both scientists and the public for much of recent history.
2:30.0	Spontaneous human combustion is an alleged condition
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