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Shattered Souls

Thinking Sideways: Is spontaneous human combustion real?

Shattered Souls

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Education

4.34.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2018

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

People keep finding bodies that have been burned to ash while everything around them is left untouched by the flame. Some claim these are cases of spontaneous human combustion, others say something else is going on. Who is right and what’s the deal?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thinking sideways is not brought to you by Bear Wiz Beer.

0:04.0

No, instead it's brought to you by your local cat and dog shelter.

0:07.3

That's right, there's lots of fuzzy cute little four-legged critters out there that need your help.

0:11.5

They want a home. They want you to come down to the optimum.

0:14.1

And if you can't do that, then sometimes you can't.

0:17.0

You know they could always use help, money, or volunteers, but definitely do something for those

0:22.3

little critters. They need you.

0:30.1

Thinking sideways.

0:44.1

Hey there and welcome to another episode of Thinking sideways.

0:47.3

I am Steve, as always, joined by...

0:50.1

Devon.

0:50.8

...and Joe, who wants to sing, but we're holding him back.

0:55.3

I just want to sing, Father.

0:57.0

Yes, we've got the shot collar on you, so you cannot sing.

1:00.0

All right.

1:00.9

So we, of course, as always, have a mystery, and this week the mystery is,

1:05.4

is spontaneous human combustion actually a real thing?

1:09.3

Well, yeah.

1:10.0

Done.

1:11.1

So it's a hot case.

1:12.8

We've got a conference.

1:14.0

We've got a lot of hot leads, do you?

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