Welcome to Stories of Strangeness!
In episode 6, Zoe tells us all about Spontaneous Human Combustion.
Here’s a rundown of the episode:
00:29 – Hello!
01:00 – Zoe tells us about SHC
01:30 – Will the TV set me on fire?
01:44 – What is SHC?
02:09 – Ablaze!
02:24 – Begin at the beginning
02:37 – The Countess
04:09 – You might not want to Google this
04:19 – anomalyinfo.com
05:24 – SHC the book
05:53 – The problem with labels
06:31 – Scientific journals
07:47 – What the Dickens?
08:45 – Mary Reeser
09:53 – Respecting the families
10:36 – SHC, a definition
11:03 – Lighting farts
11:28 – Ablaze pt.2 – Pyrotron
11:40 – The Wick Effect
12:33 – The Countess pt.2
13:20 – Most at risk
13:32 – Mary Reeser pt.2
13:56 – Shrunken skull
14:21 – Fire From Heaven
15:16 – The BBC burns a pig
16:02 – Where the research led
16:23 – Flames from within
17:08 – 80’s headlines
18:55 – Fire is natural
19:31 – Fiery Transformer
20:02 – Crap science
21:06 – Revisiting the shrunken skull
21:45 – Bones don’t burn
23:22 – Genetically flammable
24:10 – The girl in blue flame
24:58 – Lighting farts pt.2
25:40 – Discussing the Countess
25:55 – Shrunken skulls and Beetlejuice
26:38 – Carving Donald Trump from a carrot
26:51 – Explanations
27:35 – Ketosis and SHC
29:26 – Don’t invite Keto dieters to your birthday
30:08 – Untouched surroundings
31:56 – Other explanations
32:33 – Ball lightning
33:17 – Too much brandy
33:51 – Tesla, Targ and lasers
34:11 – Emotional stress
34:40 – Ritualistic discos and the occult
35:43 – Stuntperson careers for those with SHC
36:25 – Inflamed interest
37:58 – Respect the dead
38:09 – Watch Buzzfeed Unsolved, but come back!
39:33 – Binge listeners
39:48 – Where to find us online and get in touch
40:17 – Do we twote?
41:24 – It’s goodbye from me…
Total runtime: 42: 02
Links
From the web:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous/_human/_combustion – Wikipedia on SHC
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia/_Zangheri/_bandi – Wikipedia on Countess Bandi
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/wick/_effect – Wikipedia on the wick effect
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary/_reeser – Wikipedia on Mary Reeser
http://anomalyinfo.com/Topics/spontaneous-human-combustion-reports-chronological-order – Anomalyinfo.com on SHC
http://anomalyinfo.com/Topics/spontaneous-human-combustion-brief-history – Anomalyinfo.com brief history of SHC
http://www.weirdisland.co.uk/people/deaths/qed-a-casespontaneous-human-combustion.html – Weirdisland.co.uk on SHC
http://www.survivalresearch.ca/NHRF/NHRF_occasional_papers/new_horizons_research_foundation_paper_37.pdf_ – Survivalresearch.ca on SHC
http://www.brianjford.com/w-SHC01.htm – Brian.ford.com on SHC
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4hVrSEWrKDY – Buzzfeed Unsolved on Mary Reeser
Books
https://amzn.to/2Xk1PfI– Spontaneous Human Combustion by Jenny Randle and Peter Hough (Affiliate link)
https://amzn.to/2Xmb1A9– Ablaze! By Larry E. Arnold (Affiliate link)
https://amzn.to/2PjOEa4– Fire From Heaven by Michael Harrison (Affiliate link)
https://amzn.to/3jXUFHP– Bleak House by Charles Dickens (Affiliate link)