For those of us of the slightly more seasoned vintage growing up in or
living in the late 20th century, which was totally only a decade ago and
I’ll take no further input on this matter, spontaneous Human Combustion
ranks alongside the likes of quicksand, the Bermuda triangle. and rain
that melts your skin off as one of those things that everyone from the
news to popular social consciousness taught us was going to be something
we’d simply have to deal with in our day to day lives for some reason.
And then, just as suddenly as a person randomly turning into ash,
everyone just moved on and stopped talking about it…
Which leads us to the subject of today’s video- what ever happened to
everyone spontaneously combusting? Where did the idea come from, how did
it proliferate public consciousness, and what’s up with all the people
who did burst into flames and turned to ash, generally leaving only
things like arms and legs behind? Can awesome science explain what
happened to them?
Authors: Karl Smallwood and Daven Hiskey
Host: Daven Hiskey
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