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EPISODE · Feb 21, 2020 · 59 MIN

Spontanious Human Combustion

from Strange Things with Chris James · host Chris James

Just thinking about Spontaneous Human Combustion makes me uncomfortable. A person is sitting there, all alone, not doing anything dangerous or even strenuous. Suddenly, they burst into flames and burn to a crisp in so short a time period the furniture they are sitting on is hardly scorched. Most of the body is reduced to ash in just a few minutes. It takes a crematorium on an average, about two to three hours at 2,000 degrees to cremate a human body, thereby reducing it to 3-7 pounds of cremains. The body is subjected to a jet-engine like column of flame, aimed at the torso. The heat ignites the container and dries the body, which is composed of 75 percent water. What is causing people to burst into flames? Here are a few stories to make life...interesting.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/strange-things-with-chris-james--4931876/support.

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