Sweet Summer Scientist: Spontaneous Human Combustion

SHOW NOTESThis week, we break some news too terrible even for a bat dress, two yummy sandwiches go head to head, Melanie adds to the Quicksand Irrational Fears Hall of Fame and gets aggressive about pancakes.Content warnings: second trimester loss, grief, funeral planning, death by burning, alcoholism, animal experimentation.Links:06 Jul 1951, 1208 Jun 1805, 313 Jan 1819, 215 Feb 1828, 120 Apr 1822, 231 Oct 2019, T6A fire withinBurn, Baby, Burn: Understanding the Wick EffectDeath of Michael Faherty'First Irish case' of death by spontaneous combustionHOT TOPIC Spontaneous human combustion is REAL and burns you ‘like an incendiary bomb’, top scientist claimsIs spontaneous human combustion real?New light on human torch mysterySpontaneous combustion in St. Petersburg? The curious case of Mary Reeser. Spontaneous human combustionSpontaneous Human Combustion: Facts & TheoriesTemperance movementThe Anatomy of Drunkenness