EPISODE · Nov 4, 2025 · 26 MIN
The Cinder Lady: Did She Burn… or Combust?
from Mysteries at Bedtime
In the summer of 1951, 67-year-old Mary Reeser was found almost entirely incinerated in her armchair in St. Petersburg, Florida — in a fire so strange, the FBI was called in. The walls were untouched. The clock had frozen at 4:20 a.m. And all that remained of Mary was a slippered foot, part of her spine, and a shrunken skull.Her death would become one of the most famous unsolved mysteries in modern forensic history, sparking decades of debate over spontaneous human combustion, the wick effect, and whether science has ever truly explained what happened that night.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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