spontaneous combustion

Charles Dickens is one of the greatest writers, ever. He exposes woo-woo thinking in the best way possible, he pokes fun at it and exposes it in a way that is both humorous and appalling and in a manner that may get someone off their bottom and want to change things. Was his defense of...

First this case... in a hospital no less: State investigators are now looking into a fire that badly burned an 11-year-old patient at Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Fox 12 Oregon reported. Ireland Lane, a cancer survivor, was at the hospital for an unrelated head injury Feb. 2. She was...

Well this is embarrassing! A Coroner's court in Galway has officially ruled that an elderly man died from spontaneous human combustion. No trace of accelerant was found. The ceiling above the body was burnt as was the area underneath. The man's organs were too badly burnt to establish a cause...

I wonder why nobody joined the challenge claiming the ability to spontaneously self combust yet... oh wait, I see... Anyways, I just saw an old X-files episode about this very phenomenom... now where would I go on findin information about this? Are there any real cases or is this complete...

This article leaves me scratching my head (not too energetically though, for obvious reasons). This seems implausible, but I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to science (and most stuff). I thought spontaneous combustion was a myth. No?

I've been a fan of Randi for quite a while now but just joined the forum. I'm wondering whatever happened to Spontaneous human combustion. Haven't heard anything about it in years. Anybody have any info? Glad to be here.

Folks Does anyone have any knowledge about this topic? I'd always based my information to punters on the wick theory: clothing catches fire, melts body fat which soaks into clothing, and burns in place of the clothing, entirely consuming the body except for the low-fat extremities in a low...

Is there any proof for it?