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UNX: Spontaneous Human Comustion (SHC)
TOC (Table Of Contents)

     [ INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION? ]
     [ HISTORY ]
     [ TIMELINE ]
     [ BIBLIOGRAPHY ]
     [ RELATED WEBPAGES ]

INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION?

Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) is an event whereby the human body spontaneously combust for no apparent reason, and thus the name.

HISTORY

Back before the 19th turned into the 20th century, Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) was considered a real possibility, but by the end of the 1800s, advances in biology and other sciences like chemistry had replaced this bizarre and unexplained event with something more mundane and explainable like the explosion of naturally occuring gases in the human body. Past SHC reports were then considered just poorly investigated events.

The belief in SHC didn't disappear overnight, but as a result of a succession of ideas and scientific concepts that helped put an end to the notion that the body could suddenly, and without warning or explanation, explode and be reduced to burnt embers with very little damage to the surrounding furniture or living structure.

With the water content being so high in comparison to the amount of fat in the human body, scientist could see how it could burn long enough to reduce it to what was reported found in most SHC cases.

In an April 22, 1905 issue of "American Medicine", the following sentence appeared, " ...of the total number of cases published, nearly half have been reported from the neurotic land of France... ", and this, at least according to "Mysteries of the Unexplained", didn't help the case of those who believed in SHC.

TIMELINE


1820: JAN-05 [WED] > UNX > SHC > First Wright SHC incident > London, UK
1820: JAN-07 [FRI] > UNX > SHC > Second Wright SHC incident > London, UK
1820: JAN-12 [WED] > UNX > SHC > Third Wright SHC incident > London, UK
1820: JAN-13 [THU] > UNX > SHC > Fourth Wright SHC incident > London, UK
1952: SEP-18 [THU] > UNX > SHC > Glen B. Denney > Algiers, LA  USA

1820: JAN-05 [WED]

LOCATION:
London, UK

SOURCE:
http://www.amystrange.org/jan-05.html#1820a

First Wright SHC incident:

" ...A small unexplained fire was discovered today burning in the Wright home."

RELATED AmyStrange.org WEBPAGE:
Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC)

1820: JAN-07 [FRI]

LOCATION:
London, UK

SOURCE:
http://www.amystrange.org/jan-07.html#1820a

Second Wright SHC incident:

" ...Mrs. Wright sitting near the family hearth got up to walk away and noticed her clothes were on fire."

RELATED AmyStrange.org WEBPAGE:
Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC)

1820: JAN-12 [WED]

LOCATION:
London, UK

SOURCE:
http://www.amystrange.org/jan-12.html#1820a

Third Wright SHC incident:

" ...Mrs. Wright's clothes flame up again... "

RELATED AmyStrange.org WEBPAGE:
Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC)

1820: JAN-13 [THU]

LOCATION:
London, UK

SOURCE:
http://www.amystrange.org/jan-13.html#1820a

Fourth Wright SHC incident:

" ...Mrs. Wright was hospitalized with severe burns... "

RELATED AmyStrange.org WEBPAGE:
Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC)

1952: SEP-18 [THU]

LOCATION:
Algiers, LA USA

SOURCE:
http://www.amystrange.org/sep-18.html#1952a

" ...Glen B. Denney was found by firemen engulfed in flames. Not another thing in the room was touched. Nothing in the room was combustible. The autopsy showed he had cut his wrist just before he burst into flames... "