Episode 70: In honor of Ash Wednesday the team turns its attention to combustion not the palm leaf kind but the unsettling human kind. Pennsylvania holds a few infamous cases of Spontaneous Human Combustion and we travel to the graveyard where Mary Reeser known as The Cinder Lady is buried. Her case remains one of the most debated and disturbing examples tied to this phenomenon.

Spontaneous Human Combustion has puzzled investigators scientists and paranormal researchers for decades with theories ranging from natural explanations to claims of something far stranger at work. In this episode we break down the most well known cases explore the disputed evidence and examine why some believe paranormal forces may be involved.

So grab a drink light a cigar settle in by the fire and maybe think twice about those matches in your pocket as we dive into this heated topic.

Sources:

• Wikipedia
• Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania by Thomas White 2009
• The Pennsylvania Files by Jack Myers 2024
• Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 23828371 -Mary Hardy Reeser
• Ablaze! The Mysterious Fires of Spontaneous Human Combustion by Larry E. Arnold 1995 (Signed)
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98232925/john_irving-bentley
• Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 238424242 - Helen Ann Hesson Conway