What Really Causes Spontaneous Human Combustion?
Mar 13, 2026•Channel
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Published3 months ago
Duration41:16
Video ID7ferZAfkG4A
Languageen
CategoryEducation
PrivacyPublic
Made for KidsNo
Video TypeRegular Video
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Views16.3K
Likes782
Comments103
Engagement Rate5.44%
Likes per 100 views4.81
Comments per 1K views6.33
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For those of us of the slightly more seasoned vintage growing up in or living in the late 20th century, which was totally only a decade ago and I’ll take no further input on this matter, spontaneous Human Combustion ranks alongside the likes of quicksand, the Bermuda triangle. and rain that melts your skin off as one of those things that everyone from the news to popular social consciousness taught us was going to be something we’d simply have to deal with in our day to day lives for some reason. And then, just as suddenly as a person randomly turning into ash, everyone just moved on and stopped talking about it…
Which leads us to the subject of today’s video- what ever happened to everyone spontaneously combusting? Where did the idea come from, how did it proliferate public consciousness, and what’s up with all the people who did burst into flames and turned to ash, generally leaving only things like arms and legs behind? Can awesome science explain what happened to them?
Authors: Karl Smallwood and Daven Hiskey
Host: Daven Hiskey
Producer: Caden Nielsen