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2025
-- October 2,
2025; 8:00PM -- History Channel's "The Unexplained with William
Shatner" is rerunning us/SHC in a few hours in the "Mysterious
Urban Legends" episode. Saturday, 16 Aug 2025, 11:00PM-midnight EST Sunday, 17 Aug 2025, 1:00-2:00AM EST. -- The
UK’s Fortean Times, arguably the world’s premier publication
devoted to anomalous phenomena, debts our multipart SHC article this week in
its current issue – Number 460 (August 2025). Part 2 will run in Number
461 (September) and Part 3 in Number 462 (appropriately Halloween’s October).
The series focuses on six of the many cases we personally investigated
on-site; includes photographs never before published about these combustion
conundrums that science rejects; and uses SHC-debunkers’ own words to support
the reality of Spontaneous Human Combustion aka
Sudden Human Cremation. The editor
says: “Larry Arnold, author of the comprehensive and case-rich 1996
book ABLAZE!, has plenty of examples of
cases in which thorough investigation of fires has yielded similarly baffling
results, despite coroners returning rather different verdicts. Larry remains
one of the most dogged of SHC researchers, having spent decades tracking down
possible cases and traveling the length and breadth of the US to conduct
personal investigations and interviews with both first responders and
victims’ next of kin. Here, in a major three-part article for FT,
Larry re-opens some of his hottest case files …” If you don’t
subscribe or don’t find it at a local magazine vendor, it can be ordered
here: https://shop.forteantimes.com/current-issue One case
explored in both items has a local connection: the 1951 mystifying death of
Columbia, PA, native Mrs. Mary Reeser, who died in a localized ‘chair fire’
that baffled everyone because it exceeded cremation and left behind her left
foot and a few pounds of ashes, now buried at Chestnut Hill Cemetery south of
Mechanicsburg. Two other
equally baffling Pennsylvania fires are discussed at length in Fortean
Times and in ABLAZE! For further
information:
--- --- Last week's debut of Mysterious Urban Legends on "The UnXplained with William Shatner" with its opening
segment about Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) begins its anticipated many
reruns this week on The History Channel. Friday, 7/25/2025, 8:00-9:00PM ET Saturday, 7/26/2025, 1:00-2:00AM ET Feedback indicates that viewers wanted more time/info devoted to
SHC than to some of the other 'urban legends'. The one-hour interview we
provided that centered around questions and cases pre-selected by the
producers got edited down to maybe 40 seconds. So it
goes with television. To the producers' credit, the SHC segment was accurate
and avoided the lies told about SHC by debunkers. The episode is now also available online: https://play.history.com/shows/the-unxplained/season-7/episode-12 --- --- Harrisburg
author and researcher of the paranormal and the downright unusual is featured
nationally and internationally in print and on TV this week. Friday, July
18, 2025; 9:00-10:00PM ET/PT, re-airs Saturday, July 19, midnight-1:00AM
ET/PT. “The UnXplained with William Shatner” debuts a new episode
(S7E12) titled Mysterious Urban Legends on History Channel. “From the eerie
reports of spontaneous human combustion and the hunt for the Highgate Vampire
to the unsettling boogeymen known as the Men in Black appearing after UFO
sightings, could these legends be more than just stories?” Filmed in February
in Pasadena, CA, we get to present cases for why SHC is yes, a legend; also
yes, reality. Will Bill Shatner agree? Well, that’s what he will try to
decide. And you can too, if you watch and if the editing has been honest. If
you don’t catch the premier, frequent re-runs will offer more opportunity. Watch The
UnXplained Full Episodes, Video & More |
HISTORY Channel
--- --- SHC – Podcast (video) for “Binnall of America” with
Tim Binnall. 9:00-10:38PM. Posted April 16, 2025 This week on BoA: The
Revival, the legendary Larry Arnold makes his long overdue return to the show
for a deep dive on one of the paranormal's most
unsettling mysteries: spontaneous human combustion! We cover the cases, the
theories, the challenges of studying SponCom,
Larry's incredible legacy, and tons more. --- --- SHC
podcast with Tim Binnall. 9:00-10:38PM. Posted April 16, 2025: Binnall
of America This
week on BoA: The Revival, the legendary Larry
Arnold makes his long overdue return to the show for a deep dive on one of
the paranormal's most unsettling mysteries:
spontaneous human combustion! We cover the cases, the theories, the
challenges of studying SponCom, Larry's incredible
legacy, and tons more. --- --- Doing a live interview tonight, 3.21.25, from 7-9PM
EDT via ZOOM. Click on this URL then select "Studio A"
to listen and see(?). --- --- Friday,
January 10, 2025; 3:00-5:00AM EST (Thursday, January 9, Midnight-2:00AM PST). If you
get up early or need an incentive other than a cup of great coffee to arise
early, you can listen to Larry discuss his research that documents SHC
(Sudden Human Combustion aka Spontaneous Human
Combustion) on "CoastToCoastAM" with
George Noory. It’s an eye-opener to an obscure, frightful yet fascinating and
provocative medical, biological and fortean
phenomenon in which, classically, a person not touched by a known nearby
external fire burns up more completely than if in a crematorium retort. Examples
likely explored with George may include Mary Reeser in FL; Dr. J. Irving
Bentley and grandmother Helen Conway in PA; fireman
George Mott in NY; the Patrick Rooneys and Beatrice
Oczki in IL; Danny Vanzandt in OK; and the young Kirby sisters in West
Yorkshire, England. Perhaps a survivor case or two, as well. (Yes, not all
SHCs are fatal.) Discussion
too about whether the “wick effect” theory that’s promulgated to refute SHC survives
serious scrutiny, plus examples of SHC naysayers’ willingness to
misrepresent, make up and, yes, lie about evidence that is clearly
disconcerting and threatens their presumed expertise. You can
call in during the program and ask a question; suggest an explanation; tell
Larry he’s a “world-class fool,” as one critic asserts; best of all, provide
a credible lead to a possible SHC case that’s unknown to him. Western US: 800/618-8255 Eastern US: 800/825-5033 First-time caller: 818/501-4721 Carried
live on WHP-580AM in Harrisburg, PA, and stations nationwide that carry
Premier Networks. Or listen
on the web: https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2025-01-09-show/ If the
subject of SHC intrigues and you want to know much more, his encyclopedic
book ABLAZE! is available at Amazon.com and directly from
the author via this website. -- 2024 Thursday,
September 19, 2024. Announcing
the resurrection/return of Fortfest, the Innternational Fortean Organization (INFO) conference
devoted to anomalies and mysteries in the vein of Charles Fort. It will be
held this weekend - Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd - at Dave &
Busters Emporium in the Arundel Mills Mall, Hanover, MD. Yours truly is
among the speakers, updating (with humor) the reality of Sudden Human
Cremation based on the criteria that the naysayers themselves use to debunk
SHC. Oh what fun! Here
is the conference organizer's write-up about our presentation for 2:00-3:00PM
Saturday, September 21: LARRY
ARNOLD > Ablaze! Spontaneous Human Combustion Larry
Arnold is a man most dear to
INFO. He has kicked off Fortfest gatherings for as
long as any of us can remember, at least twenty years. But how did such a
sweet guy get involved with such a dark topic as Spontaneous Human
Combustion, or more appropriately Spontaneous Human Cremation? He'll bring us
up to snuff (pun, yes) on the latest cases, many of which Larry has examined
personally, hands-on. I personally grew up pondering the famous 1951 Mary
Reeser SHC case and when I found out the FBI had gotten involved, I
was hooked on the serious anomaly. Larry has had many
updates to his perennial volume Ablaze! He's been
featured on the SyFy Channel, the
Unexplained Files on The Science Channel, and Medical
Mysteries, to name just a few media outlets. Larry brings
us his latest findings, fresh from his lecture at Lily Dale, NY. Reservations
can still be made. Full
list of speakers and topics at the Eventbrite link. See you there? Here's
the URL for more info and to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/info-fortfest-sept-21-22-2024-bwi-area-tickets-1005604789997
-- -- Here's
the URL for free-viewing of this newest podcast
about SHC that was done live on 5/29/24. Runs
about 1 hr. Bursting into
Flames (Spontaneous Human Combustion) Can Ruin Your Day -- -- May 29, 2024; noon-1PM EDT (9:00AM-10:00AM
PDT) -- -- SHC interview with Larry Arnold. https://open.spotify.com/episode/19ARk0NHh14Oh1LSkUKCMM
-- -- 2023 Friday, December 1, 2023 ScienceChannel
is doing another marathon of its superb series “The Unexplained Files”
(2013-2014) beginning today at 2:00PM EST and concluding on Saturday,
December 2, at 6:00AM.
The episode about SHC broadcasts Friday at 9:00-10:00PM EST and
two hours later on Saturday, at Midnight-1:00AM EST.
It features our research into 100s of cases that meet the criteria for
SHC and features both a classic SHC case that happened in 2013 in Oklahoma
and a survivor, Frank Baker, of partial (and witnessed) SHC.
History has defined classic SHC as the mysterious near-total
incineration of a person in the absence of significant surrounding damage by
fire and heat. Once a hotly debated topic among physicians and scientists,
SHC since the mid-1800s has mostly been dismissed as myth; fable;
superstition and mystery-mongering. The National Fire Investigator (1986)
calls SHC “a stain on the science and professionalism of the fire analysis
community.” One prominent American medical examiner adamantly declares that
such alleged fire scenes must be a “Hoax!” because “Bodies don’t burn this
way.” Know that one of the
SHC nay-sayers in the episode is a proven liar when it comes to statements he
has made about SHC. Know that Professor Ford told us his experimentation
required a minimum 40% acetone to sustain combustion in flesh, something
conveniently not mentioned by him in the program when expounding his
“solution” for how a person might incinerate. If a person can live in 40%
acetone, that's a medical anomaly in itself. Friday, September 29, 2023 September 15, 2023 And
to listen at your convenience for more discussion about SHC and yours truly
with host James Creachbaum on Night Dreams Talk Radio Network that posted
Sunday, September 10, 2023, click here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/nightdream/spontaneous-human-combustion-the-hitmans On
Sunday night, September 10, 2023, "The Unexplained w/ Howard
Hughes" in the U.K. (11:29PM-midnight GMT) spoke again with us about SHC
- Spontaneous Human Combustion aka Sudden Human
Cremation. Technical issues with Zoom and Skype rendered it voice-only,
sadly. Runs about 25 minutes with an emphasis on British cases and the
Cartography of Combustion (alignments of anomalous fires) that we discovered
there. CoastToCoastAM - August 15, 2023, 1:00-3:00AM
EDT. Larry
Arnold will be the featured first-hours guest as George Noory explores the
fascinating yet frightful (for many) subject of SHC. Once called Spontaneous
Human Combustion and now sometimes more accurately Sudden Human Cremation,
its mystery has been known to history for centuries and and
its disbelievers frustrated and in denial for just as long. Larry has spent a
lifetime traveling the world to document atypical fires and combustion
conundrums; interviewing amazed first-responders at these baffling burn-ups;
collecting astonishing photographic documentation for a phenomenon said to be
"Impossible!"; challenging naysayers who choose to accept facile
explanations or, worse, make up fake facts and perpetrate outright fraud. Friday,
July 28, 2023. 7:00-8:00PM EDT. SHC
will be explored - again for the third time in a fortnight - during another
marathon run of The Science Channel's acclaimed two-year series “The
Unexplained Files” (S1E4). Combustion), here are
some updates. 1) The horrific tanker
truck explosion and fire of 8,000+ gallons of gasoline on June 10th that took
down I-95 in Philadelphia … media says that temperatures peaked “around 750
degrees” – really?? steel doesn’t catastrophically fail at that temperature –
and that “a body” (presumably the driver) was retrieved from the wreckage. A
body? Awaiting a more complete account, but “body” implies more than a few
amorphous fragments like those often found at SHC-defined fire fatalities.
Then again, it could just be bad journalism. 2) Thursday, June 15,
7:0008:00AM EDT … Science Channel will again rerun “The Unexplained Files”
program about SHC, which includes the 2013 case of a gentleman in Oklahoma
whose localized incineration baffled the local fire chief and firefighters.
Decide for yourself whether their befuddlement was warranted or if it’s just
another case of “the wick effect” that SHC debunkers inevitably invoke to
explain away any mystery of the ‘fire’ that consumed all the victim’s
internal organs but his heart. 3) Available anytime …
the two-part TerraSignals podcast and video
interview we did with host Justin Bamforth a few months ago about SHC
has just been posted. Lasting nearly two hours, this podcast is among the
most detailed and lengthy discussions about SHC that we have done outside of
Art Bell and CoastToCoastAM. Says
Justin: “I decided to re-cut our interview into two shorter episodes so it's
easier for people to digest (and to appeal to people's ever-growing short attention
spans ). I think it turned out very well. I am very excited to get your
story out there to a whole new audience and renew interest again in the
subject. You are an amazing person and your research is just as equally
important to the field. Especially now as our government begins to lift the
taboos on these strange subjects little by little.” Justin’s
website is https://terrasignals.com. Here are the
podcast/video links: Terra
Signals Podcast Episode (part 1) https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/OpajEoF2uAb Terra
Signals Podcast Episode (part 2) https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/IPTw6nF2uAb Full
Video Interview June 13, 2023 Media Updates For those who are
interested in the research we do about SHC (Sudden Human Cremation aka Spontaneous Human TELEVISION: 2022 TELEVISION: “The Unexplained Files:
Spontaneous Human Combustion and Mexican Pilot UFO” (S1 E4) Thursday, October
27, 2022; 4:00-5:00PM ET Another rebroadcast of
this classic from 2013 when we meet with the first-responders
and a county sheriff with a 20-year background in fire investigation, who are
willing to consider SHC when a puzzling localized human inferno happens in
their jurisdiction. Can the wick hypothesis explain this fire fatality that
“began, and ended, in the body”? ScienceChannel.com/live-now … also via cable providers’ upper-tier packages. TELEVISION: Thursday,
October 20, 2022; 7:00-8:00PM ET release date Part
2 (60 minutes): a follow-up encore that delves into lesser
known cases that have been witnessed and survived. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/51639940 PODCASTS: “Forbidden Knowledge
News” podcasts with Christopher Mathieu Thursday, September 8,
2022; 7:00-8:30PM ET release date Part 1 (90 minutes):
explores several well-known classic spon-com cases
we discovered and document. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/51192815 MEDIA ALERT: Tuesday, July 19, 2022, 11:00AM-Noon EST. ScienceChannel will again re-telecast the episode (S1E4) of
its superb series "The Unexplained Files" that examines the
phenomenon of Spontaneous Human Combustion aka
Sudden Human Cremation. Featured is the debut of a classic case - body nearly
consumed by a fearsome and highly localized fire in a combustible environment
that escapes the expected damage - that happened in Oklahoma in 2013 plus a
survivor case - partial burns occurring without a known external ignition
source - in Vermont. We appear as an advocate for SHC and attempt to
demonstrate why the "the wick effect" promulgated by Orthodoxy is a
laughable explain-away. Tune in and decide which side of the SHC debate - no
it's all bulls**t or yes it happens and is a true mystery - makes sense
to you. ScienceChannel is again telecasting the program we did for
"The Unexplained Files" (S1E4) about SHC. Includes the
most recent case we field-investigated: 2013 in Oklahoma. Friday, March 11, 2022; 10:00-11:00PM EST Saturday, March 12, 2022; 1:00-2:00AM EST Also tonight (Mar 11): live interview with Gary Anderson on NightDreamsTalk Radio. Topic is SHC and wherever else
Gary chooses to take the 90 minutes. Friday, March 11, 2022; 10:00-11:30PM EST https://nightdreamstalkradio.com/ Larry Arnold will be featured guest on NightDreamsTalkRadio
with Gary Anderson this Friday, March 11, 2022, 10:00-11:30PM EST. Topic is
SHC, of course. :) Here' are current links: https://nightdreamstalkradio.com/home https://nightdreamstalkradio.com/upcoming-shows 2021 MEDIA
ALERT: program about SHC on The Science Channel - Friday, Oct. 8, 2021- Friday, Oct 8, at 3:00-4:00PM EDT, Science Channel will again
re-telecast "The Unexplained Files" episode that explores with
Larry Arnold the conundrum of SHC - Spontaneous Human Combustion aka Sudden Human Cremation. This episode is among the most
re-aired of all programs on The Science Channel since it debuted in 2013.
Tune in if you haven't seen this before, or wanna
see it again, as Larry interviews first-responders who found themselves
mystified when called to a classic SHC-style fatality that occurred inside
this otherwise intact house in Oklahoma. Believe it. Or not? SEE PICTURE OF HOUSE HERE: http://parascience.com/images/SHC%20house.jpg
ScienceChannel has our
"The Unexplained Files" episode slated again for next Tues. 8/17 4-5AM ScienceChannel reran our "The
Unexplained Files" episode June 23rd, 2021, 11AM-Noon EDT.
Just discovered that "Science Channel" will today at
3:00-4:00PM EDT rebroadcast its S1E4 program of "The Unexplained
Files" that explores Spontaneous Human Combustion and, of course, our
advocacy of the phenomenon. Features a classic case that had just happened in
Oklahoma, and this program is its national debut. Tune in and decide for
yourself: can people incinerate more completely in their homes than in a
retort, or are we making up the 'evidence' and making a flaming fool of ourself? https://www.amazon.com/Ablaze-Larry-Arnold/dp/0871317893/ MEDIA ALERT: Pleased to announce that ScienceChannel
is rebroadcasting "The Unexplained Files" episode w/ us about
Sudden Human Cremation (SHC) and survival, too, this Saturday, Feb. 27, at
7:00-8:00AM EST. Other episodes of this fine series precede and follow. Professor Ford in the U.K. asserts SHC is solved by people
becoming 100% saturated with acetone. Does that make sense to you? Tune in
and see if your thinking is confirmed or refuted ... For those
interested in strange stuff or/and have been following our research into the
definitely strange subject of Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC), we will be
discussing aspects of its high strangeness with CoastToCoastAM
host George Noory on Thursday morning, February 18, between 3:00-5:00AM EST. His website
is www.CoasToCoastAM.com and the program is available online via any iHeart.com radio station that carries C2C. Tune in
and discover where George takes the conversation; might be full of surprises,
as with SHC one never quite knows what will happen. 2020 On this weekend before Christmas,
Science Channel’s gift is a marathon from 9AM-8PM today of its excellent
series “The Unexplained Files.” As a gift to us, it includes the episode
(S1E4) about Spontaneous Human Combustion, airing in the 5-6PM EST time slot.
Two new cases debuted in this program: the classic SHC of a man in
Oklahoma in 2013 – the year this episode first aired – and a Purple
Heart-awarded SHC veteran in Vermont, veteran in the sense that he says he
twice survived not-so-typical SHC. Tune in and see if you agree,
or can offer an alternative explanation. A Meaningful Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. ScienceChannel is rebroadcasting on 10/31,
11AM-Noon EDT - its episode of "The Unexplained Files" about SHC as
part of its Halloween day programming. It discusses the OK case and a VT
survivor/witnessed case. Can
be viewed live, online at www.ScienceChannel.com
October 31, 2020 Says Paul, the host: "I had a blast, I really
appreciate you taking the time. I would like to think that my many years as
an investigator in the NAVY played some part of asking those questions, but
it was mostly my genuine curiosity on the topic. I have the episode up and
ready to go on YouTube, will have the audio version up in a couple of hours.
Thanks." Episode: MEDIA ALERT: Science Channel, Friday, August 21, 2020,
6:00-7:00PM EDT. We will again be appearing on TV to discuss a few of the many
myths, marvels and mysteries of SHC - Spontaneous Human Combustion aka Sudden Human Cremation - as ScienceChannel
reruns this Friday our program in its excellent series "The Unexplained
Files." Tune in, watch exert first-responders and an arson investigator
attest to the oddity of SHC and other experts attempt to explain it all away,
decide whether a man who says his body twice burst into flame and the witness
who says he saw it happen are credible, and boost the ratings! MEDIA ALERT: Friday, June 19, 2020, 7:00-8:00AM EDT ScienceChannel will re-air the
episode (S1E4) of its superb series "The Unexplained Files" that
examines two recent examples of the phenomenon of Spontaneous Human
Combustion -- aka Sudden Human Cremation: a classic case in Oklahoma in 2013
and the case in Vermont of a Purple Heart recipient who says he twice
survived partial SHC. We appear as the advocate for SHC and demonstrate why
the explain-away of "the wick effect" promulgated by spon-com debunkers does not work; a British researcher
offers his theory that acetone is the solution (so to speak). Tune in and
decide for yourself. https://www.sciencechannel.com/schedule "Paranormal Caught on Camera" episode at 10-11PM ESTon May 17, 2020 - think this was the original airing of this episode - titled "Screams of Terror..." a segment about an Arkansas father/son walking in woodland, father filming son and then capturing roar-and-grunt sounds from something moving in the underbrush, ending w/ what appears (ever so briefly, because this program chop-cut edits much of the submitted footage) to be a humanoid dark creature behind a tree trunk. Footage appears quite genuine. Didn't catch the name of the gentleman. Contact the show for details(?) at submitparanormal@gmail.com ScienceChannel is rerunning our most recent
program for
them. Thursday, 5/14/2020, 6-7AM EST (our segment is
actually 6:30-7:00AM). Can
be accessed currently online if one has a Fios or Comcast account, here: Science
Channel - UNEXPLAINED FILES Spontaneous
Human Combustion and Mexican Pilot UFO SEASON
1 • EPISODE 6 Spontaneous
Human Combustion: In Oklahoma, a man is reduced to a pile of ashes in his own
home. Carlos de los Santos/UFO: Pilot Carlos de los Santos recounts his midair encounter with three UFO’s
en route to Mexico City's airport. 41 min|TV-PG|Premiered 10/02/2013 Friday, February 28, 2020;
11:00AM-Noon EST. ScienceChannel is doing another
marathon of "The Unexplained Files" on this date. And again,
telecasting the episode we did for this wonderful series that deals with
multiple cases of - gasp! - Spontaneous Human Combustion. Finally, a
civilized time slot for a rerun. Both fatal and survived cases are
documented - not that the debunkers and naysayers will give any credence to
the cases presented but for those with true critical thinking skills,
you'll have much to ponder. (This episode was also telecast on Friday,
February 21, 2020, in the same time slot.) Can be viewed online
live too, at ScienceChannel.com during the on-air broadcast. "The Unexplained
Files" examines the phenomenon of Spontaneous Human Combustion both
fatal and, yes, survived with Larry E Arnold, director of ParaScience
International, documenting for the first time on national TV the death of
Danny Vanzandt in Oklahoma and the witnessed inflaming of survivor Frank
Baker. Science Channel Friday, February 21,
2020; 11AM-Noon EST Friday, February 28,
2020; 11AM-Noon EST You can see Larry Arnold tomorrow on ScienceChannel - "The Unexplained
Files" - Tuesday, 6-7PM. |
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