Pull out your list of the worst ways to die and add spontaneous combustion. (Unless it’s already on your list. A lot of us weirdos like to be prepared.) A world of science at our disposal and still no one can adequately explain why a human body would suddenly engulf itself in flames, no accelerant […]

Social distancing himself because of the pandemic, also by court order, EsoterX has blown the dust off his keyboard to share the finest historical curiousities this side of the Hudson River. In this case EsoterX recounts someone whos fervent faith ignited more than his spirit, along with a vivid description of a poo. Also burning […]

Today you get to kick back, relax, and enjoy the fact that paranormal news can sometimes just be entertaining. In keeping with that philosophy, we have approximately 22 minutes of video watching pleasure for you. The first is all about the creepiest of unexplained phenomena, Spontaneous Human Combustion? (What if those aren’t just hot flashes […]

Robbie Graham talks to Proud about his new book Borderland Phenomena: Volume 1, in which he explains that the paranormal is “a realm on the margins of this reality.” To better understand it, he feels that humans should “look closely and inquisitively at our very own planet.” Meanwhile the Paracast talks to Adele Casales Rocha […]

Here’s a piece to get you warmed up (or just paranoid). Since the early 1800s there have been unexplained reports of entire individuals–or in some cases just their hands–bursting into flames. Then there’s the Fire Starter proteges who appear to start fires with just their minds. But if incendiary prowess doesn’t get your attention, perhaps […]

If you miss Dr. Beachcombing as much as we do, missing for nigh 9 months, Tom Porter has an interesting analysis of an 18th century murder trial replete with fortean elements. A sordid affair where an innkeeper was accused of burning his wife alive, and the one countryman who argued for the accused’s innocence. Of […]

In a recent tragedy in downtown London, an elderly man burst into flames, later passing away due to the extensive nature of his burns. That’s the only straightforward element of this story as authorities to date have found no known reason for the fire to have started. We can’t prove that SHC is real, but […]

Prepare to have your boundaries of what is “normal” stretched a bit further than normal.  Exoterx presents us a historical report on spontaneous combustion. Not just one off’s, either; we’re talking clusters of combustion among groups that seemed to spread like contagion. Maybe something to read by the campfire next weekend…While you’re at it, have […]

The disturbing video showed the man lying ‘peacefully’ in the doorway of a building in northern Serbia with a bicycle parked nearby – and with flames coming from his stomach and chest.