The cause of death in these mysterious cases has, at one time or another, been reported as spontaneous human combustion—but there was often a more realistic explanation.

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The first known case of spontaneous human combustion happened in the late 14th century in Italy, when a knight drank wine one night before bursting into flames, per Business Insider.

The history Spontaneous human combustion is not a recent phenomenon. It was first reported in 1470, when an Italian knight named Polonus Vorstius allegedly burst up in flames. Shutterstock ...

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So, perhaps, it would be best not to taunt the spark and the open flame too fervently. Tiresome as it may be to toil the depths of this spontaneous human combustion (henceforth contracted to SPH for ...

“Spontaneous” human combustion over the ages: A Danish anatomist who specialized in the 17th century wrote about the first instance of spontaneous human combustion. It originated in Italy probably in ...