Descriptions of spontaneous human combustion date back to the 17th century, with a large number of cases recorded in the 19th century and a handful in the 20th and 21st centuries. Altogether, there are a few hundred recorded possible cases. Charles Dickens, defended his use of spontaneous combustion against accusations of implausibility, citing several famous cases and the judgments of eminent medical doctors that such a thing was indeed possible. Spontaneous human combustion is a mystery with an impressive literary pedigree. Some believe that when a body saturated with a flammable substance alcohol would become flammable. Is Spontaneous Human Combustion Real?

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