#1: Only the feet were left
78-year-old Young Sik Kim, who was a paraplegic most of his life, was confined to a wheelchair. A neighbor came by to pay the elderly man a visit and discovered Kim enveloped in a blue flame which was bursting from his abdomen. All that remained were his feet.
#2: Dr John
In 1966, Dr. John Irving Bentley's burned remains were found by a meter reader who in his house. His body reduced to ash with the exception of the lower leg and a slipper. The rest of the doctor was a pile of ash.
#3: Italian countess
In 1731, a sluggish Countess Cornelia Di Bandi was found dead, reduced to ash, with just three fingers and her lower legs left intact. A little of her head and skin also remained, and she was coated with a "greasy and stinking moisture."
#4: Wicked Effect
FBI concluded that Mary Reeser was a victim of the "wick effect," in which the human body is destroyed by fire as the clothing of the victim soaks up melted human fat and acts like the wick of candle. However, the local police never bought the "wick effect" story so her death remains a mystery.
#5: The baby
Three-month-old Indian baby Rahul is the latest possible victim of spontaneous human combustion. His mother claims that he suffered from spontaneous burning only 9 days after his birth. "There was a flame on his belly and his right knee, and my husband rushed in with a towel to put it off," said Ms. Karnan.
#6: Salesman survives
 In 1974, Jack fell asleep in his camper in Savannah, Georgia. He slept for several days, and when he awoke his arm and back were covered in burns. There was even a burn hole on his chest. Who know's what really happened, but he survived.
#7: The 1st case
Polonus Vorstius, who lived during the 15th century reign of Queen Bona Sforza in Milan, Italy. The knight was reputed to have consumed "two ladles of strong wine." He felt nauseous and began vomiting fire which ultimately consumed his entire body.Â
#8: The firefighter
George got his wish. When his son visited a few days later, he found the windows browned and the doorknob warm. Inside, he found his father reduced to ashes in his bed. One rib and his skull remained, though it was inexplicably shrunken. Everything else in the room was intact.Â
#9: The woman who burned after drinking Gin
Her head was resting against the fireplace grate and her torso, described as appearing like "a block of wood burning with a glowing fire without flame,"was stretched across the hearth. It was decided that there was some internal cause for the burns on her body.Â
#10: The Irish man
In 2010, 76-year-old Michael Faherty was found burned to death in his home in Ireland. He was found lying on his back close to a fireplace. The only damage that was found was to his body, the ceiling above, and the floor beneath him. The fire hadn't spread anywhere else, nor were any accelerants found.
