On December 22nd, 2010, a man named Michael Faherty was found in his home nearly burned to ash. Nothing else around him had been touched by the fire, however. The official coroners report read: Spontaneous Human Combustion But what is SHC, and why does it happen? Let’s take a morbid little tour through history Show Notes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/michaelfaherty ❥๑━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━๑❥ For more darkly curious stories check out "Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries” wherever you get your podcasts, and right here on youtube. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive bonus content, archived episodes of the podcast and more! https://bit.ly/3yK4O6K Have a heart-pounding story to tell or a case request? Submit your story at https://www.heartstartspounding.com/s... Follow me! Instagram: https://bit.ly/3Kq84qB TikTok: https://bit.ly/3RaI7ig Youtube: https://bit.ly/3X96lgJ Facebook: https://bit.ly/3X3xYI9 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3x2YEOu Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/45adU8Y https://heartstartspounding.com/ Make sure to like and subscribe for more darkly curious content! #horror #storytelling #heartstartspounding #haunted