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Podcast: The Paracast â The Gold Standard of Paranormal Radio
Episode: June 22, 2025 â Larry Arnold: Spontaneous Human Combustion
Description: After 19 years, paranormal researcher Larry Arnold returns to talk with Gene and cohost Tim Swartz about the strange and frightening phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion (SHC). He is regarded by many as the worldâs expert on SHC, but others regard him as a âmystery mongerâ and âworld-class fool.â After leaving Lafayette College and a brief career in electrical engineering, Arnold founded PSI: ParaScience International in 1976 to pursue the exploration of Fortean anomalies and consciousness. His controversial article published in August 1978, titled âMeltdownâŚat TMI-2,â would 8 months later be termed âuncannily accurateâ by The Philadelphia Inquirer in presaging the future of that nuclear power...