Countess Cornelia di Bandi's Fiery Death (sources)
- PRIMARY SOURCE: Novelle della repubblica delle lettere dell' anno MDCCXXXI [Short stories of the republic of letters' year MDCCXXXI (1731)], 1732 Venice, Italy. Pg. 262-263. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=SJJHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR6&dq=%22Novelle+della+repubblica+delle+lettere+dell%27+anno+MDCCXXXI%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Bm4MVdXTAtPgoASs3YHoCA&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Novelle%20della%20repubblica%20delle%20lettere%20dell%27%20anno%20MDCCXXXI%22&f=false
- SECONDARY SOURCE: “An Extract, by Mr. Paul Rolli, F.R.S. of an Italian Treatise, written by the Reverend Joseph Bianchini, a Prebend in the City of Verona; upon the Death of the Countess Cornelia Zangari & Bandi, of Cesena. To which are subjoined Accounts of the Death of Jo. Hitchell, who was burned to Death by Lightning; and of Grace Pett at Ipswich, whose Body was consumed to a Coal.” article in the Philosophical Transactions, No. 476, April, May, June, and July 1745, London, England. Pgs. 447-461. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=vf7Er7lYDCcC&pg=PA340-IA10&dq=An+Extract,+by+Mr.+Paul+Rolli,+F.R.S.+of+an+Italian+Treatise&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mpwKVdCMAYnooATy_YKIDw&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22dull%20and%20heavy%22&f=false
- “Spontaneous Combustion”, by John Knott, in American Medicine, Vol. 9, April 22, 1905. Pgs. 657-658. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=We8bAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA653&dq=%22american+medicine%22+%22john+knott%22+%22spontaneous+combustion%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u70LVbGZMsizoQSjkoKABg&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22american%20medicine%22%20%22john%20knott%22%20%22spontaneous%20combustion%22&f=false
Mentions & Repeaters
- Bleak House, Charles Dickens, 1868 Chapman & Hall, London, England. Pg. xvi
- Elements of Medical Jurisprudence (second edition), by Theodric Romeyn Beck, 1825 London, England. Pgs. 312-313
- The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries, by Colin and Damon Wilson, 1988 Contemporary Books, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA. ISBN: 0-8092-4524-8. Pg. 250
- Mysteries of the Unexplained, 1982 Reader’s Digest Association, ISBN: 0-89577-146-2. Pgs. 81-82
- “On the Combustion of the Human Body, produced by the long and immoderate Use of Spirituos Liquors,” by Pierre-Aime Lair, article in The Philosophical Magazine, Vol. VI, March 1800, London, England. Pgs. 113-114.
- Unexplained Phenomena: A Rough Guide Special (1st edition), by Bob Rickard and John Michell, 2000 Rough Guides, Ltd., 62-70 Shorts Gardens, London, England. ISBN: 1-85828-589-5. pg. 156
- Secrets of the Supernatural, Joe Nickell (with John F. Fischer), 1988 Prometheus Books. ISBN: 0879756853, 9780879756857. Pgs. 151, 161-162
- “Spontaneous Combustion,” by James Apjohn, article in The Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine, Vol. I, 1832 London, England. Pgs. 449
- Spontaneous Human Combustion, by Jenny Randles and Peter Hough, 2007 Robert Hale Limited (first published in 1992). ISBN: 978-0-7090-8402-0. Pgs. 17-18, 188-189
- “Smokescreen: Investigating SHC,” by Jenny Randles and Peter Hough, article in Fortean Times Magazine, Vol. 63, June 1992, London, England. [GARTH NOTE: This source basically gets the whole thing wrong.] Pgs. 20-22
- “Woman catches fire on street,” article in The Citizen, newspaper of Ottawa, Friday, August 6, 1982. Pg. 6. Online at: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DeVfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7O4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5...
- “Woman walking down street bursts into flames,” article in the Bangor Daily News, Friday, August 6, 1982, Pg. 19. Online at: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y-0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yzgHAAAAIBAJ&pg=1...
- “Did woman just burst into flames?,” by Tom Zito (The Washington Post), article in the Anchorage Daily News, newspaper of Anchorage, Alaska, USA, Sunday, August 8, 1982, Pgs. A-1,A-12. Online at: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GtMhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e58FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6...