The Spidermen Of Grafton

‘PRISON is hard. And in Australia - itself an expansive and sunburned version of Alcatraz - it’s even harder.

So inmates at Inmates Grafton maximum security prison in New South Wales state set about looking for escape.

But, finding the doors locked, they looked to at least free their minds. So they began breeding deadly redback spiders.

When ripe, these critters were milked for venom, the poison as diluted with water and the concoction then injected.’

Posted: 15th, September 2004 | In: Strange But True Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink