Woman almost burns down her house trying to kill a spider

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Tue, 01 Jul, 2014 - 10:20

Ciara Flaherty

A woman in Kansas has been charged with arson after setting fire to her house - in order to kill a spider. And not a black widow or anything - just a regular house spider.

Ginny M. Griffith told police that she set some towels on fire after seeing the spider in her home.

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