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May 31, 2025

What Erin Patterson’s Messages Tell Us About Deadly Mushroom Meal

The Mushroom Murder Trial continues with a focus on digital evidence revealing complex relationships between Erin Patterson and her alleged victims before the fatal lunch. Friday's proceedings examined Signal messages showing...

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May 28, 2025

Evidence Unveiled: Final Days of the Erin Patterson Mushroom Trial

We're approaching the end of the Mushroom Murder Trial, with hearings potentially concluding this week and the jury soon deciding Erin Patterson's fate. I share updates from recent court proceedings, including details from police searches of Erin Patterson's home and the evidence allegedly collecte…

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May 28, 2025

Mushroom Murder Trial: Erin Patterson's Cancer Lie - Court Hears

Today's testimony from the lead investigator reveals Erin Patterson allegedly fabricated a cancer diagnosis to lure her estranged husband's family to a fatal lunch that left three people dead. Detective Stephen Eppingstall testified that police found no medical records supporting Patterson's claims…

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May 27, 2025

Erin Patterson's Tears Flow as Jury Sees Police Interview Footage

The Supreme Court today played video of a police interview with Erin Patterson, revealing her soft-spoken denials and emotional explanation about wanting to maintain family relationships with her estranged husband's parents. ...

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May 26, 2025

When Almost Every Treatment Failed: Medical Reality of the Mushroom P…

In this extra episode, we go through testimony at Erin Patterson’s murder trial. Professor Stephen Warillo from The Austin Hospital in Melbourne reveals the devastating details of how three victims died from organ failure des...

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May 24, 2025

Family Tensions Revealed: Digital Evidence in the Erin Patterson Case

Digital evidence presented in court reveals alleged triple murderer Erin Patterson's frustrations with her in-laws months before the deadly mushroom meal. Facebook messages, photos of mushrooms on drying racks, and searches about terminal cancer paint a complex picture in this closely watched murde…

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May 21, 2025

Death Cap Evidence: Inside Erin Patterson’s Computer - Claims

Digital forensic expert Sharman Fox-Henry testifies about key evidence found on Erin Patterson's computer in the Mushroom Murder Trial. Mr Fox-Henry reveals a Google search for a site featuring death cap mushrooms on May 28, 2022—approximately one year before the fatal lunch where three people died…

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May 20, 2025

What the Security Footage Reveals About the Day After Mushroom Lunch

The Supreme Court of Victoria is examining video footage showing Erin Patterson at a service station the day after the fatal mushroom lunch, along with testimony challenging the reliability of mobile phone data evidence in tr...

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May 19, 2025

Digital Footprints in the Death Cap Mushroom Trial: Erin Patterson's …

Telecommunications expert Dr Matthew Sorrell's analysis reveals Erin Patterson's phone connected to towers near Outtrim and Loch after death cap mushrooms were allegedly spotted in those areas. Two of the phone data analyses allegedly place Ms Erin Patterson’s device at these locations weeks before…

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May 17, 2025

Mushrooms, Alleged Murder, and Scientific Evidence: Australia's Beef …

The Mushroom Murder Trial Podcast is covering the latest developments from the Supreme Court of Victoria hearings in Morwell, where Erin Patterson is charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder after...

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May 14, 2025

The Landfill Evidence: New Developments in the Erin Patterson Case

Court hears testimony from a tip manager who found a food dehydrator in an e-waste bin days after CCTV showed a woman disposing of a similar item. Prosecutors allege Erin Patterson dumped the dehydrator, which contained her f...

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May 13, 2025

Fungi and Fatalities: Erin Patterson showed “no clinical signs of mus…

Court testimony reveals Erin Patterson showed no clinical signs of mushroom poisoning despite claiming to have eaten the same meal that killed three family members. Expert mycologist Dr Tom May provides detailed evidence abou...

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May 11, 2025

Inside the Mushroom Murder Trial: A Son's Perspective on Deadly Lunch

The jury in the Mushroom Murder Trial was given a day off to handle administrative matters, while tomorrow's hearings will proceed as scheduled in the Supreme Court of Victoria in Morwell. Today's episode focuses on the son's...

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May 8, 2025

A Mother's Denial and a Family's Tragedy: Inside the Mushroom Murder …

The Mushroom Murder Trial podcast provides detailed coverage of Erin Patterson's court case, featuring testimony from healthcare workers about her condition after the deadly mushroom lunch and video evidence from her daughter about the events surrounding the poisoning. • Erin Patterson, 50, is faci…

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May 7, 2025

What Really Happened After That Fatal Mushroom Lunch?

Day seven of the Mushroom Murder Trial revealed Erin Patterson left Leongatha Urgent Care against medical advice just two days after the fatal mushroom lunch. Medical professionals testified about their encounters with Erin P...

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May 6, 2025

The Sole Beef Wellington Mushroom Lunch Survivor Speaks

The Sole Beef Wellington Lunch Survivor Speaks - Mushroom Murder Trial Ian Wilkinson, the sole survivor of the Leongatha mushroom lunch poisoning, testifies in the trial of Erin Patterson, providing new details about the deadly mushroom meal and subsequent events. His testimony reveals observations…

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May 6, 2025

Mushroom, Alleged Murder, and Messages: The Digital Trail

The Mushroom Murder Trial podcast examines new evidence in the case against Erin Patterson, who stands accused, but denies, three murders and one attempted murder after allegedly serving deadly death cap mushrooms to her form...

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May 4, 2025

Unraveling the Deadly Mushroom Lunch: Family Text Messages Reveal Ris…

Simon Patterson, the estranged husband of murder accused Erin Patterson, testifies that his wife never asked for updates on her in-laws' deteriorating conditions following the July 2023 deadly beef Wellington mushroom lunchs....

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May 1, 2025

What Happened When Erin Patterson’s Husband Skipped Beef Wellington L…

Simon Patterson delivers his pivotal testimony in the Mushroom Murder Trial, revealing complex family dynamics and new details about the deadly Beef Wellington lunch allegedly served by his estranged wife Erin Patterson. His ...

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April 29, 2025

Three Charges Withdrawn as Mushroom Murder Trial Begins - Erin Patter…

The Mushroom Murder Trial begins this week in Morwell, Victoria, with the accused Erin Patterson pleading not guilty to allegedly murdering her former in-laws and Gail's sister after a calamitous lunch at her home in July 202...

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April 27, 2025

Inside Australia's Mushroom Murder Trial

A family lunch in July 2023. Three lives lost. One attempted murder charge. One person on trial. The Mushroom Murder Trial Podcast is launching coverage of Erin Patterson's case as proceedings begin today (April 28) in Victo...

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