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ANNOUNCING: What’s next for this podcast
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You asked, we answered. As the trial of Erin Patterson wrapped up, you made it clear we should keep making this podcast. So we decided we will, and f...
Bonus Q&A: Sentencing, frozen assets, mushroom music
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Mushroom Case Daily mailbag has been overflowing so we are diving back in to answer some of your questions.In this episode Rachael Brown and Step...
Mushroom Recap: The Cover-up
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Never foraged. Don't own a dehydrator. Bought them at an Asian Grocer. These are just a few of the lies Erin Patterson spun to try to cover herself, ...
Mushroom Recap: The Deadly Decline
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Don and Gail Patterson and Heather and Ian Wilkinson had no idea what was ahead for them the afternoon they left Erin's house. They raved about the d...
Mushroom Recap: The Murder Weapon
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A dehydrator and death cap mushrooms are uncommon murder weapons. To use them in preparation for her guests' beef Wellington lunch, Erin Patterson ne...
Mushroom Recap: Who is Erin?
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson was convicted of triple murder with no known motive. Still, much has been made of the tensions that simmered with her estranged husban...
Mushroom Recap: The Lunch
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It started with a homemade meal and ended in a triple murder trial. This is the first chapter in our limited series, retelling the tragic and bizarre...
Rachael, Kristian and Stocky tell you what they really think
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We will never know exactly how the jury reached its guilty verdicts, but we can tell you why we think they did.Rachael Brown and Stephen Stockwell ar...
The questions we couldn't answer — until now
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If the jury didn't hear it, we couldn't talk about it. That's why for weeks we have left certain questions unanswered, even after getting them hundre...
Exhibits revealed: the evidence that swayed the jury
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Erin Patterson has spent her first night in prison a convicted murderer, the prosecution's exhibits from the trial have been released to the publi...
The jury returns its verdict for Erin Patterson's 'mushroom murders'
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After more than 10 weeks, the jury in Erin Patterson's murder trial has reached their verdict on the three charges of murder and one charge of attemp...
Behind the curtain: Our life in Morwell
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When we landed in Morwell 10 weeks ago to make this podcast, we had no idea what was ahead — both inside the courtroom and outside.Turns out a lot ...
The room where it happens: Jury questions answered
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a closed room in the Latrobe Valley Law Courts, 12 people are deciding if Erin Patterson is guilty or not guilty of murder and attempted murder. ...
The jury retires to consider its verdict
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After nine weeks, the jury has retired to consider its verdict: whether Erin Patterson is guilty or not guilty of murder and attempted murder.In this...
Judging Erin's lies: Our Friday Wrap
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the jury departed for their last weekend at home before deliberations, Justice Christopher Beale gave specific instructions on how they should con...
The argument the jury was told to ignore
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As his charge to the jury ran through its third day, Justice Christopher Beale told the jury to specifically rule out one of the prosecution's argume...
Lies, phone resets, dumped evidence: the two explanations
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The jury in Erin Patterson's triple murder trial was reminded of her behaviour after the lunch: what the prosecution alleges is incriminating conduct...
How to judge Erin: Justice Beale weighs in
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today Justice Christopher Beale instructed the jury on how to decide whether Erin Patterson is guilty or not guilty. He laid out the principles of l...
Kill them all, or reconnect? Our Friday Wrap
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sides in Erin Patterson's triple murder trial delivered their closing addresses this week, with one calling the lunch a sinister deception and th...
Maybe? Likely? Probably? Defence's final bid to the jury
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a final bid to the jury, Erin Patterson's defence barrister argued his client gave honest evidence and did not try to charm or persuade.Rachael Br...
"Not on trial for being a liar" - defence closing continues
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson's defence team has told the jury not to confuse Erin Patterson's lies with the question of whether she is guilty of murder.In the seco...
Defence zeros in on lack of motive
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prosecutor Dr Nannette Rogers SC finished her closing address, telling the jury there was a final alleged deception by Erin Patterson: how she allege...
"A sinister deception": Prosecution's closing address begins
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The prosecution has begun its closing address to the jury, outlining four key deceptions it says underpin Erin Patterson's guilt.Rachael Brown and St...
The biggest moments of Erin's Evidence: Our Friday Wrap
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After eight days and hundreds of questions Erin Patterson has left the witness box, taking the jury a step closer to their deliberationsIn today's ep...
Erin Patterson's final words to the jury
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The defence rested its case today after arguing a final point about the Enrich clinic where Erin Patterson claimed she was pursuing weight loss surge...
Late-breaking evidence on Erin's gastric bypass claims
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The prosecution has put forward fresh evidence which challenges Erin Patterson's claims she sought assessment for gastric bypass at a Melbourne clini...
Body image, body fluids and body functions: Erin's evidence challenged
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cross examination continued for a third day today, with prosecutor Dr Nanette Rogers interrogating Erin Patterson's claims about weight loss surgery ...
Explaining Erin's evidence: Our Friday wrap
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson has spent almost all week in the witness box, facing questions today about whether her relationship with the lunch guests was as posit...
The cross examination of Erin Patterson begins
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson faced almost an entire day of cross examination from prosecutor Dr Nanette Rogers.In today's episode Rachael Brown and Stephen Stockwe...
The lies of Erin Patterson explained – in her own words
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson explained why she cooked individual beef Wellington’s, lied about having cancer and dumped her dehydrator, as she was taken through ...
Erin accepts that death caps were in the lunch
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, during her second day in the witness box, Erin Patterson accepted that the mushroom meal must have contained death caps.The accused triple mur...
Erin Patterson takes the stand
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Accused triple murderer, Erin Patterson, has given evidence for the first time in her own trial.In today's episode Rachael Brown and Stephen Stockwel...
Key moments in the case so far: Our Friday wrap
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the fifth week of trial comes to a close, what is Erin Patterson's defence team most focused on challenging in the prosecution's case against her?...
Erin's defence team gets to work
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Defence Barrister Colin Mandy has suggested police failed to seize devices from Erin Patterson's home, during the search where she was left alone wit...
Sim card allegedly swapped while police searched Erin’s home
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The prosecution alleged today that Erin Patterson handed over a secondary phone when police searched her home after changing sim cards mid-search. Th...
Erin Patterson's police interview revealed
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson's police interview a week after the 2023 beef Wellington lunch was played to the jury today.Kristian Silva and Stephen Stockwell step ...
Tracking down the mushroom source
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The health department official, whose job it is to respond to health risks, read the court her messages to Erin Patterson as she tried to trace the s...
Everything you need to know about Erin’s messages: Our Friday Wrap
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the fourth week of the trial comes to a close, we walk through all the key messages Erin sent to her Facebook friends, and how they fit into the t...
"I want nothing to do with them" - Erin’s messages about lunch guests
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook messages Erin Patterson sent to friends reveal frustration and anger towards her estranged husband Simon, and two of her lunch guests, Don a...
Erin Patterson’s alleged search history examined
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bing search results for the citizen science website iNaturalist were found on devices at the Patterson home, in evidence presented by the prosecution...
Doubt cast over location data placing Erin near death caps
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson's defence team got to work today, casting doubt over evidence that places the accused near death cap mushroom sightings.In today's epi...
Erin Patterson's movements traced by location expert
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today was all about that base (station), as a mobile phone location data expert traced Erin Patterson's alleged movements in the months before the de...
Death caps, DNA and drama. Our Friday Wrap
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three weeks into Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial, we review the key evidence the jury has heard, and the pressure they are under to absorb enorm...
Juror kicked out of Erin Patterson's trial
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A juror has been dismissed, after reports he was discussing the trial with family and friends. As the day progressed, the remaining jurors heard evid...
Dumping the dehydrator — CCTV shows Erin's trip to the tip
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The jury for Erin Patterson's murder trial today saw CCTV footage of the moment she dumped her dehydrator, which the prosecution alleges she used to ...
Mushroom expert "funkeytom" takes the stand
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the start of Erin Patterson's trial, the prosecution alleged she travelled to places death cap mushrooms had been spotted. Today, the man who post...
Mushrooms, motive and reasonable doubt – your questions answered
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson’s trial has taken a break today, but the Mushroom Case Daily team hasn’t – we’ve prepared this special Q&A episode.Today, ...
What happened to the leftovers? Our Friday wrap
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The second week of Erin Patterson's murder trial has now finished. Friends, doctors and Erin's children have mapped the aftermath of the lunch.In thi...
Erin Patterson in tears during daughter's evidence
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today the jury heard evidence from Erin Patterson’s daughter, who was nine-years-old when she was interviewed by police. In this episode Kristian...
Doctor’s grave warnings to Erin
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There were tears in the courtroom as children of the deceased lunch guests shared their stories. Plus, a Leongatha doctor described his attempts to c...
Lunch survivor Ian Wilkinson speaks
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Wilkinson survived the beef wellington lunch Erin Patterson held on July 29, 2023. Ian was the pastor at the Patterson’s church in Korumburra, ...
“She seemed to really like mushrooms”
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson's Facebook friends describe her as a woman who loved her kids, seemed to really like mushrooms and was at the center of a strained rel...
A tragic accident or ultimate betrayal? Our Friday wrap
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson’s triple-murder trial has reached the end of its dramatic first week. We’ve heard about false cancer claims, a close bond with tho...
'Hope you'll change your mind': Erin pleads with husband to attend lunch
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the second day of Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial, her estranged husband, Simon Patterson took the stand.
Individual wellingtons, coloured plates, and a false cancer claim
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The prosecution laid out its case against Erin Patterson today, but no motive was offered. The defence fired back in its opening, saying the deaths w...
Patterson no longer charged with trying to kill husband
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson's jury has been picked and the judge has explained how some of the original attempted murder charges have been dropped.
‘Mushroom murder’ trial poised to begin
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The murder trial of Erin Patterson starts this week. Kristian and Stocky break down the week ahead and what to expect in the courtroom.
The Jury: a heavy weight of responsibility
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Speaking up with your opinion may never be as important as when you’re deliberating with your fellow jurors.
The Prosecutor: proving beyond reasonable doubt
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s it like prosecuting an accused murderer? Kristian and Stocky find out from someone who’s done it many times.
The Defence: representing an accused murderer
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Take a peek into the world of a barrister who defends society’s most reviled characters.
Surviving death cap mushrooms
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are very few people who’ve survived a death cap mushroom poisoning. Simon Claringbold is one of them.In this episode he describes what it was...
A short history of mushrooms
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The trial of accused murderer Erin Patterson could allege a very unusual murder weapon: Mushrooms.
Country region braces for local trial
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson’s murder trial will be held in Morwell, at the closet court to the site of the alleged poisoning. We get to know this hilly Victoria...
One year on, answering your questions
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One year on from a lunch that ended in three deaths, Kristian and Stocky answer your questions and talk about who could end up on the jury.
Victoria's top Prosecutor steps in
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Director of Public Prosecutions stands up in the Supreme Court and we meet a new Judge.
The secrecy gets serious as Erin Patterson appears in the Supreme Court
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Erin Patterson appears before the Supreme Court for the first time, why is the court getting so serious about secrecy?
Erin Patterson pleads not guilty
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson calmly says ‘not guilty’ to three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder. And we’re on a surprise fast-track to a ...
Erin Patterson faces court
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Seen for the first time since her arrest, the accused triple murderer fronts a quick court hearing that still packs in a couple of surprises. Kristia...
Death cap recap
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Where are we at with this case so far? Erin Patterson, the woman at the centre of the mushroom lunch that left three people dead, and a fourth fighti...
INTRODUCING | Mushroom Case Daily
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Follow the case involving accused triple murderer, Erin Patterson, and an allegedly poisonous mushroom lunch. Once the proceedings begin, this podcas...