On Trial Australia
Episodes
1. Hannah Clarke
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In February 2020, the name Hannah Clarke was etched into the national consciousness. But who was Hannah? She was a natural leader, full of energy and ...
Listen Next: Hannah's Story
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you're looking for a new podcast over the holidays, take a listen to Hannah's Story. In February 2020 the name Hannah Clarke was etched into the na...
APPEAL GRANTED
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gregory Lynn has won his appeal and had his murder conviction quashed. The Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial on the charge of murdering Carol Clay...
Lisa Lynn’s diary revealed
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We can now reveal the High Country killer was charged with threatening his first wife's life, before she was found dead in 1999. It comes as a gag ord...
A twist in the killer's appeal
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We unpack Gregory Lynn’s appeal hearing, as a judge questions if the killer could be re tried over Russell Hill’s death. See omnystud...
Catching an ‘evil psychopath’; Inside the investigation of Greg Lynn
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former missing persons squad boss Andrew Stamper takes listeners inside the high profile investigation while offering a rare insight into his 40-year ...
Erin Patterson’s ‘last ditch attempt’
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson’s new barrister tells the court his team needs more time to prepare an appeal case against the triple murderer’s conviction...
Inside the prison cell
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The prosecution calls for Erin Patterson to be handed a life sentence, without the possibility of parole. The court is also given a rare insight into ...
'I am no longer Erin Patterson’s victim'; The family speaks
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The only survivor of the deadly mushroom lunch says he forgives the woman who tried to kill him, pastor Ian Wilkinson telling the court ‘now I a...
What really happened to Simon Patterson
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen for the first time what the jury didn't hear, including Simon Patterson's claims his estranged wife was trying to kill him for years, secret po...
APPEAL UPDATE
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A date is set for Gregory Lynn’s appeal a year after he was convicted of murdering Carol Clay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...
The many faces of Erin Patterson
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of the trial, Erin and Penny take listeners through their observations from the courtroom, things the jury didn’t see and just ...
Why did she do it? The doctor's perspective
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In an extended interview, Leongatha doctor and trial witness Christopher Webster sits down with our hosts to speak about his interactions with murdere...
‘Guilty’ - the jury decides
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
12 jurors have convicted Erin Patterson of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Come inside the courtroom as the verdict was hand...
THE VERDICTS
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After 6 days of deliberations, the jury has returned with its verdicts. We bring you some of the reaction as it unfolded in Morwell. See omnystud...
Deliberations begin
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After 40 trial days, the jury retires to deliberate. With two jurors balloted off, the remaining 12 are now sequestered, unable to return home. The ju...
Judges of the facts
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The final instructions to the jury, known as the judge’s charge, are underway. Justice Christopher Beale gives directions on the principles of l...
‘Total speculation’
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson’s barrister finishes his final plea to the jury, telling them they must find his client not guilty. He points to four ‘ridi...
'Fifth deception'
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Crown closes its case, accusing Patterson of engaging in multiple calculated deceptions and telling lies even when her lunch guests were gravely i...
Erin Patterson's final words
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During the accused killer's final hours on the stand, more questions are raised around gastric bypass surgery and an 11th hour bid for a fresh police ...
Gastric sleeve and “two faces”
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The accused disputes claims she was never sick. She is also pressed on possible weight loss surgery and if she has “two faces”.See omnystu...
'You thought the lunch guests would die’
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During cross examination, Erin Patterson denies telling relatives she had cancer. She also denies ever thinking her cancer lie could remain a secret b...
‘I just panicked’
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson gives evidence that she began to think foraged mushrooms she’d dried in the weeks before the lunch could have ended up in the mea...
Foraging for tasty mushrooms
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The accused killer tells the jury she loved mushrooms and developed an interest in foraging for them during covid lockdowns. She admits there must hav...
The accused killer speaks
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson gives evidence. The accused killer chokes back tears as she recalls a “traumatic birth”. She describes her mother in-law as...
Subway CCTV and police expenses
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The lead investigator is quizzed on exactly what CCTV from the evening of the fatal lunch shows. He also tells the jury, pulling all of the accused ki...
A missing phone and lunch shopping
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The lead detective continues his evidence cataloguing phones connected to the accused killer, noting one has never been found. Erin Patterson’s ...
The police interview
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The jury watches a police interview with the accused killer. When asked why she hosted her ex partner’s family for lunch, Erin Patterson replies...
Texts with an accused killer
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A public health official tells the court she had trouble reaching Erin Patterson on the phone as she tried to find the source of the poisoning. The ju...
The fight for life
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An intensive care specialist tells the court how doctors fought to save the four lunch guests' lives, and recalls how close Ian Wilkinson came to deat...
'I want nothing to do with them’
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook messages discovered on a phone found in Erin Patterson’s home are read to the jury, calling Simon Patterson a ‘deadbeat’ an...
Death cap webpage
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The jury is shown internet history taken from devices seized from Erin Patterson's home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cell tower expert challenged and servo CCTV played
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A phone tower expert answers dozens of questions about the limitations of mobile phone records. Service station footage&...
Phone pings and death cap sightings
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A phone tower expert says Erin Patterson’s mobile possibly pinged in the same areas where death cap mushrooms were sighted. A poisons expert tel...
Toxic test result and a bestselling cookbook
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A forensic expert tells the jury mushroom toxins were found in leftovers seized from the fatal lunch. Another witness says Erin Patterson told her she...
Juror 84
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, the court hears a juror in the murder trial is dismissed over concerns they may have discussed the case wit...
A dumped dehydrator
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A second fungi expert gives evidence that she found no pieces of death cap mushroom in a beef Wellington sample. The jury is also shown CCTV from a Gi...
Amanita phalloides
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A mushroom expert gives the jury a lesson on Amanita Phalloides, the scientific name for death cap mushrooms. In his evidence the mycologist also reca...
The children’s evidence
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Simon and Erin Patterson’s children give evidence. Both say they ate meat they believed was lunch leftovers. The son then recal...
The mushroom source
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A doctor tells the jury Erin Patterson recalled sourcing mushrooms from a Chinese grocer but was unable to remember which store as a search was launch...
"Scared or dead"
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The jury is played a Triple-0 call from a doctor asking for police help, after Erin Patterson discharged herself from hospital. He later tells her she...
Survivor speaks
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Church pastor Ian Wilkinson survived the deadly mushroom lunch. He tells the court Erin Patterson seemed reluctant to let her lunch guests see inside ...
The super sleuth & a true crime group
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three women who befriended Erin Patterson in a true crime group gave evidence, telling the jury she asked for advice on how to make beef Wellington. T...
The estranged husband
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The first witness is called to take the stand, and it's Erin Patterson's estranged husband Simon Patterson. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...
The case against Erin Patterson
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the prosecution sets out its case against Erin Patterson, they accuse the 50-year-old mushroom cook of telling a string of lies. The defence admit ...
Mushroom Trial: Charges dropped, jury selected
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the first day of her murder trial, the jury learned charges Erin Patterson tried to kill her estranged husband had been dropped. Patterson is stand...
Preview of 'The Mushroom Trial: Say Grace'
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Search for 'The Mushroom Trial: Say Grace' wherever you get your podcasts, then press the follow button. New episodes publish weekly. See omnystu...
The Five Grounds for Gregory Lynn's Appeal
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Penny and Erin go through the court documents lodged by Gregory Lynn’s legal team and the grounds on which the murderer is attemptin...
An Appeal is Lodged
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
31 days after being sentenced for Carol Clay’s murder, Gregory Lynn’s legal team lodged documents to appeal his conviction and sentence. In this ...
The Hill Family's Fight For Justice
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Missing Campers Trial, Penny and Erin are joined by acclaimed journalist John Silvester with an update on the legal avenues Rus...
Carol, In Her Own Words
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we bring you Carol Clay’s story in her own words, after she was interviewed for a book on the Country Women's Association. Published...
The Sentence
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gregory Lynn has been sentenced, and in this episode Penny and Erin analyse the day in the Victorian Supreme Court, from the reaction of Carol Clay an...
32 Years
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gregory Lynn has been sentenced to 32 years behind bars for the murder of Carol Clay. Penny and Erin are joined by media lawyer Justin Quill outside c...
The Keeper of Keys
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Penny and Erin bring you the victim impact statements delivered by Carol Clay’s loved ones in the pre-sentence hearing, these statements were delive...
New from us - Rotten Apple
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
They were the town heroes, the people who dominate every sphere and rule every room. But the rot set in when they used their power to groom whole com...
The Plea for a Life Sentence
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Penny and Erin discuss the pre-sentence hearing, and their reflections on a day where Carol Clay’s family addressed the court, and t...
Who kills?
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Missing Campers Trial, Penny and Erin are joined once again by leading criminologist Dr Xanthe Mallett, and forensic psychologi...
An Analysis of Gregory Lynn
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Missing Campers Trial, Penny and Erin are joined by leading criminologist Dr Xanthe Mallett, and forensic psychologist Tim Wats...
The Curious Case of Zig Zag Road
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Esteemed crime reporter and host of the Naked City podcast John ‘Sly’ Silvester joins The Missing Campers Trial to talk about his interview with R...
How Does a Murderer Appeal?
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gregory Lynn has been found guilty of murder but his defence team have flagged an appeal. Nick Papas KC joins us to share his insights on the trial, t...
The Aftermath
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What happens next in the aftermath of Gregory Lynn's murder trial, and the split verdict…. and more of what we can now unveil from the trial that ne...
New from us - Just Married: The Anthea Bradshaw Mystery
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In April 1994, Anthea Bradshaw married her high school sweetheart in a beautiful Adelaide wedding. 96 days later, she was found lifeless in a pool of ...
Voice of a Killer (Part 2)
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode convicted killer Gregory Lynn is heard describing his version of events at the Wonnangatta Valley campsite to police, a version we now...
Voice of a Killer (Part 1)
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode you’ll hear Gregory Lynn calmly peddling his story to detectives in the hours of police interview that were played to the jury. Ulti...
Secrets of a Killer
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Famed crime journalist and host of the Naked City podcast John Sylvester joins Penny and Erin to analyse the verdicts, and discuss items of evidence t...
Where to Now?
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gregory Lynn is now a convicted murderer. In this episode Erin and media lawyer Justin Quill catch up just after the verdict on what the conviction me...
The Verdicts
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Airline pilot Greg Lynn has been convicted of the murder of Carol Clay but found not guilty of killing Russell Hill, after 12 jurors returned to court...
The Jury Deliberates
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After 49 witnesses, and closing arguments, the jury has now gone out to deliberate, to decide if Gregory Lynn is guilty or not guilty of the two charg...
A Case in “Shambles”
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the jury hears defence barrister Dermot Dann, KC, as he calls the prosecution case a "shambles", and dissects the case against his cli...
A Series of Unfortunate Events
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The jury has begun hearing closing addresses. In this episode we bring you elements of the prosecution’s final statements to the jury. In it, the Cr...
Defendant Takes the Stand
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gregory Lynn is called to give evidence in his murder trial, taking the stand in a packed courtroom as the only defence witness. Over more than three ...
Man Accused of Murder Speaks
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As week four of the trial commences, we hear from the man accused of murder, Gregory Lynn, as he recounts the events which he says led to the death o...
Bone and Blood
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As week three of the trial comes to a close, the jury heard from forensic anthropologist, Dr Soren Blau, who spoke about the 2100 bone fragments found...
A Gun in the Courtroom
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the third week of the trial, a ballistics expert took the stand to show the jury the black Barathrum Arms shotgun which struck Carol Clay. The jury...
The Remains
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As week two of the trial comes to a close, we hear from a close friend of Carol Clay, as well as missing person's squad Detective Abbey Justin. Forens...
A Burnt Campsite and a Juror Discharged
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Week two of the trial is underway as we hear from Russell's wife Robyn Hill and daughter Debra Hill, we also hear from more campers who were in the vi...
The First Witness and the Affair
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first witnesses are called by the prosecution... In this episode we hear from a Parks Victoria ranger, a weed sprayer, Carol’s daughter and the ...
The Trial Begins
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The prosecution and the defence have laid out their respective positions in the opening remarks this week. In this episode of the podcast Penny and Er...
An Update
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In breaking news today, the jury in the trial of Gregory Lynn was discharged. Erin and Penny discuss what this means, and what we can expect next week...
Inside the Court
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Penelope Liersch and Erin Pearson take you inside the Supreme Court in Melbourne, before the trial of Gregory Lynn begins tomorrow. In this episode yo...
We’ve Got Some Explaining To Do
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of the podcast Erin and Penny discuss the complexities of an investigation and the resulting court process, from the initial arr...
Introducing - The Missing Campers Trial
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Missing Campers Trial follows the case of Russell Hill and Carol Clay, and the man accused of murdering them, Gregory Lynn, an accusation he denie...