The Mushroom Trial: Say Grace
Episodes
1 | Til Death Parts Us
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Three months after her Australian wedding, Anthea Bradshaw is killed in a foreign country. Her family back home receives the news in a frantic phone c...
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01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you're looking for a new podcast over the holidays, we recommend Just Married: The Anthea Bradshaw Mystery.In April 1994, Anthea Bradshaw marr...
Episode 1: The Ambush
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australia was left in shock when four young police officers were ambushed on the driveway of a property in the Queensland outback town of Wieambilla: ...
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14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While we're waiting for updates in the Erin Patterson case, here's another podcast to dive into over the holiday break. In The Ultimate Sacrific...
More revealed in ‘Death Cap Murders’
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two more episodes of Revealed - Death Cap Murders are about to be released on Stan, with interviews from witnesses and friends of Erin Patterson that ...
Why Erin Patterson is fighting her convictions
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we bring you the court documents filed by the mushroom killer’s defence and the seven reasons why they are seeking an appeal.See...
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...
Sneak peek into ‘Death Cap Murders’
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even if you think you know this case, you’re about to find out more. Join Penny and Erin as they sit down with documentary director Gil Marsden ...
A life sentence
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has been sentenced to life behind bars, with a minimum term of 33 years. She’ll be in her early eighties before...
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...
The killer back in court
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Patterson returns to court to face the victims of her crimes. As part of the two day pre-sentence hearing in Melbourne we’ll be bringing yo...
How the world reacted to Erin Patterson
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Penny and Erin are joined by UK journalist Caroline Cheetham to hear her insights into the case that brought her to Australia.See omn...
Inside the investigation with John Silvester
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Erin sits down with legendary reporter John 'Sly' Silvester to discuss the police investigation, the trial and women who kill.See omn...
What gave her away? The police interview unpacked
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Criminologist Dr Xanthe Mallett and criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro join Penny and Erin to analyse the killer's police interview. They share th...
What really happened to Simon Patterson
10 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...
Plea for leniency
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Crime reporter for The Age, Marta Pascual Juanola joins host Erin Pearson to talk about bombshell updates from the Supreme Court. The judge sets down ...
What it’s like to defend a killer; With Nick Papas KC
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with barrister Nick Papas, KC, to chat about the unusual elements of this trial, the 'unfortunate' jury irregularity and what it's like to...
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 ...
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...
Introducing - The Mushroom Trial: Say Grace
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Mushroom Trial: Say Grace follows the case of Erin Patterson as she stands accused of murdering three guests who attended a lunch at her property ...