The Mushroom Cook - Season 1 | IN COURT: Erin...

In a major development, Erin Patterson has opted to forgo a key step in the legal process and charge ahead with her case - fast-tracking it straight to the Supreme Court.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

The town of Morwell is bracing for an influx of visitors as the trial of accused mushroom killer Erin Patterson comes to town this week. For coverage of the trial, podcast episodes and more, go to:themushroomcook.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Erin Patterson, a 50‑year‑old Australian mother of two, was convicted in July 2025 for murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives—his parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and his sister Heather Wilkinson—by serving them beef Wellington laced with lethal death cap mushroo ...

It’s been called ‘Australia's trial of the century’. Erin Patterson, the mushroom murderer, was sentenced last month and given a life sentence, but that wasn’t the end of the story. Both the prosecution and the defence are lodging competing appeals. Patterson wants her conviction ...  Show more

Erin Patterson told lies - but that doesn’t make her a murderer. That’s the core of her defence barrister’s argument in the Victorian Supreme Court, where Patterson, a 50-year-old mother of two, has pleaded not guilty to murdering three elderly relatives and attempting to murder ...  Show more