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Brooke Grebert-Craig is a reporter at the Herald Sun. She is the host of News Corp’s The Mushroom Cook podcast. Brooke has previously covered community and breaking news.

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Erin Patterson emotional in the dock as 9yo daughter gives evidence

The accused triple-murderer reached for the tissues as the jury heard evidence from her nine-year-old daughter. FOLLOW LIVE

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‘Obtain leftover beef wellington’: Country doc’s vital call to police

An on-call doctor at Leongatha Hospital made the triple-0 call that first alerted police to an alleged poisoning at the beef wellington lunch hosted by accused murderer Erin Patterson.

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Daughter breaks down in tearful mushroom trial testimony

The youngest daughter of Don and Gail Patterson wiped away tears as she recalled being at her dying parents’ bedsides in the days after the mushroom lunch. FOLLOW LIVE

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos MAY 06, 2025: Ian Wilkinson arrives at Latrobe Courts in Morwell where Erin Patterson is standing trail over the alleged poisoning deaths of three relatives with a beef wellington. Ian is the sole survivor from the mushroom lunch. Picture: NewsWire/ David Crosling

Mushroom meal survivor reveals what happened at lethal lunch

Ian Wilkinson, the only guest who survived the lunch, has for the first time shared details about the meal Erin Patterson allegedly laced with death cap mushrooms.

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Nurses detail Don and Gail Patterson’s horrific final days after mushroom lunch

For the first time, the jury has heard from the medical staff who treated Erin Patterson’s lunch guests and witnessed their pain in the days before they died. FOLLOW LIVE

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Flowers have been left at the front of her home. Erin Patterson arriving at her Leongatha home after three people died eating Death Cap mushrooms from a meal she had cooked. Picture: Jason Edwards

‘Super sleuth’ Erin Patterson hid powdered mushrooms ‘in everything’, court hears

Accused triple murderer Erin Patterson — described as a “super sleuth” when it came to research — told her friends she hid powdered mushrooms in food she cooked and “the kids had no idea”, a jury has heard.

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Erin Patterson's murder trial continues in Morwell.

Erin Patterson’s online pals reveal true crime ‘super sleuth’ had a passion for mushrooms

Several people who were friends with Erin Patterson in an online true crime forum have detailed her “love” of mushrooms and her reputation as an internet sleuth.

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Erin Patterson, the homeowner of where the fatal lunch took place, arrived at her Leongatha property on Monday afternoon. Three people have died from eating mushrooms Picture: Brooke , Grebert-Craig.

What Erin Patterson didn’t do after serving deadly mushroom lunch

Simon Patterson, the estranged husband of accused mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson, has told a jury he was “intrigued” that she failed to ask him a particular question after the fateful lunch.

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Key moments from day 4 of mushroom murder trial

Nearly two years ago, Erin Patterson cooked a mushroom meal for her family. She is now on trial for murder. Today, her estranged husband returned to the witness box.

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Erin Patterson told ex husband she wanted lunch to be a special meal

Accused mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson was disappointed her estranged husband turned down her invitation to the fateful lunch, telling him she “spent a small fortune on beef eye fillet”, a jury heard.

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