Erin Patterson found guilty
Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three people and trying to kill a fourth by poisoning them with death cap mushrooms.
Hobbies, heckles and love letters: How Erin Patterson’s life is unfolding behind bars
The mushroom triple-killer has never been known to be violent in prison. But one thing has peeved those behind bars with her.
- by Chris Vedelago
The remarkably unremarkable life of Erin Patterson
Erin Patterson is a self-confessed liar, a devoted mother and a convicted triple killer.
- by Carla Jaeger and Chris Vedelago
‘I was freaking out’: Doctor defends caustic comments on Erin Patterson
Complaints have flooded in about a Gippsland doctor who testified in Erin Patterson’s triple-murder trial, after his later comments made headlines.
- by Cassandra Morgan
Survivors of death cap mushroom poisoning are rare. This man lived to tell the tale
Simon Claringbold picked and ate wild mushrooms from his garden. Days later, he thought he was taking his last breath.
- by Liam Mannix
Podcasts, TikTokers and hundreds of journalists: Inside the battle to give Erin Patterson a fair trial
The Supreme Court has issued its report card on the huge attention the case received.
- by Alexander Darling and Gemma Grant
Analysis
The butcher, the fashion choice and the old job: The real red flags in Erin Patterson’s claims
The mushroom cook was asked a million questions during her grilling in the witness box – but these mysteries remain unsolved.
- by John Silvester
Opinion
In Erin Patterson’s mind, there was only ever one victim: herself
As a criminologist, I’ve seen crocodile tears many times before. From day one it was clear to me that she felt no real sympathy for what her family was going through.
- by Xanthe Mallett
Analysis
The 10 hurdles Erin Patterson needed to jump. She hit every one
Despite the marathon legal arguments and the testimony of expert witnesses, the Morwell jury needed to use common sense rather than common law to examine 10 key questions.
- by John Silvester
The legal eagles behind the mushroom trial that captured the world’s attention
Profiles of the judge and key lawyers in Erin Patterson’s murder trial.
- by Caroline Schelle and Adam Cooper
Exclusive
Jurors hotel booking bungle caused mushroom murder trial havoc
In the final days of their deliberations in Erin Patterson’s high-profile murder trial, jurors, police, prosecutors and media found themselves at the same hotel.
- by Chris Vedelago and Marta Pascual Juanola
Kyle and Jackie O told to ‘engage their brains’ over mushroom case
The radio shock jocks have found themselves in legal trouble and could face possible contempt charges after a judge’s angry reaction to their Erin Patterson murder trial comments.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola, Calum Jaspan and Grant McArthur
The final decree: As a family retreats, a sign on the door lays down the law
As the verdict was read out in court, many of Erin Patterson’s family members were nowhere to be found.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
RecipeTin Eats founder upset her recipe was used to murder three people
Nagi Maehashi has reacted to Erin Patterson’s guilty verdict in the murder trial that captivated the world.
- by Bianca Hrovat
Killer cook’s meticulous planning will cost her at sentencing time
Now a jury has handed down its four guilty verdicts against Erin Patterson here is what happens next.
- by Carla Jaeger
As her liver collapsed, a dying mushroom patient gently uttered six words to doctor Chris Webster
Heather Wilkinson was rushed down the highway to a Melbourne hospital for urgent treatment. Before leaving, she made sure to do one final thing.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Photo essay
A photographer made a bizarre contraption to catch Erin Patterson. The gamble paid off
Erin Patterson believed the confines of her prison van would shield her from the media’s relentless gaze – but she was wrong. This is the story behind the visceral photographs that exposed her anguish, a testament to the dedication of the photographers and journalist who captured the defining images of a high-profile trial.
- by Cassandra Morgan, Jason South and Marta Pascual Juanola
‘Do I have to keep suffering through this?’ The moment Erin Patterson lost her cool in court
It is the outburst the jury never heard but which would quietly define the first days of Erin Patterson’s murder trial.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
The photos, the recordings: What the jury saw and heard in the mushroom trial
For the first time, we’re bringing you a look at the key exhibits and moments that defined Erin Patterson’s murder trial.
- by Erin Pearson
‘She was only here for five minutes’: The ominous hospital discharge that triggered a doctor’s alarm
“She just got up and left?” The triple-zero operator’s question hung in the air, directed at a doctor already stretched thin. Listen to the call here.
- by Alexander Darling and Marta Pascual Juanola
ABC’s mushroom murder drama leads flurry of trial TV shows
The drama is among a flurry of documentaries and a book all promising to get to the heart of the case that has captured international attention.
- by Louise Rugendyke
The lies that unravelled: How Erin Patterson deceived police in her first interview
In her initial police interview, now-convicted triple murderer Erin Patterson spun a web of fabrications. See the full interview here.
- by Alexander Darling
A winding valley ridge, a dead-end road. Where an unlikely murder weapon was found
Erin Patterson had an interest in mushrooms, and the lonely outskirts of Gippsland were the perfect place to find an unlikely murder weapon.
- by Chris Vedelago and Marta Pascual Juanola
One word on a tax return set off lethal chain of events
When Simon Patterson said he was single on his tax return, it helped set in motion his wife’s deadly plot to kill three people.
- by Erin Pearson
Four guilty verdicts and the killer didn’t even flinch
After the shock of the verdicts faded, there was sadness for the Pattersons, Wilkinsons and Erin’s two children.
- by Erin Pearson
Updated
Staring at the jury, an emotionless mushroom cook is found guilty of triple murder
Erin Patterson did not react, staring at the jury as the verdict was read out. They had found her guilty of murder and attempted murder after she laced a beef Wellington meal with death cap mushrooms that killed three people.
- by Erin Pearson
How a $2 million bequest paid for the best defence killer cook could buy
Erin Patterson sold a Mount Waverley property and her legal team has a mortgage out on her “forever home” after a lengthy, high-powered defence.
- by Chris Vedelago and Marta Pascual Juanola
Opinion
Why did she do it? Erin Patterson exhibits the traits of a narcissistic personality
As a psychologist, I believe the reason Patterson thought she could get away with it, the reason she did it, was because she does not see the world the same way as you and me.
- by Mary Hahn-Thomsen
Opinion
Why our mushroom murder trial fixation is a sign of hope
The public preoccupation with the trial of Erin Patterson shows that we still want to sort facts from falsehoods. That’s a good thing.
- by Malcolm Knox
Erin Patterson verdict as it happened: Guilty mushroom cook showed ‘no expression or reaction’ to jury findings; Morwell locals react outside court
After six days of deliberations, the jury found the mother of two, 50, guilty of three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over the fatal beef Wellington lunch she served in July 2023.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola and Erin Pearson
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