Victoria's Mushroom Mystery. The mushroom lunch that claimed three lives. An Australian family's meal is now the center of a homicide investigation. The bizarre tragedy now grabbing global headlights. Erin Patterson's alleged victim. that has generated this level of Yeah. heavy with having lost such um wonderful people. Today Erin Paterson remained here. In a small town in the Latrobe Valley, a family came together to break bread.
On the menu that day was beef wellington made with mushrooms that police allege were used to kill. The woman who cooked that fatal meal is charged with murdering three of her former in-laws and attempting to murder a fourth, the town's church pastor. Erin Patterson denies all of the charges against her. In this podcast we'll take you inside the trial as it unfolds in a courtroom in Morwell, Victoria, as the court unpacks what happened when Patterson's loved ones sat down to eat.