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Two true crime books on the mushroom trial are out – one is told by a fictional juror

Two books on the recent Erin Patterson trial have just been published, both by experienced true crime writers. Both are meticulously researched (primarily relying on the transcripts of evidence), well written and eminently readable. The timing of their publication is remarkable, given it’s only been a month since the sentencing.…

The Conversation

Erin Patterson mushroom murders inspire new book by Helen Garner

Co-written with Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, The Mushroom Tapes is inspired by their experience attending the headline-grabbing trial earlier this year

The Guardian - UK

Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson set to appeal triple murder conviction

New legal team says they intend to file appeal but need more time to prepare

The Independent UK

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Doctor who called Erin Patterson ‘crazy bitch’ after treating her penalised for speaking about case

Health regulator places conditions on Dr Christopher Webster’s registration over comments made after mushroom lunch murder trial

The Guardian - AU

Australia's mushroom murderer: Why did Erin Patterson kill and how long will she go to prison for?

The story of a woman who used deadly mushrooms to kill family members has shocked the world, and she's now been sentenced for her crimes.

Woman & Home

Australia mushroom murderer Erin Patterson sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years

Triple murderer sentenced in Victorian supreme court after killing relatives with a beef wellington lunch laced with death cap mushrooms

The Guardian - AU

Crochet, isolation and the prison chaplain: Erin Patterson’s life behind bars detailed in court

Victorian supreme court also hears that mushroom lunch murderer spends 22 hours a day in cell and has had no contact with other inmates

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Erin Patterson plea hearing: Deadly mushroom lunch survivor says he feels ‘half alive’ without late wife

Erin Patterson returns to court for a pre-sentencing hearing

The Independent UK

Mushroom lunch survivor forgives Erin Patterson as defence agrees triple murderer deserves life sentence

Ian Wilkinson says he is ‘no longer Erin Patterson’s victim’ as Victorian supreme court hears of impact of crimes on family members

The Guardian - AU

Sole survivor of Australian mushroom poisoning grieves loss of wife and friends

Ian Wilkinson, the sole survivor of a deadly Australian mushroom poisoning, says he feels only half alive after losing his wife and two close friends

The Independent UK

Australian mushroom murderer 'served poisoned pasta, chicken curry and wrap to her husband'

Simon Patterson kept a spreadsheet of his illnesses the court heard he suffered after eating his estranged wife's cooking

Evening Standard

Mushroom cook's lies to police exposed on film

Erin Patterson's lies to police and claims she loved her estranged husband's family after killing them can be viewed as a court released her police interview.

AAP

Suspicions, mystery illnesses and a jar of vomit: what the Erin Patterson jury wasn’t told

Material and claims the jury in Australia’s mushroom lunch murder trial wasn’t allowed to hear can be reported after a suppression order was lifted

The Guardian - AU

Two years ago, Erin Patterson’s lunch guests were admitted to hospital. This week she became a convicted murderer

The mushroom murder trial attracted so much attention that Morwell, where the court is located, and nearby Traralgon received an economic boom. And then it was over

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After the mushroom murders media circus, will ‘dark tourism’ be next for a small Victorian town?

Public fascination with crime is nothing new, but the Erin Patterson case may be ‘the first really intense Australian example of it’, expert says

The Independent UK

Doctor who treated Erin Patterson’s death cap mushroom victims reveals alarming details

Intensive care doctor says murder convict’s lunch guests were ‘certainly the sickest patients in the whole state’

The Guardian - AU

The mushroom murders resemble an Agatha Christie plot – and film studios, publishers and streaming platforms know it

Erin Patterson’s three murders and homemade beef wellington laced with death caps have created an international media maelstrom

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All The Key Evidence We Didn’t Get To See From The Erin Patterson Trial

With the verdicts delivered and the jurors discharged, we can now cop a look at some of the evidence used during the Erin Patterson trial.

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The Guardian - AU

Australian mushroom murders: Erin Patterson guilty verdict ends weeks of laborious detail and ghoulish fascination

Victorian jury convicts 50-year-old who poisoned her in-laws with death cap mushrooms, killing three

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson’s hospital visit – and what the beef wellingtons really looked like: mushroom murder exhibits revealed

Evidence presented in the mushroom murder trial shows the dining table used in the fateful lunch and social media chats

The Independent UK

How the mushroom murder trial gripped Australia – and the world

The death cap mushroom case had all the hallmarks of a Shakespearean drama

The Conversation

A Shakespearean, small-town murder: why Australia became so obsessed with the Erin Patterson mushroom case

The “mushroom murder trial”, as it has popularly become known, has gripped Australia over the past 11 weeks. More than that, it’s prompted worldwide headlines, multiple daily podcasts, and even YouTube videos of self-proclaimed “body language experts” assessing defendant Erin Patterson’s every move.

The Guardian - AU

Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering relatives with lunch laced with death cap mushrooms

Victorian jury convicts 50-year-old Australian woman who cooked poisoned beef wellingtons that killed three in-laws

The Independent UK

Erin Patterson thought cancer lie ‘would die’ with lunch guests, prosecution says

Prosecution in Erin Patterson’s triple-murder trial outlined four deceptions at the heart of their case

The Guardian - AU

Tears, disagreements and dried mushrooms: how Erin Patterson responded over eight days in the witness box

Triple murder accused finishes giving evidence in seventh week of mushroom lunch trial

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