The Mushroom Cook follows the case of Erin Patterson, a woman accused of murdering her former in-laws Don and Gail Patterson and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson. Police allege Ms Patterson served them beef wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms during a lunch at her regional Victorian home on July 29, 2023. Heather's husband, Ian Wilkinson, was the only guest to survive. Ms Patterson pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder and is standing trial in Morwell. This series is a Herald Sun production for True Crime Australia. It is presented and reported by Brooke Grebert-Craig and Laura Placella. Reporting and presenting for our weekend subscriber-only shows by Anthony Dowsley. Our executive producer is Jordy Atkinson. The Mushroom Cook is produced, written and edited by Jonty Burton. For more visit: themushroomcook.com.au To unlock bonus content from The Mushroom Cook, and listen to episodes ad free, subscribe to Crime X+ on Apple Podcasts or themushroomcook.com.au
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How a small team of reporters from a city best known for its churches and festivals uncovered a national shame.
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TRUE CRIME
This six part serial lifts the lid on the complicated world of dog detectives and the pet community in Australia. Andrea Thiis-Evensen has spent the last two years following two competing real-life Ace Venturas, who dedicate their lives to finding stolen and missing animals, each with their own team of ex police officers, drone operators and hackers. The Dog Detective brings you inside ongoing cases and will attempt to unravel the complicated web of the pet detective community.
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SOCIETY & CULTURE
Just how much of the story of ‘how you came to be’ makes up who you are? It's not a question most people think about, but for journalist, Nina Young, it's a question she can't avoid because she might not be here today if a woman hadn’t lost her life late one night in the bush in 1977. In this six-part podcast, she's going to finally let the skeletons out of her family closet and find out the truth. A truth that will take her back to the scene of the crime and face to face with some uncomfortable truths. To find read more visit http://www.myfatherthemurderer.com.au
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PERSONAL JOURNALS
It was a real-life Wolf Creek. In 1978, three friends left Alice Springs on an adventure exploring the Australian outback. Weeks later, a man walking his dog stumbled across their bodies in a remote area of bushland in North Queensland. They’d been hunted down and shot, one of the victims dying as he clutched hold of a tree. Police brought in to investigate were badly injured in a helicopter crash and soon after, the investigation stalled. The Courier-Mail explores one of Australia’s most forgotten mysteries: The Spear Creek murders. The killer is still out there.
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