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Death cap mushrooms: How a family meal in Australia turned deadly
An Australian mother of two stands accused of murdering three family members by poisoning them with deadly fungi. Erin ...
Erin Patterson questioned about intentions, feelings for poisoned victims
Prosecutor Nanette Rogers alleged in her opening statement Friday that Patterson did not consume death cap mushrooms at the ...
Mushroom poisoning trial: Erin Patterson claims ‘tragic accident’
The mother-of-two at the centre of Australia’s mushroom poisoning case had the opportunity to tell her own story this week as ...
Erin Patterson murder trial: Beef Wellington cook says she picked and ate wild mushrooms — as it happened
Erin Patterson is giving evidence for a second day in her triple-murder trial. She's accused of murdering three relatives by ...
Beef Wellington and death cap mushrooms: Tragic accident or recipe for murder in case gripping Australia
While Australian family lunches may notoriously be rowdy affairs, no one expects to die from a beef Wellington served under ...
Erin Patterson denies knowingly preparing death cap mushrooms in dehydrator she later dumped
Erin Patterson, the 50-year-old Australian woman accused of killing her relatives with death cap mushrooms, told the court on ...
Australia’s mushroom murder suspect says toxic fungi may have been foraged by mistake
An Australian woman accused of murdering three people by lacing their lunch with toxic mushrooms told a court on Wednesday ...