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Culips Everyday English Podcast

Bonus episode #153 – The mushroom murder verdict

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8968 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

How can a homemade lunch end in tragedy, mystery, and a murder trial that shocks the world? Join Andrew as he revisits the infamous mushroom murder case in Australia and guides you through the dramatic courtroom outcome. In this episode, you’ll read along with a real news article and learn important vocabulary that helps you understand the story. You’ll learn legal words like “jury” and “plead”, and more advanced terms like “deception” and "estranged.” Andrew explains everything clearly so you can follow the story and improve your English at the same time.








What you’ll learn:

* Useful legal vocabulary and how it’s used in real news stories
* Natural expressions for describing crime, trials, and serious events
* How native speakers explain complex topics in simple, conversational ways

Perfect for intermediate learners who:

* Want to build vocabulary for understanding news and serious topics
* Enjoy true stories that are dramatic, mysterious, and real
* Like learning English through current events and real conversations

Important links:

* Become a Culips member
* Study with the interactive transcript
* Watch the YouTube version of this episode
* Join the Culips Discord server
* Small-group speaking class schedule
* Listen to the original mushroom mystery episode
* Read the original article from CBC news

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, how's it going? My name's Andrew, and you're listening to the Culep's English podcast,

0:06.2

the place where we help you improve your English fluency through listening to real conversations and true stories.

0:13.6

Today, we're returning to one of the most shocking and unforgettable stories that we've ever covered here on Culeps,

0:23.6

the mushroom murder case in Australia,

0:29.9

and now the trial is over and a verdict has been reached. If you're new here or you haven't listened to the original episode about this case, then I've linked it for you in the description. You

0:35.6

might want to check that out before continuing so you can get

0:38.5

the full backstory. In today's lesson, we'll go through an original news article that explains

0:44.5

exactly what happened. Together, we'll go step by step and break down the key vocabulary that is

0:51.2

important for understanding this story, words like jury, convicted, estranged,

0:57.7

and verdict. Mastering these words will help you to build your English fluency and understand

1:02.7

how native speakers talk about current event topics. Now, to get the most out of this lesson,

1:08.8

I've linked a free interactive transcript and vocabulary

1:12.1

glossary for you. You can find that in the description for this episode. And for all

1:17.0

Culeps members out there, there's also a comprehension quiz. So you can take the quiz after you

1:21.7

finish with this episode and see how much you are able to understand. Now, speaking of

1:27.3

Culep's members, I wanted to give a special shout-out to one of our members

1:31.2

from Japan named Calri, and she mentioned on our Discord server that she listened to the

1:37.5

original Mushroom Murder Case episode over 50 times, which is just incredible and a great way to boost your English skills.

1:46.9

Calorie is also a regular during our weekly speaking classes for Culeps members, and I can see

1:52.6

her improve week by week by week, and she's just got a positive energy and a great spirit

1:57.8

when it comes to learning English. So kudos, Kauri.

2:01.1

Thank you for listening to that original episode so many times.

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