Episode 243: Erin Patterson's Death Cap Mushroom Poisoning

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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On July 29th 2023, five people sat down for what was supposed to be a special lunch at the home of Erin Patterson, a 48-year-old woman from Victoria Australia. Within 24 hours, 4 of those guests had fallen violently ill with what appeared to be food poisoning, and within a week, three of them were dead.

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