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🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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The mushroom murder trial has concluded with Erin Patterson found guilty of killing her in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, and attempting to murder Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson.
In this episode, co-host of the podcast, The Mushroom Trial: Say Grace, Penelope Liersch joins us to reflect on the trial and share exclusive behind-the-scenes insights from inside the courtroom.
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| 0:00.0 | The Mushroom Murder Trial is over. |
| 0:02.4 | Erin Patterson has been found guilty of the murders of her parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson. |
| 0:08.4 | She's been found guilty of murdering Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, |
| 0:12.4 | and she's been found guilty of the attempted murder of Heather's husband, Ian Wilkinson. |
| 0:18.4 | After more than 10 weeks, the jury has gone home. |
| 0:21.8 | The judge and the legal teams have retreated to prepare for the sentencing phase of the trial. |
| 0:28.1 | Erin Patterson has been returned to prison. |
| 0:31.5 | And the hundreds of journalists from all over the world who've spent the last months in |
| 0:36.7 | Morewell have also packed up and left. |
| 0:40.1 | One of them is Penelope Lurch, co-host of Nine Media's Say Grace podcast. |
| 0:46.2 | She and fellow journalist Erin Pearson have been in court for every moment, |
| 0:50.3 | and she joins us on Australian True Crime to reflect on the experience and also to share |
| 0:56.0 | a few behind the scenes moments that none of us got to see or hear. |
| 1:00.6 | This is Australian True Crime. We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this |
| 1:05.8 | podcast is created, the Warrandari Woiwurang people of the Kulin Nation. |
| 1:16.3 | And a warning, this episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of violence. |
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