Shortcut: Forgotten Cases of Poisoning in Australia
Australian True Crime
Meshel Laurie
4.6 • 979 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.
While the Erin Patterson case has drawn widespread attention, it’s far from the only poisoning story in Australia’s history.
In this episode, Forgotten Australia host Michael Adams joins us to explore other, lesser-known death by poisoning cases from Australia's 20th century.
You can listen to the Forgotten Australia podcast here, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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| 0:00.0 | The Aaron Patterson triple murder trial has riveted the country and the world for years now. |
| 0:11.0 | Patterson was accused of using death cat mushrooms in a beef Wellington to murder her parents-in-law, |
| 0:16.6 | Don and Gail Patterson and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson in July 23. |
| 0:22.8 | Heather's husband Ian Wilkinson was also in attendance for the meal and was very lucky to survive. |
| 0:28.8 | The host and creator of the Forgotten Australia podcast Michael Adams joins us on Australian |
| 0:33.5 | True Crime to tell us about some of our country's most infamous poisonings. |
| 0:38.9 | This is Australian True Crime. |
| 0:40.8 | We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created, |
| 0:45.3 | the Wurundri Woi Wurang people of the Kulin Nation. |
| 0:49.0 | And a warning, this episode of the podcast contains discussions around suicide. |
| 0:59.2 | Music This episode of the podcast contains discussions around suicide. At DFS, we know there are so many places to sit in summer. |
| 1:03.8 | Like a beach towel. |
| 1:06.1 | A picnic rug. |
| 1:07.8 | Gotcha. |
| 1:10.3 | Even a flying seat. |
| 1:13.0 | But the most important |
| 1:14.3 | is the one |
| 1:16.6 | you come home to. |
| 1:18.1 | And whatever your thing, whether it's relaxing |
| 1:20.4 | on a recliner, chilling on a Chesterfield |
| 1:22.4 | sofa, or simply sinking into a |
| 1:24.5 | sea of blue velvet. We've got |
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