Shortcut: Mushroom Trial Reflections

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 18 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.

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.
0:02.3	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,
0:12.3	and she's been found guilty of the attempted murder of Heather's husband, Ian Wilkinson.
0:18.3	After more than 10 weeks, the jury has gone home.
0:21.7	The judge and the legal teams have retreated to prepare for the sentencing phase of the trial.
0:28.0	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
0:36.6	Morewell have also packed up and left.
0:40.0	One of them is Penelope Lurch, co-host of Nine Media's Say Grace podcast.
0:46.1	She and fellow journalist Erin Pearson have been in court for every moment, and she joins us
0:51.5	on Australian True Crime to reflect on the experience
0:54.3	and also to share a few behind the scenes moments that none of us got to see or hear.
1:00.4	This is Australian True Crime.
1:02.9	We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created,
1:07.2	the Wurundri Woi Warang people of the Koolin Nation.
1:11.0	And a warning, this episode of the Kulin Nation. And a warning.
1:12.4	This episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of violence.
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1:31.2	At UK Export Finance, we believe no viable UK export should fail for lack of finance or insurance.
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