The Murders of Heather Wilkinson, Don and Gail Patterson and the Attempted Murder of Ian Wilkinson: Erin Patterson (Part 1)
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🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This is part 1/2.
In July 2023, a quiet lunch in rural Leongatha would become the centre of one of the most shocking and disturbing criminal cases in recent Australian history, when 4 guests sat down at the home of Erin Patterson, unaware that the meal placed in front of them would soon leave 3 of them dead and another fighting for their life.
What began as a supposed ordinary family gathering, quickly spiralled into a medical emergency that baffled doctors and horrified investigators. Symptoms consistent with deadly mushroom poisoning began to emerge, leading authorities to suspect the involvement of the highly toxic death cap mushroom... one of the most lethal fungi in the world, responsible for the majority of mushroom-related deaths globally.
As the case unfolded, attention turned to Erin herself, the host of the lunch, whose relationship with the victims, including her former in-laws, added a deeply personal and complex layer to the investigation, raising unsettling questions about motive, intent, and what may have really happened inside that home on that winter afternoon.
With conflicting accounts, alleged inconsistencies, and growing public fascination, the case has sparked intense debate across Australia and beyond, with many asking the same chilling question: was this a tragic accident… or something far more deliberate?
Because behind the headlines, the courtroom arguments, and the forensic evidence, lies a story that is still unfolding... and one that may ultimately reveal that the truth of what happened that day is far darker than anyone first imagined.
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| 1:00.1 | Police say you're a suspect. |
| 1:02.0 | Do you have anything to say about that? |
| 1:03.3 | Yes, I say I didn't do anything. |
| 1:05.2 | I love them. |
| 1:06.1 | The trial of a woman accused of Victoria's mushroom deaths has heard she used a fake cancer diagnosis to get |
| 1:13.2 | guests to her house on the day of the fatal lunch. |
| 1:16.6 | On the 30th of July, 2023, a man walked into hospital with his very sick wife. |
| 1:23.2 | The two of them had been throwing up all night long and now their symptoms had slightly |
| 1:28.3 | improved but he was still worried. |
| 1:31.3 | He brought with him a jar of his own vomit. |
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