The Mushroom Murders with Australian True Crime [1]
Canadian True Crime
Kristi Lee
4.7 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
A special collaboration with Australian True Crime podcast | It’s one of Australia’s most sensational criminal cases in recent memory, drawing intense media attention, public fascination and endless speculation. Today, the case is known around the world as the “Mushroom Murders.”
In this episode, Kristi is joined by Meshel Laurie of Australian True Crime, who followed the case closely and attended the sentencing hearing, to look beyond the headlines at what happened, how the case unfolded, and why it captured so much attention.
- Find Australian True Crime on your favourite podcast player.
- Watch Australian True Crime’s episode about the Mushroom Murders on YouTube.
- Watch Kristi in conversation with Meshel Laurie about the murder of Connie Grandinetti.
Part 2 will be available to all tomorrow.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Canadian True Crime, a completely independent project funded mainly through advertising. |
| 0:05.8 | To listen, add free and early, subscribe to our premium feed on Amazon Music Included with Prime, |
| 0:11.7 | Apple Podcasts, and Patreon. This podcast often has disturbing content and course language. It's not for |
| 0:18.1 | everyone. Please take care when listening. Hi there and welcome to Canadian |
| 0:22.2 | True Crime. I hope you're well. Today I've got something a little different for you, a special treat. |
| 0:28.4 | I'm often asked about whether I'll cover a case from another country one day, like Australia. And I |
| 0:33.8 | typically say no because, well, this is Canadian true crime. |
| 0:38.0 | But it's been more than nine years since I started this show, |
| 0:41.5 | and I'm making an exception, a deep dive into one of Australia's most high profile |
| 0:46.9 | and talked about cases, certainly in recent years, with a very special guest. |
| 0:55.2 | One giant mystery. |
| 0:58.1 | I think it has all the elements of a sort of Shakespearean tragedy. |
| 1:01.5 | Three people are dead and one man is fighting for his life. |
| 1:04.2 | As police launch a homicide probe. |
| 1:06.6 | After a suspected mushroom poisoning in South Gippsland in Victoria. |
| 1:10.5 | This is the insidious nature of the poison. |
| 1:12.6 | It is the most horrible way to kill someone. |
| 1:16.5 | These people suffered for so many days. |
| 1:19.1 | A community in mourning tonight. |
| 1:21.0 | Victoria Police are investigating where the foul play was involved. |
| 1:24.4 | The Victorian Department of Health starts to get involved. |
| 1:27.3 | They ring around the doctors |
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