How She Murdered Her Own Family with Deadly Mushrooms

How She Murdered Her Own Family with Deadly Mushrooms | Erin Patterson True Crime

July 29, 2023. Erin Patterson invites her former in-laws to lunch at her home in Leongatha, Australia. She serves them beef wellington—a special dish she prepared herself. The meal looks delicious. The conversation is pleasant. Everyone eats. Within hours, they're all violently ill.

By the next morning, three people are dying. The diagnosis? Death cap mushroom poisoning. One of the deadliest poisons on Earth. No antidote exists. Don Patterson dies on August 4th. His wife Gail dies on August 5th. Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson dies shortly after. Only Heather's husband Ian survives barely after a liver transplant.

The only person at the lunch who didn't get sick? Erin. The woman who cooked the meal. Police discover Erin's internet search history from days before the lunch: "death cap mushrooms," "how long for mushroom poison symptoms," searches for deadly fungi. Her story keeps changing. The mushroom sources she claims don't exist. The evidence is overwhelming.

This wasn't an accident. This was murder. In September 2025, Erin Patterson was convicted of three counts of murder. The judge called it "an enormous betrayal of trust." She received life in prison. This is the shocking true story of a family lunch that became a death sentence.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: This video discusses poisoning, murder, and medical trauma. Viewer discretion advised.
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