On July 29, 2023, Erin Patterson invited her in-laws over for lunch. Before they arrived at her home, she purchased expensive ingredients, asked friends about recipes, and sent her children to the ...

In July 2023, Erin Patterson invited four of her ex-husband’s relatives to lunch at her home in Leongatha, a small town in Victoria. Within days, three of them had died. Her estranged husband’s uncle ...

A meticulously planned meal prepared in the home of an alleged killer is at the heart of a triple murder trial that’s nearing its dramatic conclusion in rural Australia. For eight weeks, audiences ...

It was a story right out of a particularly dark fairy tale: a woman serves her in-laws an enticing lunch, only for them to die not long after — felled by poisonous mushrooms. On Monday, 50-year-old ...

A woman was sentenced to life in prison for feeding her family a dish that contained toxic mushrooms. Three people died and another was sickened. Erin Patterson, 50, was sentenced to life in prison ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A sequestered jury in Australia began deliberations Monday in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, accused of killing her estranged husband’s relatives by ...

The highly publicised trial of Australian woman Erin Patterson concluded on 7 July, when she was found guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband's relatives and attempting to murder a fourth.