Facebook messages discovered on a phone found in Erin Patterson’s home are read to the jury, calling Simon Patterson a ‘deadbeat’ and his parents ‘a lost cause’. The court is also shown photos of mushrooms in a dehydrator and screenshots of cancer information, taken from a tablet police say was seized from Patterson’s home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Death cap webpage
The jury is shown internet history taken from devices seized from Erin Patterson's home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Cell tower expert challenged and servo CCTV played
A phone tower expert answers dozens of questions about the limitations of mobile phone records. Service station footage is also played to the jury, showing the accused killer visiting a toilet area.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Phone pings and deaths cap sightings
A phone tower expert says Erin Patterson’s mobile possibly pinged in the same areas where death cap mushrooms were sighted. A poisons expert tells the jury she posted about death caps in Gippsland in the months before the lunch.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Toxic test result and a bestselling cookbook
A forensic expert tells the jury mushroom toxins were found in leftovers seized from the fatal lunch. Another witness says Erin Patterson told her she cooked up the beef Wellington using the help of the RecipeTin Eats cookbook.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Mushroom Trial: Say Grace follows the case of Erin Patterson as she stands accused of murdering three guests who attended a lunch at her property in the Latrobe Valley in 2023. She denies all charges.
Co-hosted by Nine reporter Penelope Liersch and The Age Crime & Justice Reporter Erin Pearson, this podcast brings to life a trial that has grabbed global headlines.
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