Get compelling docos, podcasts, features and more with our new home for crime shows: Hunting Justice. ABOUT THE MUSHROOM COOK: In 2023, in the small Victorian town of Leongatha, a family sat down for a beef wellington lunch on a wintry Saturday afternoon. Hours later, four of the guests were struck down with illness. Within days, three were dead. Over three compelling seasons of The Mushroom Cook, follow our journalists as they piece together the case and cover the trial and the appeal of the cook, Erin Patterson. ABOUT THE EASEY STREET MURDERS: In 1977, in the heart of Melbourne, friends Suzanne...
Latest episodes
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20 min
The Mushroom Cook - The Appeal | The push for life without parole
It was the final day of Erin Patterson's appeal and the prosecutors spent hours picking apart the defence’s arguments. Then, it was time for their own appeal - time to explain why…
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25 min
The Mushroom Cook - The Appeal | The seven grounds
In the first day of Erin Patterson's highly anticipated appeal, her new defence barristers took aim at seven things they say hurt their client's case. The Mushroom Cook team is Bro…
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17 min
The Mushroom Cook - The Appeal | The date is set
Erin Patterson is set for another date with the courts as appeal judges ready to hear her case. The Mushroom Cook's Brooke Grebert-Craig, Laura Placella and Anthony Dowsley are bac…
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3 min
The Easey Street Murders Bonus Episode - The latest on the case
Host Olivia Jenkins gives a quick update on a recent hearing and what's next. Get our mini-documentary, features and background info at: easeystreetmurders.com.auhuntingjustice.com…
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24 min
The Easey Street Murders Ep 6: Arrest in Rome
After years of the Easey St case sitting in limbo Victoria Police scramble to get to Europe to arrest a man over the crime. Get our mini-documentary, features and background info a…
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22 min
The Easey Street Murders Ep 5: In the blood
As the trail of the Easey Street killer goes cold, detectives turn to DNA analysis to keep the case alive. Get our mini-documentary, features and background info at: easeystreetmur…
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31 min
The Easey Street Murders Ep 4: Suspects and coincidences
Many people knew the two Sues before their brutal murders, and it would be up to investigators to sift through the many persons of interest. Get our mini-documentary, features and…
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29 min
The Easey Street Murders Ep 3: On January 10
One day, the neighbours of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett woke up to hear a baby crying.On that day, police would start to unravel the true horror that went on at Easey Stree…
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25 min
The Easey Street Murders Ep 2: Sues in the City
Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett settle into their new life in Melbourne's bustling, and sometimes dangerous suburb of Collingwood. Get our mini-documentary, features and backg…
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24 min
The Easey Street Murders Ep 1: Country Girls
Before they became the victims of the notorious Easey Street Murders, Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett were two outgoing girls growing up in the centre of a circle of friends i…
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3 min
Introducing Hunting Justice
We're making some changes to the Mushroom Cook feed so we can bring you more compelling true crime stories.To outline what we have in store, Mushroom Cook Brooke Grebert-Craig talk…
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12 min
The Mushroom Cook - The Trial | The Appeal: The grounds
As the year draws to a close, the team explores the latest updates in the ongoing Mushroom Cook saga. The Mushroom Cook team is Brooke Grebert-Craig, Laura Placella, Anthony Dowsle…
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22 min
The Mushroom Cook - The Trial | The Appeal: The case continues
It's confirmed. Triple murderer Erin Patterson will appeal her convictions and Crown prosecutors will appeal her sentence. The Mushroom Cook team sits down with a special guest to…
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The Mushroom Cook - The Trial | The sentence and the statement
Mushroom cook Erin Patterson has learnt her fate, with Justice Christopher Beale sentencing the triple murderer to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years. His words…
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10 min
The Mushroom Cook - The Trial | The "brilliant but unhinged" Erin Scutter
Erin Patterson is awaiting sentence. But as the world waits to hear her future, The Mushroom Cook team dives into her past. The Mushroom Cook team is Brooke Grebert-Craig, Laura Pl…
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20 min
The Mushroom Cook - The Trial | Murder, mercy and misery
In a Melbourne courtroom, triple murderer Erin Patterson was confronted by the loved ones of her victims as the prosecution pushed for the harshest possible sentence: life without…
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49 min
The Mushroom Cook - The Trial | Inside the allegations Erin tried to poison Simon
Veteran crime writer Anthony Dowsley is joined by court reporter Ashley Argoon to discuss allegations that Erin Patterson tried to poison her estranged husband on numerous occasion…
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27 min
The Mushroom Cook - The Trial | The Record of Interview
Shortly after the infamous mushroom lunch, Erin Patterson was interviewed by police - an interview we can now play to you. These are her words, and this is her voice. The Mushroom…
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19 min
The Mushroom Cook - The Trial | What the jury didn't know
A trip to the tip, a doctor's testimony and information on “common homicidal poisons” were all raised in pre-trial, but this evidence – and more – was kept secret from the jury. Th…
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10 min
The Mushroom Cook - The Trial | A money matter
While Erin Patterson awaits sentencing over the mushroom lunch, another potential legal standoff is on the horizon.The Mushroom Cook team is Brooke Grebert-Craig, Laura Placella, A…