Mushroom Case Daily

There are very few people who’ve survived a death cap mushroom poisoning. Simon Claringbold is one of them.

In this episode he describes what it was like in ‘the death zone,’ as his vision narrowed and he accepted his fate, before a miraculous turnaround saw him walk out of hospital.

On a scratchy recording made in a Melbourne hotel room, a man admits to committing murder. But as journalist Alicia Bridges investigates the man on the tape known as Mr Big, she finds herself in a world of lies and subterfuge, where very few things are as they seem. The recording leads her deep inside an international controversy, to a world of secrets that powerful institutions don't want revealed.

Mr Big is the latest season of Unravel, the ABC's award-winning true crime podcast.

You can listen to the entire season now by searching for Unravel.

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Host and Reporter: Alicia Bridges

Supervising Producers: Yasmin Parry and Alex Mann

Producer and Researcher: Ayla Darling

Theme: Martin Peralta and Ashley Cadell

Sound Design: Hamish Camilleri

Executive Producer: Tim Roxburgh

Manager of Podcasts at ABC Audio Studios: Monique Bowley.

The trial of accused murderer Erin Patterson could allege a very unusual murder weapon: Mushrooms.

Erin Patterson’s murder trial will be held in Morwell, at the closet court to the site of the alleged poisoning. We get to know this hilly Victorian region and its residents. 

One year on from a lunch that ended in three deaths, Kristian and Stocky answer your questions and talk about who could end up on the jury.

The Director of Public Prosecutions stands up in the Supreme Court and we meet a new Judge.

As Erin Patterson appears before the Supreme Court for the first time, why is the court getting so serious about secrecy?

Erin Patterson calmly says ‘not guilty’ to three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder. And we’re on a surprise fast-track to a trial. Kristian and Stocky have all the details. 

Seen for the first time since her arrest, the accused triple murderer fronts a quick court hearing that still packs in a couple of surprises. Kristian and Stocky are at the Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court in Morwell to make sure they don’t miss anything. 

Where are we at with this case so far? Erin Patterson, the woman at the centre of the mushroom lunch that left three people dead, and a fourth fighting for his life, has been charged but maintains she's innocent. We talk through the charges, about where she is now, and what happens next.