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The Making Of Australia's Mushroom Murders

Australian Erin Patterson hosted her husband's parents and aunt in 2023, but spiked their lunch with death cap mushrooms, a jury has found (Credit: AFP)

Australian Erin Patterson served a beef Wellington lunch that was "delicious" by all accounts, using eye fillet steak, flakey golden pastry, and the deadliest mushrooms known to man.

The keen home cook murdered her husband's parents and aunt in 2023 by spiking their sumptuous Saturday lunch with death cap mushrooms, a jury found on Monday.

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