The Latest Breaking News from Don Patterson

Two books on the recent Erin Patterson trial have just been published, both by experienced true crime writers. Both are meticulously researched (primarily relying on the transcripts of evidence), well written and eminently readable. The timing of their publication is remarkable, given it’s only been a month since the sentencing.…

Co-written with Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, The Mushroom Tapes is inspired by their experience attending the headline-grabbing trial earlier this year

Victorian supreme court also hears that mushroom lunch murderer spends 22 hours a day in cell and has had no contact with other inmates

Erin Patterson returns to court for a pre-sentencing hearing

Ian Wilkinson says he is ‘no longer Erin Patterson’s victim’ as Victorian supreme court hears of impact of crimes on family members

Ian Wilkinson, the sole survivor of a deadly Australian mushroom poisoning, says he feels only half alive after losing his wife and two close friends

Simon Patterson kept a spreadsheet of his illnesses the court heard he suffered after eating his estranged wife's cooking

Erin Patterson's lies to police and claims she loved her estranged husband's family after killing them can be viewed as a court released her police interview.

Material and claims the jury in Australia’s mushroom lunch murder trial wasn’t allowed to hear can be reported after a suppression order was lifted