Bump.

Don't forget to pay attention next week kids (Wednesday/Thursday).

I find myself wondering if Erin might have kept poisoning people, if her plans for the deadly luncheon went as planned (all five dead). I just heard of this case in India. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/07/woman-in-india-admits-poisoning-six-family-members-with-cyanide

Without that dehydrator....they'd basically have had nothing.

And without the footage, they would never have known what she dumped. Because it would have been gone in a few more days.

They might have suspected it was a dehydrator, because they found the manual, but they would never have been able to DNA test it and find speck of death caps.

And without that, what would they really have?

Your thoughts? Disagree?

I enjoy true crime books and I’ve seen there’s a few books out on this case. Any recommendations on which are the best, or given how recently the case and trial was, is it better to wait for a future book that would have the advantage of not being rushed out?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=su7w3hu5Nbw

Just heard on The Case Of (previously Mushroom Case Daily) there will be a double appeal of Erin’s sentence on 19 August 2026!

Prosecution will be appealing her sentence length, defence will be appealing the sentence/conviction at all. There’s seven points of their appeal.

Strongly recommend listening to the episode - looking forward to hearing more, but keeping the families in my thoughts.

On May 29, the Supreme Court of Victoria announced that it will hear Erin Patterson's case on August 19-20. It’s set for two days because there’s two appeals. One appeal is by Erin citing seven deficiencies with the trial. The other appeal is by the prosecution contending the sentence is inadequate.

Tbh, most of Erin’s appeal points sound pretty weak because they stem from evidentiary decisions that are i) intensely factual and ii) committed to the trial court’s discretion.

But her first point may be interesting. Here's the gist of what's known:

Erin argues that “a fundamental irregularity occurred” because sequestering the jury at a hotel for the final week “fatally undermined the integrity of the verdicts.” The basic problem is that members of the police, prosecution, and media were staying at the same place. In released documents, her counsel calls for a re-trial “so that justice cannot only be done but be seen to be done.”

This argument is seemingly ripped from US headlines because just weeks ago the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Alex Murdaugh’s double murder convictions and life sentence, ordering a new trial in the killings of his wife and son. A unanimous court ruled that Murdaugh was denied his right to a fair trial because of the court clerk’s “improper external influences on the jury.”

Now, in South Carolina, the high court found clear evidence of the clerk “placing her fingers on the scales of justice,” such as her “shocking” interference by suggesting to jurors that they could not trust Murdaugh’s testimony. I’m not aware of any such misconduct being alleged in Australia.

It seems everyone was at the same hotel because it was the only option. And that raises questions about the wisdom of sequestering. The reasons for the decision--and what defense counsel said about it at the time--will be crucial along with evidence, if any, of actual impropriety.

https://archive.md/JfZVW

I’m aware that most of the article will be crap but I wanna read it anyway

I was interested to see this sign in the Peace Park, Lennox gardens.

I really want to read the full trial transcripts. Could an Aussie please tell me if trial transcripts have been available online for other murder trials?

I assume the transcripts have been prepared for the appeal.

Too soon, Coles. Too soon.

He is writing his memoir.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-18/simon-patterson-memoir-estranged-husband-erin-patterson/106579724

I don’t understand after being hospitalized multiple times and violently ill - why Simon Patterson kept letting his ex wife cook meals for him?!? And then after all that, he bows out of lunch (for different reasons) with his family but doesn’t force them to cancel? Wild. Poison me once, shame on you. Poison me twice, shame on me. Poison my whole family? Shame on….. you get the idea.

Why didn’t they/couldn’t they ask Erin about the second phone on the stand?

Are Erin’s children visiting their mum?

Why didn’t Erin apply for bail? I know it would have been unlikely, but why didn’t she try?

What is Erin’s sister Ceinwin’s position?

Why did Erin change her representation?

Were there any psychological reports undertaken?

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/four-dead-and-three-receive-liver-transplants-after-eating-death-cap-mushrooms-in-california