I'm guessing that the oldies didn't get to
see the "mushrooms" before they were
cooked and served up.  I don't really know,
but wouldn't the wrong flavour and aroma
indicate they weren't field mushies?

Yes, I immediately thought of some possible inheritance motivation.

The plot thickens!

AusGeoff wrote on Aug 8^th, 2023 at 2:16am:

If the casserole had curry, Worcestershire, rosemary and onion, it would be too thick to smell the difference.

'The edible members of the Agaric family all have pink to brown/black gills, a white cap and usually a stout stem with a skirt. There are however toxic members of this family that look very similar.'

There is no home test available to distinguish safe and edible mushrooms from poisonous mushrooms. https://www.health.vic.gov.au/health-advisories/poisonous-mushrooms-growing-in-v...

Bobby. wrote on Aug 8^th, 2023 at 9:17am:

Toxic femininity

I like gourmet mushrooms but they are very expensive:

Bias_2012 wrote on Aug 8^th, 2023 at 1:07pm:



Yes - as you said:

for example if there is substantial Super accounts, property, or insurance policies.   

I'm sure the cops will investigate it thoroughly.
Colombo is on to her.




If was Columbo I'd take her back to the site where the mushrooms
were picked to see if they can be identified.

We regularly have dozens of these
Amanita muscaria mushrooms growing
in our front lawn.

      

They have hallucinogenic properties, courtesy
of ibotenic acid and muscimol, are not toxic,
but need to be consumed with extreme caution.

Bobby. wrote on Aug 8^th, 2023 at 11:58am:



Listen to this...

Frank wrote on Aug 9^th, 2023 at 8:51am:



How silly -
Shitake mushrooms are the best - LOL

dear Bias,
Columbo is on to it:

Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 9^th, 2023 at 4:09pm:



Channel 7 news tonight -

her first story was that she bought the mushrooms from a shop.
Her story then changed.   

Bobby. wrote on Aug 9^th, 2023 at 6:17pm:

If it's her first group-murder, she was told there's no way to trace the stuff, she needs the money and had the flu, then why are the cops coming down so hard?  Only crims plan ahead and know the street smarts.

Women like to kill with poison.

Gordon wrote on Aug 9^th, 2023 at 7:20pm:

I like to use a gun- I don't often miss.

Bobby. wrote on Aug 9^th, 2023 at 6:17pm:


Sort of an - you said you couldn't bear to see it again and put it away out of sight but you were seen wearing that dress less than two weeks later - oops moment?

OOPS!  I think she may have sealed her fate ....... you know what they say about liars and consistency ....

Just one more thing:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12384271/Mushroom-poisoning-Erin-Patter...


Mushroom poisoning:
Erin Patterson’s husband suffered mystery illness a year before his family’s deaths in Leongatha

    Erin Patterson invited her ex-in-laws and their family to lunch
    Three of the four guests died from possible mushroom poisoning
    Her ex-husband suffered a mystery stomach illness last May

Just read the comments in this topic.

The woman is starting to look pretty guilty to me.

This is not a case of a young newly married daughter in law who struggles with cooking and needs time to learn while we all patiently eat the food she’s cooked that’s not as tasty as it should be.

The daughter in law is an obese older woman who’s basically had a go at knocking off her hubby. Now she’s successfully knocked off his parents.

😔😩🥺

Check her vote in mail-in fraud.
https://www.democrats.org.au/

Bobby. wrote on Aug 10^th, 2023 at 7:49am:


She’s also an innocent witch bitch until proven guilty. I get that she looks shifty and guilty as hell in all the MMM pics we’ve been given but due legal process must take place.

I think (note : my personal opinion only based on what I’ve been reading in MMM) that she is guilty of more than just manslaughter. I also think (note : my personal opinion only based on what I’ve been reading in MMM) that she’s out on bail atm ONLY because she’s under police surveillance (to see what she says/does next). Also, the police need more time to get a few facts to back up their case (toxicology results/garbage tip evidence/talking to more people such as family, neighbours even doctors known to the woman and her family).

To be honest : I see her getting charged sooner than later. It’s just a matter of time.

I keep coming back to this : her former husband nearly died under similar circumstances. He managed to survive (only just) and so he lived to tell the tale so to speak. Her former in laws are now dead from the same type of procedure ie cooking a meal.

👆 That leads me to this : I think whatever this woman tried on her former husband was a practice run. She learned from that practice run just how to perfect the experiment and achieve the result she was after. I have no doubt that she would have wanted her former husband dead too BUT unfortunately for her ... he didn’t. Right now .... he’s a victim who got away and is no doubt telling the police a lot of stuff about her.

Re motive : the woman has only pretended to be amicably separated from her former husband. It was part n parcel of her ruse to ease her victims into a false sense of security. And trust. Once this was achieved, her plan to eliminate certain people could be carried out SO THAT SHE ENDED UP WITH MONEY!

I’m sure I’ve read a book that’s like this unfolding news article. Police should probably take a closer look at what books this woman has been reading (library cards, online e books and of course her bookshelf).  One of those books might well prove to be rather interesting. It’s as if she’s copied that book’s plot and is re enacting it.

Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 10^th, 2023 at 9:18am:



If found guilty, should she be sentenced to eat a deathcap mushroom?

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/daughterinlaw-flees-home-after-mushroo...

👆 Hmmm. God I feel sorry for her kids.

Edit : I’ve just read Greggary’s comment. My humblest apologies to all. I use the acronym MMM when posting on a Facebook group I co admin. It stands for Mainstream Media Misinformation (or Mainstream Media Manure).

Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 10^th, 2023 at 9:56am:


Ah, okay.

For a minute there I thought you were getting all your information from crappy commercial radio stations.

Right this is THE article to read. It sets the record of events quite clearly. In chronological order.

Aussie .... what’s your take on this unfolding news story?


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12389293/amp/Mushroom-deaths-Erin-Simon...

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Aug 10^th, 2023 at 12:22pm:


I bought some mushrooms just now. Harris Farm had at least 10 varieties of fancy ones.
I went for good old cup mushrooms

The toxicology will take weeks. They must be growing mushrooms.

So why didn't she fall ill, too?  This is not looking good for her.

Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 10^th, 2023 at 11:05pm:


I think I saw a snippet of news where she had a suitcase and said she was getting away from the house and all reporters.

After watching the series “Hunted” I can assure you they will track her if need to.

In the link above, I found this in the timeline of interest.

Daily Mail Australia understands Ms Patterson's owns several properties, investing wisely after inheriting money she received from the death of her parents in 2019.

Property records obtained by Daily Mail Australia reveal Simon and Erin both registered themselves as the single owners of two different houses in February 2021 - 15 months before he fell ill with a mystery stomach illness.

Both her parents died in 2019. I’d love to know more details.

Sophia wrote on Aug 10^th, 2023 at 11:37pm:


People have a way of dying around her - she didn't eat the Beef Wellington? Some dinner party....

AusGeoff wrote on Aug 11^th, 2023 at 4:08am:

Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 11^th, 2023 at 6:39am:



Those Amanita Phalloides death caps grow around oak trees.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_phalloides

Bobby. wrote on Aug 11^th, 2023 at 6:45am:


Nobody could mistake those for mushrooms.  My personal view is that this is a shot duck.... she's going down... did well out of it once - both her parents died in the same year and that will be looked at .... now trying for another round.  If there are toxicology reports on her parents ...... for some people one decent hit in life is never enough...

So neither she nor her two children became ill...... the dead and ill presented a day later with symptoms..... what and where did they eat in the meantime, though it does say symptoms might not appear for a day but the damage is done to liver and stuff?  The guy alive needs a liver transplant.  Her dehydrator was found at the tip.... she threw it out that day before the people reported sick.....

This is not looking good..... think of the good old days when sudden gut illness was common so nobody noticed.  Told him not to drink that creek water .... and to cook his meat carefully .... historically many people died of  dysentery including kings.... hmmmmm ...

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/courts-law/exhusband-of-mushroom-mum-e...

I don't eat mushrooms - and I know which ones to pick.  The golden top rule is not to pick anything white underneath.

Wonder how many druggies in search of the golden top trip have succumbed to poisoning....

Ancient history, you can bet on it.   

"Awr, Fatima, I'm sorry about my sleeping around and beating you last night."

"It's all right, Mohamed - eat your mushrooms...."

Woolworths made a killing from mushrooms, a total $33.2 billion in sales for the first half of the 2022/23 financial year, a 4% increase.

chimera wrote on Aug 12^th, 2023 at 7:42am:



check this out:
https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1674368339/21#21

How much would you pay for mushrooms that
have already reached their best before date?

Gordon wrote on Aug 12^th, 2023 at 9:20am:


His mates are saying that was her get back for some argument they were having at that time. It almost killed him.

I think (I could be wrong of course) our mushroom chef has been using her Home Science skills to resolve her problems in the Relationships and Conflict Resolution areas.

Edit : IF my husband ever wanted out (yeah right) I would pack his suitcases AND call him a cab BEFORE he had a chance to give me his lame reasons. Then I’d throw a party to celebrate my FREEDOM (from all his incessant washing/ironing/dry cleaning/running his errands). 😂🤣😆

Bobby. wrote on Aug 11^th, 2023 at 10:18pm:


OMG 

I wonder if mushroom sales have either dropped or boomed?
I’ve certainly been put off. Makes my stomach turn every time I see this story.

Victoria’s Mushroom Chef - a global breaking news sensation.

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/humans-of-betoota/man-who-left-his-towel-on-the-...

Man Who Left His Towel On The Floor Yet Again Served Up Mushroom Risotto For Dinner

Despite repeatedly being told not to, a local man left his new towel on the bedroom floor again this morning.

It is a somewhat normal occurrence for Reece Doulton, a 32-year-old city worker from the French Quarter. Regular enough for him to shrug off questions from his fiancé centred around the functionality of his brain and dedication to keeping his promises to hang his towel up from now on.

But Reece fears he made have finally crossed a line.

“I got the usual text messages in the afternoon from my partner, Grace,” he said.

“You know, she’s asking me if I’m a smacking idiot. Asking me if I do it deliberately to annoy her. She asks me if I think she’s some sort of punk bitch I can repeatedly ignore and take for grant. You know, the regular stuff. Anyway, I just said I was sorry and that I’d get something for dinner on the way home but she told me not to worry, she’d already sorted it,”

“Now, I’m going to preface this by saying I am joking but when I got home last night, she served up a mushroom risotto for dinner. She’s never done a bloody risotto in her life. I asked her why she decided on cooking that, she just nonchalantly shrugged and said she felt like it. She had a craving, she said. Pretty weird but OK, you know.”

Reece then looked over each shoulder and leaned in.

“The worst part is, she told me she’d had a late lunch at the office and that she wouldn’t be joining me. It’s probably nothing but mate, a man has to wonder, doesn’t he? I went to see Barbie last week and, you know, pursed my lips and did some pensive smiles at all the right times. If you’ve seen it, you know what I mean. Did the vacuuming and watered the plants. I even hung the washing out when Grace said she needed me to do it,” he said.

“It’s probably nothing but you know, she was pretty cross about the towel and then she serves up mushroom risotto just out of the blue. I’m just saying it’s pretty weird.”

More to come.

Bobby. wrote on Aug 11^th, 2023 at 10:18pm:


How effing ugly is she. Don't these fat chicks have an ounce of self-respect.

Postmodern Trendoid III wrote on Aug 12^th, 2023 at 10:45am:


Touch that or eat a death cap?
PASS THE MUSHROOMS!!!

Sophia wrote on Aug 12^th, 2023 at 9:50am:



My Kitchen Rules:

Bobby. wrote on Aug 12^th, 2023 at 3:52pm:


She looks like a toadstool

Gordon wrote on Aug 12^th, 2023 at 4:13pm:


Monday might prove to be a very interesting day.

1. Accident?
2. Manslaughter?
3. Murder?

I’m thinking 3 - based on the little bits of info we’ve been allowed to know by (MMM) Mainstream Media Manipulation. Of course like everyone else here ...I don’t know all the details so I could be wrong.

I feel for those 2 innocent children which are caught up in all this terrible drama. Thank God they’ve been removed by Child Services and are now in the care of their dad (who is lucky to be alive). These 2 kids no longer have ANY grandparents. 🥺😔😩

Bias_2012 wrote on Aug 13^th, 2023 at 1:21pm:


Exactly.

Meantime VicPol have confiscated her mobile and have set her up elsewhere so she can get some privacy (the media was most definitely harassing her no end) and both her children have been handed over to her ex husband (the guy who didn’t turn up at the last minute so he’s still alive).

My thoughts? The place where she’s currently/quietly staying is tapped and she’s under 24/7 surveillance whilst police/detectives are investigating that dehydrator, her house (that’s currently unoccupied) and her mobile phone search history.

Children’s Services are probably busy with those 2 kids atm.

At some stage ... those 2 kids will be interviewed separately and draw something strange which will concern their mum’s parents ie their maternal grandparents.

Remember BOTH Erin’s mother AND father died in 2019 in their 60’s and as Covid19 turned up, their deaths weren’t as conspicuous or obvious. That double death event provided Erin with:

1. A massive financial windfall as she inherited a lot of serious money and she bought some 3+ properties. Who knows ...she probably thought her money would make her husband change his mind and stay in the marriage.

2. Massive sympathy from those around her esp her husband who wanted out. Who knows she probably put on the waterworks 👉 emotional blackmail.

Being a woman I would love nothing more than to be proven wrong about this matter. But the more I think about it ... the worse it gets for Erin. Here are a few examples going round my head atm.

a) Who throws away their kitchen appliance (that dehydrator) after cooking a meal which kills all your visitors?

b) That dish she cooked up requires you to chop up veges and fry them up with the mince/cubed meat. That dehydrator was used by Erin to turn the mushrooms into fine powder. It’s a long and unnecessary process. And as stated in 1. after this process she threw the dehydrator in the bin.

c) Everyone invited to that lunch is either dead or about to die. Her ex husband would have been either dead or about to die EXCEPT for the fact that he pulled out of going AT the LAST minute.

d) Only Erin and her 2 kids who were at that lunch did not eat that pie. Erin is a short stocky large woman who clearly loves her tucker.

e) Then there’s this - Erin is in her mid to late 40’s. She and her former husband had been responsible for putting together/editing/printing the local community magazine. For years. At first they helped Erin’s husband’s parents ie in-laws (both now deceased because of mushroom poisoning) who were dedicated  to community development and this job. Each edition showcased the region’s activities and heritage value. Many editions featured the different types of foods which were locally grown, produced, sold and made.

In fact - last night I had the pleasure of reading back-copies of these community magazines. I was taken aback by the next level awesome close-knit community and the beautiful picturesque region. And then I noticed something quite interesting: articles on mushrooms. Organic home grown mushrooms. Then I noticed more articles on non edible mushrooms and why they were inedible. And how poisonous they were.

These very articles were being proof-read and typed into/placed into these magazines across a number of editions by Erin and her husband for some time. In fact from 2019 onwards.

Bottom line? Erin would have known exactly which mushrooms were legit and which ones were not.

Note : I hope to God I’m completely wrong and these tragic circumstances can be explained. And I also hope we can all get back to buying mushrooms and using them in our recipes. 🥺😔😩

chimera wrote on Aug 13^th, 2023 at 5:52pm:


Yeah?

So are you suggesting I SHOULD NOTIFY THE AUTHORITIES?? Surely they already know all this anyway??

😳

Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 13^th, 2023 at 5:59pm:



You found important evidence:

Quote:

Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 13^th, 2023 at 6:13pm:

Bias_2012 wrote on Aug 13^th, 2023 at 7:46pm:


Thanks Bias.

Just so you know I did catch your posts and as a result I did not email VicPol.

Meantime here’s an update on this terrible tragedy.

https://www.thesun.ie/news/11176294/mushroom-murder-australia-update-victim-deat...

The 4th victim may well recover IF he gets/survives a liver transplant. The poor old bugger has so many hurdles to get through first. God I hope he survives AND tells us exactly what happened that day. 🙏🙏🙏

Gordon wrote on Aug 14^th, 2023 at 4:22pm:


Gordy your link was problematic. Not to worry ... heaps more links are available about the latest development in this saga which has now gripped the world.

https://amp.9news.com.au/article/2b26d63c-f1e2-4059-91c9-029115b57f94

It took me a mere 60 seconds to find a lot of holes in her latest account.

She’s not fooling anyone. VicPol are still investigating AND waiting to see what else she does before they act.

Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 14^th, 2023 at 4:31pm:

Bias_2012 wrote on Aug 14^th, 2023 at 5:49pm:


I hate posting links when using phone..

Total BS

The bit about her kids not liking mushrooms and scraping them off, surely the toxins would have leeched into the rest of the dish.

In her statement, Erin said she dumped a food dehydrator at a local tip after the disastrous lunch following a conversation about the gadget with her children, where her ex-husband had asked “is that what you used to poison them?”.

She said in the statement she then “panicked” over the thought that she could lose custody of her children, according to the ABC, and rid herself of the processor.

She said she had lied to investigators when she told them she dumped it “a long time ago”.

Erin said her children were not present at the time of the meal, stating they had actually gone to the movies.

They ate the leftovers from the lunch the following night.

Erin said her children did not like mushrooms, so she “scraped” them off.

She said the fungi used in the dish were a mixture of button mushrooms bought at a supermarket chain and dried ones from an Asian grocery store in Melbourne months prior.