While some mushrooms are completely harmless and, in fact, quite delicious to eat, others can cause severe or fatal health risks. The death cap mushroom, or Amanita phalloides, is aptly named due to ...

Erin Patterson was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years, one of the longest sentences ever given ...

The convicted mushroom killer is challenging her verdicts, igniting new debate over fairness and open justice.

In July 2023, Erin Patterson invited four of her ex-husband’s relatives to lunch at her home in Leongatha, a small town in Victoria. Within days, three of them had died. Her estranged husband’s uncle ...

Erin Patterson filed an appeal Monday over her murder conviction for cooking up a deadly dinner laced with toxic mushrooms ...

Mushroom cook Erin Patterson’s appeal against her convictions for murder and attempted murder have been made public.

Death cap mushrooms were in the headlines this week after an Australian woman received a life sentence for fatally poisoning some of her family members with the toxic fungus. But recent research has ...

Triple murderer Erin Patterson has launched an appeal against her convictions for killing three relatives with death cap ...

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (Gray News) – Health officials in California are warning a community about poisonous mushrooms used in some meals that may be mistaken for a commonly eaten variety. Salinas ...

Australian convicted murderer Erin Patterson alleges a "substantial miscarriage of justice" took place when she was convicted ...

Erin Patterson was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years for poisoning four and killing three of ...