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She Killed Three People with Poisonous Mushrooms. Did She Mean To?

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

July 28, 2026

Show Notes

In 2023,a woman named Erin Patterson had her husband's family over for a lunch of beef Wellington. A week later, three people were dead. Phoebe interviews Guardian reporter Nino Bucci about what happened next.

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