Beef Wellington With Mushrooms: Murderer's Favorite Weapon

Erin Patterson went hunting for special mushrooms, Death Cap Mushrooms. She needed them for a very special meal she was preparing for her soon to be ex-in-laws. Her husband Simon was invited to be at the dinner with his parents and extended family but Simon decided not to be present. He had gotten sick too many times before when he wasn't able to watch his wife, Erin, prepare the food they ate. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack are covering this story, again, because there is finally a conclusion to the case. Was Erin Patterson wrongly accused of trying to kill her husband and his family with Beef Wellington and mushrooms, or was she using this very special dish as a weapon for murder? 

 

 

 

 

 

Transcribe Highlights 

00:04.45 Introduction - Favorite meals 

02:11.60 Beef Wellington used for murder

07:17.61 Toxic Mushroom - Death Cap Mushroom

11:10.88 What was to goal?

15:39.31 Patterson picked deadly mushrooms on purpose

20:03.78 Family members die, one needs liver transplant

25:35.37 Husband, Simon, nearly died multiple times

30:05.28 Symptoms are the same, food is different

35:17.86 Doctor friend tells victim to keep food journal

40:19.74 Could not solve the problem

45:11.15 Children will be scarred
conclusion 

 

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