Australia - 3 dead after eating wild mushrooms, Leongatha, Victoria, Aug 2023

[TootsieFootsie]

Estranged husband of mushroom chef breaks cover

Simon Patterson has been in hiding since parents and aunt died after being served up poisonous mushrooms at his ex-wife's Leongatha home, in Victoria's Gippsland region, on July 29.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I see The Betoota Advocate have a comical response to the case.

Just explaining that it is satire.

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

More to come.

www.betootaadvocate.com

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

 

[silvercrown]

It’s funny - I actually thought that, right at the end as she turned from the cameras and was getting into the car, the loud weird crying sounds could have been her masking a different emotional response such as laughing or even anger. It didn’t seem like genuine crying anyway.

I found her crying response to the media to be disingenuous, but then again I don’t know what she’s like in general. She made a lot of self-referential comments, much like CW in his interview to media, about how she feels about what happened rather than how anyone else would be feeling. MOO

Say she didn’t do it, she may have felt like she needed to put on a bit of a display to show she’s grieving, especially if she didn’t like them very much or they were at odds over a few things. They may have had a strained relationship from the beginning. I’m sure if she was stone faced we would be dissecting that too.

I haven’t seen footage of her getting in the car, but she could have been stifling the delight which would explain the strange sounds.

I totally agree with you on the self-referential comments however. This is evident in so many infamous interviews where the person is eventually found to be the perpetrator. Murdaugh, watts etc.

Don’t get me wrong. It’s definitely suspicious, I just can’t imagine someone going to the trouble of making a beef Wellington only to hide poisonous mushrooms in it. She could have made something so much easier! Moo

 

[Jess M.]

Say she didn’t do it, she may have felt like she needed to put on a bit of a display to show she’s grieving, especially if she didn’t like them very much or they were at odds over a few things. They may have had a strained relationship from the beginning. I’m sure if she was stone faced we would be dissecting that too.

I haven’t seen footage of her getting in the car, but she could have been stifling the delight which would explain the strange sounds.

I totally agree with you on the self-referential comments however. This is evident in so many infamous interviews where the person is eventually found to be the perpetrator. Murdaugh, watts etc.

Don’t get me wrong. It’s definitely suspicious, I just can’t imagine someone going to the trouble of making a beef Wellington only to hide poisonous mushrooms in it. She could have made something so much easier! Moo

 

[silvercrown]

Thank you, I had only seen a shorter clip of it on the news. I’m definitely side eyeing a few things.

 

[Estelle]

I see The Betoota Advocate have a comical response to the case.

Just explaining that it is satire.

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

More to come.

www.betootaadvocate.com

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

I'm in hysterics reading this story.

 

[JLZ]

I think the emotion is genuine when she talks about her mother. As to the rest, it bothers me that she keeps putting her hands in front of her face or else closing her eyes. A refusal to face facts?

Edit, further thought: 'if I can't see you, you can't see me'.

 

[Jess M.]

I think the emotion is genuine when she talks about her mother. As to the rest, it bothers me that she keeps putting her hands in front of her face or else closing her eyes. A refusal to face facts?

Why does she keep looking at her fingers after she wipes away non existent tears? lol

 

[LaborDayRN]

I see The Betoota Advocate have a comical response to the case.

Just explaining that it is satire.

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

More to come.

www.betootaadvocate.com

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

Wow. Seems to be in very poor taste IMO given the 3 people who died and another who nearly died.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Inside the sleepy town rocked by mushroom deaths: 'It affects everyone'

The small conservative town has become the focus of international attention with grief, speculation and rumours engulfing Korumburra.

au.news.yahoo.com

 

[LadyL]

terrible acting job IMO

 

[JBowie]

terrible acting job IMO

A director would have called "Cut! Fetch some raw onions!"

Love to see body language specialists analyze this one.

 

[JBowie]

The four guests presented the following day at the Leongatha Hospital with gastro-like symptoms and were admitted.

Local paper the Gippsland Sentinel-Times reported a release from the hospital, saying: “A fifth person was discharged, after a short presentation at the Leongatha Hospital.”

As there were no other adults present, and Erin’s two children didn’t eat the meal, it will be a matter of keen interest to investigators as to why Erin presented at hospital when she appeared symptom-free.

With excellent snooping, the Sentinel-Times published real estate pictures [see article] from the previous sale of the double-storey, stylish weatherboard home that showed a cluster of alarmingly orange mushrooms at the base of a tree that no one in their right mind would eat.

From the Wiki: "The color of the cap can be pale-green, yellowish-green, olive-green, bronze, or (in one form) white; it is often paler toward the margins, which can have darker streaks"

Deadly mushrooms, mysteries and the curious cops

Any homicide investigator will tell you that while lightning can strike twice, you certainly want to go and have a look at the scorch marks.

www.smh.com.au

 

[JLZ]

Why does she keep looking at her fingers after she wipes away non existent tears? lol

She can feel the ducts working but the tears don't flow. Where are they, dammit?

 

[Jess M.]

The four guests presented the following day at the Leongatha Hospital with gastro-like symptoms and were admitted.

Local paper the Gippsland Sentinel-Times reported a release from the hospital, saying: “A fifth person was discharged, after a short presentation at the Leongatha Hospital.”

As there were no other adults present, and Erin’s two children didn’t eat the meal, it will be a matter of keen interest to investigators as to why Erin presented at hospital when she appeared symptom-free.

With excellent snooping, the Sentinel-Times published real estate pictures [see article] from the previous sale of the double-storey, stylish weatherboard home that showed a cluster of alarmingly orange mushrooms at the base of a tree that no one in their right mind would eat.

From the Wiki: "The color of the cap can be pale-green, yellowish-green, olive-green, bronze, or (in one form) white; it is often paler toward the margins, which can have darker streaks"

Deadly mushrooms, mysteries and the curious cops

Any homicide investigator will tell you that while lightning can strike twice, you certainly want to go and have a look at the scorch marks.

www.smh.com.au

As there were no other adults present, and Erin’s two children didn’t eat the meal, it will be a matter of keen interest to investigators as to why Erin presented at hospital when she appeared symptom-free.

 

[d0lphin]

If she and her children are vegetarians, it would explain them not eating the beef wellington.

That's my thinking too, the children ( teenagers) must be vegetarian or vegan, otherwise how could she guarantee that they wouldn't want to try some of the Beef Wellington too?
She could hardly say to them, no don't eat it if they asked for a taste of it.

 

[Jess M.]

That's my thinking too, the children ( teenagers) must be vegetarian or vegan, otherwise how could she guarantee that they wouldn't want to try some of the Beef Wellington too?
She could hardly say to them, no don't eat it if they asked for a taste of it.

Her kids might be vegetarians/vegans, but I doubt that she is...

 

[Lord Peter Flimsy]

If she and her children are vegetarians, it would explain them not eating the beef wellington.

If they were surely she would make a vegetarian meal? Why handle meat?

 

[VerityGumshoe]

Right, she could have said it got burnt in the oven and they’d have to do a rain check or eat at a restaurant.

Not Mushroom for plan B maybe

 

[boomburger]

That's my thinking too, the children ( teenagers) must be vegetarian or vegan, otherwise how could she guarantee that they wouldn't want to try some of the Beef Wellington too?
She could hardly say to them, no don't eat it if they asked for a taste of it.

Or "hey kids I'm having a serious discussion with the pastor and your grand parents, I've ordered you some McDonald's with Uber Eats and you can eat it in your room."