‘Fungi fatale’ and ‘death cap stare’: how the world’s media reported Erin Patterson’s guilty verdict

<p>For more than two months, the Australian mushroom triple-murder trial has gripped the world – here’s how it finished up on the front page</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jul/08/anthony-albanese-tariffs-trump-east-melbourne-synagogue-bobdi-junction-nine-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The murder trial has spawned podcasts, documentaries, thousands of column inches, viral social media posts – and a rapt global audience.</p><p>After a week of deliberation, a supreme court jury <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/07/erin-patterson-trial-australian-mushroom-murders-guilty-verdict-ghoulish-fascination-ntwnfb">found Victorian woman Erin Patterson guilty</a> of three counts of murder and one of attempted murder after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/07/after-weeks-of-tension-and-speculation-in-mushroom-trial-attention-returns-to-the-three-lives-taken">three guests died and one almost died</a> after eating her homemade beef wellington lunch.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/08/mushroom-murders-australian-world-media-front-pages-erin-patterson-guilty-verdict-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>