{"id":129461,"date":"2023-09-04T07:26:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T07:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=129461"},"modified":"2023-09-04T07:26:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T07:26:06","slug":"mushroom-chefs-facebook-messages-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/mushroom-chefs-facebook-messages-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Mushroom chef&apos;s Facebook messages leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mushroom chef&#8217;s Facebook messages leak: Erin Patterson rips into her husband Simon and shares a scathing verdict about locals in her small town of Korumburra as details emerge about her career for the first time<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Four people were poisoned during lunch<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Erin Patterson is a person of interest<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>A &#8216;friend&#8217; has spilled the beans on her\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Read: Simon Patterson pays tribute to parents\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fatal mushroom chef Erin Patterson lashed out at her local community while putting together the local newsletter, an insider has revealed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Erin branded contributors to Korumburra newsletter The Burra Flyer &#8216;illiterate motherf**kers&#8217; during a rant to an old friend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A person claiming to be a former friend of the 46-year old spilled the beans on the Leongatha stay-at-home mum on a true crime online forum.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/07\/75029231-12477099-Images_of_a_young_Erin_Patterson_have_emerged_online-a-21_1693807236389.jpg\" height=\"572\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Images of a young Erin Patterson have emerged online\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/06\/75029437-12477099-image-m-37_1693805742566.jpg\" height=\"131\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A post allegedly written by Erin Patterson has been shared shared online by a former friend\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/06\/74821189-12477099-Erin_Patterson_has_been_described_as_a_genius_who_previously_wor-a-27_1693804596977.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Erin Patterson has been described as a &#8216;genius&#8217; who previously worked as an accountant\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Erin and her then husband Simon had put together the 48-page booklet of advertorials and promotions of the regional Victorian community for years after taking it over from Simon&#8217;s parents &#8211; and messages show she did not think highly of some of the contributors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In another message, Erin seemingly took aim at Simon himself, attacking the engineer for failing to do enough housework.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My husband has no idea we have a cleaner come. I love it,&#8217;\u00a0Erin allegedly posted while the couple were still together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Now I don&#8217;t resent the fact that he never helps me with anything because I&#8217;m not doing the big jobs either&#8230; now all I have to resent him over are the nightly dishes.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pastor\u00a0Ian Wilkinson\u00a0was the only one of four guests to survive the poisonous beef wellington dished up on July 29 by Erin at her home in Victoria&#8217;s east.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Wilkinson, his wife Heather and her sister Gail and husband Don Patterson were invited over for lunch as part of a &#8216;mediation&#8217; gathering to discuss Erin&#8217;s relationship with her estranged husband Simon, who pulled out at the last minute.<\/p>\n<p>Erin has denied any wrongdoing and Daily Mail Australia is not suggesting she intentionally poisoned her four relatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/06\/75029231-12477099-image-m-33_1693805597600.jpg\" height=\"638\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A young Erin Patterson after the birth of her child\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/06\/75029233-12477099-image-a-31_1693805503810.jpg\" height=\"505\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Erin Patterson lashed out at her husband Simon while the pair were still together\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An anonymous person claiming to be a friend of Erin hit the forum last weekend in a thread that received more than 200 posts before it was closed by administrators.<\/p>\n<p>The poster claimed Erin had previously worked as an accountant and with the Department of Defence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She&#8217;s meticulous and very smart,&#8217; the person stated. &#8216;Her whole family are extremely smart people.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The former friend posted several messages they had saved from the true crime group before Erin deactivated her account in August.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/02\/74411057-0-image-a-6_1693791314748.jpg\" height=\"736\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Don and Gail Patterson died after having lunch with Erin Patterson\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/07\/74708677-12477099-Heather_and_Ian_Wilkinson_Heather_did_not_survive_the_lunch-a-19_1693807235885.jpg\" height=\"958\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Heather and Ian Wilkinson. Heather did not survive the lunch\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The so-called &#8216;ex-friend&#8217; claimed to have met Erin online through the true crime group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She shared two photos of Erin after the birth of one of her children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think she was also into a lot of crime fiction. Like Agatha Christie,&#8217; the person claimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Daily Mail Australia is not suggesting Ms Patterson had sinister motives or was inspired by true crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, it is one of the most popular categories of podcasts in Australia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Erin was also passionate about Lego, it was claimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She was also an obsessive reader. She had tonnes of books. She&#8217;s very smart and very well read,&#8217; members of the private group were told.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The person claimed she had only ever engaged with Erin online, with a planned dinner never going ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We had a very tight group. It was more intimate than normal due to our shared fascination with crime,&#8217; the person wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We thought we knew her deeply but we are now discovering that a lot of her life was very secretive &#8230;\u00a0EP didn&#8217;t have any other friends than this close circle groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You have to imagine the most extreme introvert you have ever met. That is EP. Reclusive. Only online friends.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/06\/74945153-12477099-Simon_Patterson_during_Thursday_s_memorial_for_his_parents-a-24_1693803883586.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Simon Patterson during Thursday&#8217;s memorial for his parents\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/07\/74070885-12477099-Erin_Patterson_has_been_described_as_having_a_keen_interest_in_t-a-20_1693807236144.jpg\" height=\"895\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Erin Patterson has been described as having a keen interest in true crime\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/07\/74150685-12477099-Erin_Patterson_has_avoided_the_media_since_early_last_month-a-22_1693807236539.jpg\" height=\"898\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Erin Patterson has avoided the media since early last month\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former friend claimed Erin had told them her estranged husband had once fallen ill from\u00a0clostridium difficile infection &#8211; a germ usually spread from one&#8217;s hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Simon himself spent 21 days in intensive care after collapsing from the\u00a0mystery stomach illness at his home in May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his stay in hospital, Erin kept his worried friends updated about his condition on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The friend disputed previous reports Erin had been keen to get back together with her deeply religious husband, claiming she had initiated the split.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She&#8217;s an atheist as far as I know &#8230; She was very unhappy in her marriage and felt like a single parent. At the time I thought it was normal &#8216;my husband isn&#8217;t pulling his weight &#8216; type commentary,&#8217; the friend stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We didn&#8217;t hear much about Simon other than he was never at home. Never helping her. She was very closed about this &#8230;\u00a0She left him. She didn&#8217;t want to get back with him. &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>The friend answered numerous questions from members, including her thoughts on Erin&#8217;s cooking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She shared a few cooking photos with us in the group. Pad Thai. Etc. Honestly (not being mean) but it never looked super appetising. If I was to guess, I would say she was a mediocre cook,&#8217; the person claimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Simon paid tribute to his parents before up to 450 mourners who gathered at the Korumburra Recreation Centre on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time he had addressed the shocking incident that claimed the lives of his loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled his mother Gail&#8217;s final text before she lapsed into a coma of which she would not wake.<\/p>\n<p>Simon described his parents as both being pacifists, with her text ring tone sounding out on his phone to the tune of Edwin Starr&#8217;s &#8216;War&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was no fluke that mum&#8217;s final text message in our family group chat, as she lay in Dandenong Hospital, was &#8216;Lots of love to you all&#8217;,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/melbourne\/article-12477099\/Mushroom-chefs-Facebook-messages-Erin-Patterson.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mushroom chef&#8217;s Facebook messages leak: Erin Patterson rips into her husband Simon and shares a scathing verdict about locals in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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