Episodes

  • Jury Out

    Jury Out
    Jun 30 2025
    In this episode Caroline and Wayne have the moment the jury started their deliberations. After giving them their final instructions, the judge, Mr Justice Beale, balotted the jury down from 14 to 12 and told them to start considering their verdicts. We also explain why the jury will not be allowed to go home now until they have decided on those verdicts.

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    25 mins
  • Update Episode: Weighing up the Evidence

    Update Episode: Weighing up the Evidence
    Jun 27 2025
    In this episode Caroline and Wayne have more of the words from the judge as he continues to sum the case up to the jury. He told them that just because Erin Patterson is a liar does not mean she is guilty of murder. On Monday he will hand the case over to them as they start to deliberate on their verdicts.

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    14 mins
  • Laying Down The Law

    Laying Down The Law
    Jun 25 2025
    In this episode Caroline and Wayne, for the first time, have the words of the judge as he tells the jury the fate of Erin Patterson will be in their hands. He has told them not to be swayed by prejudice or by sympathy and not to be influenced by the views of their family and friends.

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    22 mins
  • The High Bar

    The High Bar
    Jun 19 2025
    In this episode Caroline and Wayne having the final words from Erin Patterson. Her defence barrister told the jury the prosecution had failed to reach the “high bar” to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt with “illogical” arguments. He said Erin Patterson’s lies may have been morally wrong but they did not make her guilty of triple murder.

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    17 mins
  • “Lots of Lies”

    “Lots of Lies”
    Jun 18 2025
    In this episode Caroline and Wayne hear that Erin Patterson told “lots of lies” because she had a lot on the line including the possibility of losing her children. But those lies did not make her guilty of triple murder, according to her defence barrister. Plus we hear for the first time that she may have become sick before her lunch guests because she’s been tasting the mushroom mixture as she was cooking it.

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    25 mins
  • No Motive

    No Motive
    Jun 17 2025
    In this episode Caroline and Wayne hear there is no motive in this case. That Erin Patterson loved her in-laws and had no reason to kill them. In fact she “needed them in her life”. But we also hear accusations that she was duplicitous, of pretending to care about them but then mocking them online.

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    28 mins
  • “The Four Deceptions”

    “The Four Deceptions”
    Jun 16 2025
    In this episode Caroline and Wayne have the closing speech from the Prosecutor. Dr Nanette Rogers said Erin Patterson had planned the lunch in great detail setting her “trail” of lies weeks before. She also said those lies were exposed because she hadn’t succeeded in killing one of her lunch guests who then gave evidence against her. Dr Rogers also said Erin Patterson had tried to cover her tracks but she was “inconsistent” in her stories.

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    29 mins
  • Update Episode: Case Closed

    Update Episode: Case Closed
    Jun 13 2025
    In today’s episode Caroline and Wayne have the final moments of the case against Erin Patterson. All the evidence has now been heard and in the coming days the case will finally be summed up before the jury start to consider their verdicts.

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    8 mins