Show overview
On Trial Australia has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 53 episodes. That works out to roughly 25 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 21 min and 37 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language True Crime show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 11 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 40 episodes published. Published by Del Fordham.
From the publisher
Inside Australia's biggest and most gripping trials - the evidence, witness testimony and every update - as it unfolds before a jury. Join Nine's Penelope Liersch & The Age's Erin Pearson as they bring you real-time reporting from cases that have Australia, and the world, talking.
Latest Episodes
View all 53 episodes1. Missing | Finding Priscilla
Introducing Investigate: Finding Priscilla
Threats on Australian MP’s
Erin Patterson loses appeal
Gregory Lynn’s bail denied
Accused killer Gregory Lynn claims: ‘I am the victim here’
Victoria: The Suppression State
The Patterson court watchers
The hotel bungle
Erin Patterson's lies
Killer’s appeal
Erin Patterson’s ‘last ditch attempt’
Erin Patterson’s new barrister tells the court his team needs more time to prepare an appeal case against the triple murderer’s conviction.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Inside the prison cell
The prosecution calls for Erin Patterson to be handed a life sentence, without the possibility of parole. The court is also given a rare insight into the killer’s life in a maximum security prison cell, including the personal items she keeps.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
'I am no longer Erin Patterson’s victim'; The family speaks
The only survivor of the deadly mushroom lunch says he forgives the woman who tried to kill him, pastor Ian Wilkinson telling the court ‘now I am no longer Erin Patterson’s victim, and she has become the victim of my kindness’. Speaking through tears the family she tried to destroy say they can not understand her murderous wrath.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What really happened to Simon Patterson
Listen for the first time what the jury didn't hear, including Simon Patterson's claims his estranged wife was trying to kill him for years, secret poison papers found on her electronic devices and the killer's imaginary cat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The many faces of Erin Patterson
In the aftermath of the trial, Erin and Penny take listeners through their observations from the courtroom, things the jury didn’t see and just how big the global attention is.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why did she do it? The doctor's perspective
In an extended interview, Leongatha doctor and trial witness Christopher Webster sits down with our hosts to speak about his interactions with murderer Erin Patterson when she arrived on his hospital doorstep in the aftermath of the fatal lunch. It’s a case, he says, that’s changed his life forever. Please be advised: This episode contains strong language. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Guilty’ - the jury decides
12 jurors have convicted Erin Patterson of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Come inside the courtroom as the verdict was handed down and hear some of the evidence for the first time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
THE VERDICTS
After 6 days of deliberations, the jury has returned with its verdicts. We bring you some of the reaction as it unfolded in Morwell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Deliberations begin
After 40 trial days, the jury retires to deliberate. With two jurors balloted off, the remaining 12 are now sequestered, unable to return home. The judge gives them a final warning to avoid discussing the case with anyone outside the secure jury room.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.