erin patterson

General Interest Topic AU ↓ Archived

390 Est. peak searches / hour

Peak vol 500+ · CPC £0.04–£0.32

Volume band from our last ≈0.5h of snapshots (28 checks) — not a Google Trends screenshot.

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First seen on our charts: 2026-10-31. Last on the live AU chart: 2026-10-31 14:58:03.

Momentum: Archived

Archived means this topic has left the live Google Trends chart; we keep the page so the spike stays findable.

What happened

"erin patterson" appeared on the live Google Trends chart for Australia around 2026-10-31 with a recorded peak near 500+ searches in a day. Charts rotate throughout the day, so this page is preserved as an archive of that spike rather than removed.

What is this?

On 29 July 2023, Erin Trudi Patterson murdered three of her relatives and seriously injured a fourth by serving beef Wellingtons containing highly toxic death cap mushrooms, during a lunch at her home in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia.

Why it spiked

Related headlines currently associated with this spike include "Court Rejects Erin Patterson’s Appeal in Mushroom Murders Case"; "Mushroom killer Erin Patterson can never be released from prison, judges rule"; "Mushroom killer to be jailed for life after appeals court finds sentence too light". Those stories are the strongest public signal for why "erin patterson" is trending in Canada right now — we do not invent match results or unverified claims beyond the headline wording. Volume may already be easing after the initial spike; news-led topics often cool quickly once coverage peaks.

Court Rejects Erin Patterson’s Appeal in Mushroom Murders Case
Mushroom killer Erin Patterson can never be released from prison, judges rule
Mushroom killer to be jailed for life after appeals court finds sentence too light

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