CNN Originals Investigates "Death Cap: The Mushroom Murders" Streaming Exclusively on CNN Starting Friday, December 19

NEW YORK - (December 2, 2025) - Death Cap: The Mushroom Murders, a CNN Original Series streaming exclusive, is a chilling deep dive into the 2023 Australian mushroom poisonings that transfixed the world. Produced by Dreamchaser and FIFTH SEASON, the three-episode series will stream exclusively on Friday, December 19 for CNN's streaming subscribers.

In the quiet hills of Gippsland, Victoria, a family lunch turned fatal when a homemade Beef Wellington left three people dead and one clinging to life. At the center of the storm stood Erin Patterson, a suburban mother thrust into an international media frenzy, accused of orchestrating an unimaginable crime.

With unprecedented access to journalists, detectives, and members of the tight-knit Australian community where the tragedy unfolded, Death Cap examines the twisting investigation, the explosive courtroom moments that redefined the case, and the obsessive media coverage that propelled the story to global notoriety. Filmed across rural Australia and featuring first-person accounts from those closest to the case, Death Cap is the definitive telling of the shocking events of 2023 and the years of secrets that led to them.

Death Cap: The Mushroom Murders is directed and produced by Gil Marsden (CNN Original Series, United States of Scandal with Jake Tapper) and executive produced by Monique Keller, Carl Fennessy, and Billy Russell for Dreamchaser; Mary Lisio, Elissa Johnson, and Ariel Richter for FIFTH SEASON together with Alicia Brown and Cailah Scobie for Stan. Global distribution is handled by FIFTH SEASON.

All episodes will be available to stream beginning Friday, December 19 for CNN's streaming subscribers via CNN.com and CNN connected TV and mobile apps. Visit CNN.com/AllAccess for more information.

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About CNN Originals

The CNN Originals group develops, produces and acquires original, long-form unscripted programming for CNN Worldwide. Amy Entelis, executive vice president of talent, CNN Originals and creative development, oversees the award-winning CNN Originals portfolio that includes the following premium content brands: CNN Original Series, CNN Films, CNN Presents, and the newly formed CNN Studios, an internal production studio which creates long-form programming for CNN's global platforms. Since 2012, the team has overseen and executive produced more than 45 multi-part documentary series and 60 feature-length documentary films, earning more than 110 awards and 445 nominations for the cable network, including CNN Films' first Academy Award(R) for Navalny. Acclaimed titles include the Peabody Award winning and 13-time Emmy(R) Award-winning Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown; five time Emmy(R) nominee, Apollo 11, directed by Todd Douglas Miller; Emmy(R) nominated Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico; the Emmy(R) Award-nominated "Decades Series": The Sixties, The Seventies, The Eighties, The Nineties, The 2000s, and The 2010s, executive produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman; The Last Movie Stars, directed by Ethan Hawke about the lives and careers of actors and humanitarians Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman; Grammy(R) Award nominee Little Richard: I Am Everything, directed by Lisa Cortés; The Many Lives of Martha Stewart; This is Life with Lisa Ling; Primetime Emmy(R) and duPont-Columbia Award-winning, RBG, directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen; See It Loud: The History of Black Television, executive produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter; Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight in partnership with the BBC; the Producers Guild Award and three-time Emmy(R) Award-winning Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy; BAFTA nominee and Directors Guild Award winner, Three Identical Strangers, directed by Tim Wardle; and the five-time Emmy(R) Award-winning United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell; and the five-time Emmy(R) Award-winning The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper. CNN Originals can be seen on CNN, to stream via a CNN All Access subscription, on the CNN Original Hub on HBO Max and discovery+, on the CNN Originals FAST channel, and with a pay TV subscription via CNN.com, CNN apps and cable operator platforms.

About FIFTH SEASON Documentary & Non-Scripted

Led by Emmy Award-winning executive Mary Lisio, FIFTH SEASON's documentary and non-scripted division develops, produces, finances, and distributes premium documentary features, docuseries, and reality formats. Leveraging partnerships with top-tier production entities and talent around the globe, the studio is behind Emmy nominees McCartney 3, 2, 1 for Hulu, Being Mary Tyler Moore for HBO, and Superpower directed by Sean Penn for Paramount+. Other titles include the Matt Damon and Ben Affleck-produced Kiss the Future, which received a theatrical release by AMC Theatres alongside a release on to Paramount+ after being nominated for the Berlin Film Festival's Documentary Award, Omnivore from world-renowned chef Rene Redzepi telling the story of humanity and Earth through eight defining ingredients for Apple TV+, and the Sundance Film Festival award-winning Going Varsity in Mariachi on Netflix. FIFTH SEASON is also in production on an untitled Earth, Wind, & Fire documentary directed by Academy Award and Grammy winner Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson.

About Dreamchaser

Dreamchaser is an emerging contemporary Australian content studio backed by global powerhouse FIFTH SEASON. Partnering with leading creators and producers, we develop, finance, produce, and distribute premium content across all genres for the global film and television market. Our slate of acclaimed productions includes Boiling Point - Swimming's Greatest Rivalry on Nine, directed and produced by Gil Marsden for the Wide World of Sports as part of the landmark Olympic documentary series Beyond The Dream; Death Cap on Stan, a gripping three‑part true crime series directed by Marsden and co‑produced with his label Den of Martians and FIFTH SEASON; The Role of a Lifetime on ABC, co‑produced with Sparkle Pictures; and Crime Night! on ABC, hosted by Julia Zemiro and co-produced with Maverick Entertainment. With a collaborative approach, creative ambition, and proven execution, Dreamchaser provides a unique home for creators to cultivate distinctive identities and deliver premium storytelling.

About Den of Martians

Den of Martians is a boutique production company founded by Emmy-nominated director and producer Gil Marsden (United States of Scandal, The Gymkhana Files). With a focus on premium nonfiction storytelling across sport, politics, music and crime, we are known for world class, contemporary storytelling and have partnered with some of the greatest global streaming companies in the world. With an active development slate across theatrical, broadcast and streaming platforms, Den of Martians focuses on character driven stories that are authentic, confronting and reflect the world as it is and the worlds we can imagine in the future.

About Stan

Stan is Australia's leading local streaming service and unrivalled home of original productions. Stan's original production slate includes hit series, Black Snow, starring Travis Fimmel; Emmy(R)-nominated drama series, The Tattooist of Auschwitz; Thou Shalt Not Steal, starring Noah Taylor, Miranda Otto, Will McDonald and Sherry-Lee Watson; groundbreaking LGBTQIA+ series, Invisible Boys; Ten Pound Poms, inspired by true Australian events and starring Michelle Keegan; the Stan Original Dating series, Love Triangle, a modern take on the struggle for love; Bump, a modern parenthood drama starring Claudia Karvan; Scrublands, based on the best-selling novel by Chris Hammer, starring Luke Arnold and Bella Heathcote; and countless other acclaimed original series and films.Stan's studio partnerships include Sony, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Paramount, AMC, Warner Bros Discovery, Disney, AmazonMGM, All3Media, BBC and more. Through these partnerships, Stan offers Australians unlimited access to thousands of hours of premium entertainment; with an outstanding lineup of exclusive premieres and blockbuster movies.