She invited four people over for lunch. A week later, three were dead
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She invited four people over for lunch. A week later, three were dead
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Re: She invited four people over for lunch. A week later, three were dead
#2Shades of Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle....
Re: She invited four people over for lunch. A week later, three were dead
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#4Foraging is a very cool hobby that I'd like to get into some day, but I'm aware of the potential for it to go wrong. My understanding is that in many places, you cannot determine safe mushrooms from dangerous ones using reference photos, they're just too similar and you need live expertise. What's safe and what's dangerous is also very localized.
I worry that social media will cause people to think they can forage safely and cause this kind of thing to happen.
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#5“She declined to say what was on the ill-fated lunch menu, or whether she had eaten it.”
Why would she decline this? Did she just not tell the media, but told the police?
Re: She invited four people over for lunch. A week later, three were dead
#6Imagine having tried to kill your ex husband and later succeeding in killing two couples with poisoned food and getting away with it. Great method, perfect for plausible deniability.
Re: She invited four people over for lunch. A week later, three were dead
#7Also covered by another Australian journalist here:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/09/mushr...
Re: She invited four people over for lunch. A week later, three were dead
#8Imagine having tried to kill your ex husband and later succeeding in killing two couples with poisoned food and getting away with it. Great method, perfect for plausible deniability.
Not just any two couples, one couple was her ex-husband's parents...
Re: She invited four people over for lunch. A week later, three were dead
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Re: She invited four people over for lunch. A week later, three were dead
#10Foraging is a very cool hobby that I'd like to get into some day, but I'm aware of the potential for it to go wrong. My understanding is that in many places, you cannot determine safe mushrooms from dangerous ones using reference photos, they're just too similar and you need live expertise. What's safe and what's dangerous is also very localized. I worry that social media will cause people to think they can forage sa…
Correct, photos are not adequate when trying to identify a mushroom yourself for the first time (when intending consumption). You need to do things such as spore-prints [1]. It is also strongly advised to go out into the field with those who are already experienced and have them teach you to identify, and not to be "self-taught".
Your local mycological society would be more than happy to educate you.