Nurse Ratchet
Nurse Ratchet is a podcast for the stories that should never have happened… in a perfect world.
Hosted by registered nurse Georgia Kait, this show dives into the darker side of real life — from true crime cases and survival stories to medical malpractice, unexplained events, and the moments that don’t quite make sense.
Because most of the time, what’s written in the report… isn’t the full story.
With a background in operating room nursing, Georgia brings a different lens — breaking down what actually happens behind hospital doors, the details people miss, and the questions that don’t get asked.
Some episodes will take you inside real cases.
Some will explore stories of survival and human resilience.
Others step into the uncomfortable, the unexplained, and the unsettling.
But they all have one thing in common:
Something about them doesn’t sit right.
If you’re drawn to true crime, real-life mysteries, and the reality of what happens when things go wrong — you’re in the right place.
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Nurse Ratchet
Erin Patterson Part 1 - The Woman Behind The Wellington.
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Georgia presents a three part series on Erin Pattertson who in 2023 poisoned four people and attempted to poison another. The poisoning occurred in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia on 29 July 2023.
On that day, the victims were served a meal that included beef wellington laced with the highly toxic death cap mushroom Amanita Phalloides. Within 24 hours of the meal, all four victims were admitted to hospital and subsequently diagnosed with severe liver failure. Three died within six days and one recovered seven weeks after the meal.
Following investigations by Victoria Police and State health Authorities Erin Patterson was arrested on 2 November 2023 and charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder of her in-laws and members of her in-laws' family, including four counts of attempted murder of her estranged husband Simon. After the charges of attempted murder of Simon were dropped, Patterson was tried before a jury in the Supreme Court of Victoria, sitting in Morwell, commencing on 29 April 2025.
On 7 July 2025, the jury convicted Patterson of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Patterson was remanded in custody, pending sentencing.
The case sparked significant Australian and international media interest.
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