Cook, Crime & Dine
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True Crime. Real Recipes.

Cook, Crime & Dine

Every infamous case has a meal at its heart. Cook, Crime & Dine tells the stories behind the dishes — and shows you how to make them.

9 Case Files • Real Stories • Real Recipes

Explore the Cases

The Concept

The Meal Behind the Mystery

From courtroom evidence to your kitchen counter. Each case file pairs a gripping true crime story with the real recipe at the centre of the investigation. Cook the dish. Read the story. Draw your own conclusions.

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Case Files

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Poisoning Cases

3

Last Meals

5

Countries

Case Files

Featured Recipes

Beef Wellington sliced to show medium-rare beef and mushroom duxelles in golden puff pastry
PoisoningHard

The Erin Patterson Case

Beef Wellington

A dinner party that made headlines around the world.

Leongatha, Australia2023

45 mins30 mins6

Roast chicken served over spiced rice on a metal platter with a cup of honey water
Last MealEasy

Saddam Hussein's Last Meal

Chicken & Rice with Honey Water

The dictator's final request was surprisingly humble.

Baghdad, Iraq2006

15 mins45 mins4

Fried chicken in a plain bucket with fried shrimp, fries and strawberries on a metal tray
Last MealMedium

John Wayne Gacy's Last Meal

Southern Fried Chicken & Shrimp Feast

The Killer Clown's final indulgence.

Stateville Prison, Illinois, USA1994

30 mins30 mins4

Sliced medium-rare steak with fried eggs, hash browns and toast on a white plate
Last MealEasy

Ted Bundy's Last Meal

Steak & Eggs Breakfast

The standard meal, served to a man who requested nothing.

Florida State Prison, USA1989

10 mins15 mins2

Seared foie gras on fig compote with brioche toast on a dark plate
Fiction / From the ScreenHard

Hannibal Lecter's Signature Dish

Seared Foie Gras with Fig Compote

A fictional appetite, rendered in fine dining.

Baltimore, Maryland (Fiction)1991 (Fiction)

20 mins20 mins4

Kerala chicken mappas curry in a clay pot with curry leaves and appam
PoisoningMedium

The Jolly Joseph Cyanide Murders

Kerala Chicken Curry (Chicken Mappas)

A family table in Kerala, set over fourteen years.

Koodathayi, Kerala, India2002–2016

20 mins40 mins6

Southern fried chicken with mashed potato, gravy, collard greens and cornbread on a vintage plate
PoisoningMedium

The Rhonda Belle Martin Case

Southern Fried Chicken Dinner

Southern hospitality with a lethal ingredient.

Montgomery, Alabama, USA1937–1951

25 mins45 mins4

Roast Thanksgiving turkey on a candlelit table with cranberry sauce and red wine
Modern CaseHard

The Casper-Leinenkugel Thanksgiving Poisoning

Thanksgiving Turkey with Cranberry & Wine

A family Thanksgiving that turned deadly.

Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA2018

30 mins3 hours8

Moscow mule in a copper mug with lime and mint beside dark chocolate truffles
Modern CaseEasy

The Kouri Richins Case

Moscow Mule & Chocolate Truffles

A wife's cocktail with a fatal twist.

Kamas, Utah, USA2022

15 mins30 mins (truffles chilling)2

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