187. Ellen Greenberg (Part I): What Really Happened in Apartment 603?

187. Ellen Greenberg (Part I): What Really Happened in Apartment 603?

Author: Paige Elmore November 1, 2025 Duration: 53:52
In January of 2011, 27-year-old first-grade teacher Ellen Greenberg came home early from work and was found dead hours later on her kitchen floor by her fiance. She had twenty stab wounds covering her body, ten of them to the back of her neck and head, and a ten-inch knife buried deep into her heart. The Medical Examiner called it suicide. Ellen's parents have spent fourteen years and over $800,000 proving that's impossible. Renowned forensic experts find evidence of wounds inflicted after death, a crime scene was cleaned before investigators could properly examine it, and a fiancé who called his attorney uncle before calling 911. Ellen was planning her wedding, loved her students, and didn't like the sight of blood. Can someone really stab themselves ten times in the back of the head? And if Ellen didn't kill herself, why won't Philadelphia call it murder?


Sources:
  • Hulu Documentary: "Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg?"
  • https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/us/ellen-greenberg-death-philadelphia-cec

  • https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/03/us/ellen-greenberg-philadelphia-case-update-cec
  • https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/01/us/ellen-greenberg-mystery-dg
  • https://www.foxnews.com/us/ellen-greenberg-case-pennsylvania-woman-found-dead-20-stab-wounds-ruled-suicide
  • https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-teacher-found-stabbed-20-times-ruled-suicide-parents-fight-justice
  • https://www.inquirer.com/news/ellen-greenberg-suicide-ruling-philadelphia-parents-lawsuit-20250210.html
  • https://www.inquirer.com/news/ellen-greenberg-death-suicide-philadelphia-lawsuit-20241217.html
  • https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/ellen-greenberg-case-philadelphia-suicide-ruling
  • https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/ellen-greenberg-death-ruled-suicide-despite-20-stab-wounds
  • https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/ellen-greenberg-case-pennsylvania-supreme-court
  • https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/ellen-greenberg-case-pennsylvania-supreme-court-to-hear-case
  • https://people.com/ellen-greenberg-death-investigation-timeline


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