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The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Suicide Or Homicide? The Death Of Ellen Greenberg

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Fox News

True Crime

4.8708 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

On January 26th, 2011, 27-year-old schoolteacher Ellen Greenberg sent her first-grade students home early in order to avoid an impending blizzard. Once her students were accounted for, Ellen drove home to her Philadelphia apartment that she shared with her fiancé. That night, behind her locked apartment door, Ellen was found stabbed to death in her kitchen. However, her violent death was ruled a suicide. Joshua and Sandee Greenberg are the parents of Ellen and have been fighting to change her manner of death from suicide to homicide or undetermined. They share their fight for justice 12 years later and discuss the mysterious circumstances of Ellen's death. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It was a particularly cold Wednesday on January 26, 2011, and the weather conditions were only

0:09.8

growing worse.

0:11.6

Due to an impending nor'easter storm, Juniata Park Academy ended classes early and sent students

0:17.4

home to avoid the harsh blizzard.

0:20.1

27-year-old Ellen Greenberg was a first-grade teacher at the school,

0:23.7

and with a heart as big as her smile,

0:25.8

was adored by her students.

0:30.2

Ellen finished the school day by calling all her students' parents

0:33.2

in order to make sure that each one made it home safely.

0:37.2

When everyone was accounted for, Ellen drove home to the Philadelphia apartment she shared with

0:41.6

her fiancé, Samuel Goldberg.

0:44.4

That would be the final day that Ellen's students were able to spend with their beloved teacher.

0:49.9

That night, behind her locked apartment door, Ellen was found dead in her kitchen,

0:55.7

with 20 stab wounds to her upper torso, including the back of her head.

1:01.2

Her violent death was ruled a suicide.

1:05.6

Twelve years later, her family is fighting to change that.

1:09.5

I'm Emily Campano, and this is the Fox True Crime podcast.

1:47.2

Music Not a day goes by that Josh and Sandy Greenberg aren't plagued with the memories of their daughter's death.

1:48.9

For years, Josh and Sandy have alleged that the investigation into Ellen's death was mishandled.

1:56.9

When investigators first arrived at the apartment, the door to the apartment was broken down

2:01.3

by Ellen's fiancé. Police reported there were no signs that pointed to an earlier forced

2:06.7

entry and did not identify any defensive wounds on her body. Two reasons, the crime scene was treated

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