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Teacher's Mysterious Death: Was Ellen Greenberg Murdered? Part 2

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Part 2: On January 26th, 2011, Ellen Greenberg was found dead in her apartment with twenty stab wounds to her head, neck, and back, as well as eleven bruises in various stages of healing on her right arm, leg, and abdomen. The medical examiner initially ruled it a homicide, but after a secret meeting with police, he changed the cause of death to suicide. Ellen’s fiancé, Samuel Goldberg, alleged that he had gone down to the gym in their apartment building for 30-45 minutes and was unable to get back into their apartment. He called, texted, and yelled into the apartment before asking the building manager for help getting into the apartment, only to find out the door was latched from the inside. After an hour of this, Sam busted through the door and found Ellen’s body on the floor. He called 911, and then he moved on with his life. He’s now married with two children and is a sports TV producer. Ellen’s parents, Joshua and Sandee Greenberg, fought for justice for 14 years. Just this month of February, they settled two civil cases with the city of Philadelphia and remain devastated and angry over the mishandling of their only child’s death. The city of Philadelphia has also agreed the current medical examiner will reopen Ellen’s case and, look at the physical and medical evidence of her cause of death and draw their own conclusion. This type of challenge to the medical examiner is unprecedented in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania- and could change state law in the future. Attorney Guy D’Andrea, who personally investigated the case for the Philadelphia DA in 2015, will discuss the huge inconsistencies in the evidence he found at the crime scene and in the autopsy. Our very own Nancy Grace, who has been following the Greenberg’s case for months and is releasing a book about Ellen’s death, will also join to dissect the case and discuss the relationship she’s built with Joshua and Sandee along the way.
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0:00.0

We're talking about Ellen Greenberg, who was found violently attacked.

0:05.0

I've been doing this for 45 years, and I'd never see this kind of suicide.

0:10.0

Mistake after mistake, nothing was improperly investigated.

0:14.0

I do believe that she was strangled, which is a whole not layer,

0:19.0

to prove this was not suicide.

0:21.6

If this case is not reopened and investigated,

0:24.6

this would be a terrible miscarriage of justice.

0:27.6

Last night, we began telling the story of a bright young teacher named Ellen Greenberg.

0:42.2

She was killed back in January 2011.

0:45.8

She was looking forward to marrying her fiance that summer.

0:49.4

The night of her death, she filled up her car with a full tank of gas and sent out her save the dates for the

0:58.4

wedding. Her death was first ruled a homicide, quickly changed to a suicide, and her parents,

1:05.1

Joshua and Sandy just won a 14-year battle to have the city of Philadelphia medical examiner's office reinvestigate her cause of death.

1:15.6

Ellen's parents, Joshua and Sandy, say it's not about speculating who did it,

1:21.6

but getting the case reinvestigated as a homicide.

1:25.6

And we're going to talk about how to make that happen tonight.

1:29.3

But first, here's a look at what we discussed last night.

1:33.3

Imagine receiving a call from the police and being told your young daughter is dead.

1:40.3

You also find out it was 20 stab wounds.

1:45.0

That was just the beginning of a 14-year nightmare

1:49.0

for the parents of 27-year-old Ellen Greenberg.

1:53.0

The medical examiner initially ruled the death a homicide.

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