20 Stab Wounds: The Questionable ‘Suicide’ of Ellen Greenberg

Crime Salad

BLACKCAT | Realm

True Crime

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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In January 2011, 27-year-old teacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead in her Philadelphia apartment, Unit 603 at the Venice Lofts. The swing-bar lock was secured from the inside, yet Ellen had been stabbed twenty times, including deep wounds to the back of her neck. Her fiancé discovered her body and called 911, but within days investigators changed the medical examiner’s original homicide ruling to suicide. More than a decade later, experts, forensic pathologists, and Ellen’s parents are still fighting to answer the question that has haunted Philadelphia ever since: How could a locked-room suicide look so much like murder? Thanks to our sponsors! Lola Blankets: Wrap yourself in luxury with Lola Blankets!!! Now 35% off at http://LolaBlankets.com with code CRIMESALAD BURIED: Inside the John Wayne Gacy Investigation - Click to check out on Apple! Go inside the John Wayne Gacy investigation with access to chilling, never-before-heard tapes that expose the mind of a killer and the secrets he tried to bury. Crime Salad Merch: https://crimesaladpodcast.dashery.com/ Crime Salad Patreon: patreon.com/CrimeSaladPodcast If you or someone you know is struggling, you’re not alone. Call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.9	And honestly, it's one that still
0:38.8	keeps people up at night. Because how does a death that was first ruled as a homicide somehow
0:45.0	get changed to suicide? Even after years of lawsuits, appeals, and independent experts taking a second
0:52.9	look, the truth is still tangled in questions.
0:56.8	This is a story of a young woman found in what many call an impossible crime scene,
1:02.2	locked inside her own apartment from the inside, yet somehow stabbed more than 20 times in the head,
1:08.5	neck, and chest. It's emotional. It's frustrating. And it's the
1:13.1	kind of story that makes you question how could this ever happen. This episode discusses violent
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