Ellen Greenberg: The 2025 Report That Protects Power, Not Truth
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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3.3 • 907 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In 2025, the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office released a highly anticipated “independent review” of Ellen’s death — only to double down on the original ruling of suicide. Despite 23 wounds, unanswered questions, and growing national outrage, the system closed ranks once again.
In this episode, criminal defense attorney Bob Motta joins Tony Brueski and Stacy Cole to unpack why this report has so many legal experts — and the public — demanding accountability. Together, they break down how the language of “reasonable certainty” shields agencies from scrutiny, why internal reviews rarely lead to justice, and how Ellen’s case reflects a larger failure in forensic oversight.
This isn’t just about one ruling.
This is about how easy it is to rewrite reality when no one wants to face the cost of being wrong.
If you’ve followed the Ellen Greenberg case, this conversation gives voice to everything the report tried to quiet.
And if you haven’t? This is where you need to start.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
| 0:03.5 | Here now, Tony Brewski. |
| 0:06.8 | Just when you thought, maybe something will change. |
| 0:11.6 | Maybe, maybe this time around will get an accurate medical examiner's reports in the death of Ellen Greenberg. |
| 0:23.6 | And then you realize the city of Philadelphia was in charge. |
| 0:27.1 | Oh, oh, well, that worked out well. |
| 0:31.6 | We are looking now at the new medical examiners report on the death of Ellen Greenberg. |
| 0:36.5 | It has been released. |
| 0:37.8 | A report that 14 years somehow manages to say everything and explain nothing. |
| 0:43.7 | Dr. Lindsay Simon, the chief medical examiner for Philadelphia, has now reaffirmed the ruling of suicide. |
| 0:52.2 | Shut up. |
| 0:52.9 | Just shut up. |
| 0:53.7 | Just shut up. I'm leaving. I don't want to be part of this. True story. Shut up. Just shut up. Just shut up. |
| 0:54.4 | I'm leaving. |
| 0:55.2 | I don't want to be part of this. |
| 0:56.8 | True story. |
| 0:57.8 | It happened. |
| 0:58.8 | How the F is this even possible? |
| 1:01.4 | Oh, I'm... |
| 1:02.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:04.1 | I'm outraged again. |
| 1:05.2 | Here I go. |
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