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Crime Analyst

Ep 279: Profiling Ellen Greenberg’s Death with Sarah Cailean, Part 7

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Laura continues her conversation with Sarah Cailean. In this episode Sarah shares what stood out to her most in her crime scene assessment and Laura highlights important medical evidence which reveals Ellen was most likely strangled. It’s powerful bringing two leading expert behavioral analysts together to share their unique insights about what they believe, based on the facts and the evidence, happened to Ellen Greenberg. Both independently arrive at a similar conclusion: this was not a locked door mystery. You don’t want to miss. Clips https://youtu.be/23d-1J0_geI?si=ijMbDgAQUPAF-BtS Sources  Crime Analyst Series: The Case of Ellen Greenberg  Forensically Deconstructing the 911 Call   Crime Analyst YouTube episode with Dr Jaime Zuckerman   20 posts in the Crime Analyst Squad about Ellen Greenberg: patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst  Dr. Wayne Ross 2021 Report  Dr. Cyril Wecht 2012 Report  Dr. Wayne Ross 2017 Report CNN - She had 20 knife wounds and at least 11 bruises. Authorities said she killed herself Dec 2024  #EllenGreenberg #Apartment603 #Hulu #JusticeForEllen #DomesticAbuse #CoerciveControl #SamuelGoldberg #Separation #Risk #Femicide #CrimeAnalyst #TrueCrime #Podcast #HiddenHomicide #HULU #SarahCailean Advocacy and the Fight for Justice  Ellen Greenberg’s parents have been fighting for fourteen years to seek justice for their daughter.   How You Can Help  Support Justice for Ellen by signing the petition.  Stay updated and show support on Facebook: Justice for Ellen Facebook.  Contribute to the GoFundMe campaign  Contact the Mayor of Philadelphia to request a closer investigation and advocate for justice for Ellen. You can reach out via:  Webpage: Philadelphia Mayor's Office  Twitter: @PhillyMayor  Facebook: @PhillyMayor  Instagram: @PhillyMayor  Mail: Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120  Contact Governor Shapiro to request that Ellen’s manner of death be officially listed as a homicide and that her murder be thoroughly investigated: Contact Governor Shapiro  You can find more from Sarah Cailean here: Instagram @caileansarah  Podcast: Who Took Misty Copsey? - Podcast - Apple podcasts https://share.google/iF8dU4zlnVfxTeKn8 Thank You to Crime Analyst Sponsors Who Make the Show Possible. Support The Show Through the Sponsors: Save more with 20% off your first order at www.thrivecausemetics.com/CRIMEANALYST   Masterclasses and Crime Analyst Resources and Community  For those interested in learning more, Laura offers 2025 Masterclasses covering topics such as profiling behavior, preventing murder and suicide in slow motion, DASH, DASH Train the Trainer, coercive control, and stalking. Registration details and more training information are available at:  Register for Masterclasses  www.dashriskchecklist.com  www.thelaurarichards.com  The Crime Analyst Squad is a growing and dynamic community offering expert insight, in-depth conversations, exclusive episodes and videos, and live events. Join the community or follow along:  Patreon: Crime Analyst Squad  YouTube: @crimeanalyst  Facebook: Crime Analyst Podcast  Instagram: @crimeanalyst, @laurarichards999  Threads: @crimeanalyst  X (Twitter): @thecrimeanalyst, @laurarichards999  TikTok: @crimeanalystpod  Website: www.crime-analyst.com  If you found this episode valuable, please consider leaving a five start review wherever you listen.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It was January 26, 2011, and the city of Philadelphia was hunkering down amidst a snowstorm.

0:07.0

Ellen, a school teacher, was working on her students' grades in the apartment she shared with her fiance, Sam Goldberg.

0:13.0

What we know is Sam Goldberg left the apartment at approximately 4.50 p.m.

0:20.0

Per him, Ellen is alive and well and inside of that apartment.

0:26.1

He is gone for, give or take 38.5 to 40 minutes at the gym and the lobby area, which you can see on CCTV.

0:33.6

Sam says he goes back to their apartment to find it locked, latched from the inside.

0:39.0

He texts Ellen multiple times to let him in, and after making trips to the front desk,

0:44.1

he says he breaks down their front door, where he finds Ellen slouched over on their kitchen floor.

0:50.1

Oh my gosh, she stabbed herself.

0:52.1

Where?

0:53.2

She fell in a knife.

0:56.0

Oh, no, her knife's sticking out. What?

0:57.0

There's a knife sticking out of her heart.

0:59.0

Oh, she stands herself?

1:01.0

I guess so. I don't know where she fell on it. I don't know.

1:04.0

Ellen had 20 knife wounds to her chest, torso, and the back of her neck.

1:09.0

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

1:12.6

After Sam spoke with the detectives,

1:16.6

they believed that Ellen was experiencing mental health issues.

1:21.6

So instead of investigating this, they call it a suicide on scene.

1:38.7

Hey, lovely listeners and welcome back to crime analyst in the intelligence cell.

1:43.7

I'm continuing my

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