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REAL

Episode 86: The Death of Ellen Greenberg

REAL

Naomi Channell

Society & Culture, News, Documentary, True Crime

4.8725 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On a snowy day in 2011, 27-year-old Ellen Greenberg was found dead in her home by her fiancé Samuel Goldberg. But when the medical examiner looked at her injuries, he ruled her death a homicide. But the police had a theory, and the medical examiner changed his mind...


After a 14 year fight for the truth, in January 2025, Ellen's parents got the news they have been fighting for.


This is Real.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Warning, this is a true crime podcast and is not suitable for all audiences.

0:05.5

Please use discretion.

0:07.6

Just a quick note before we get started.

0:10.3

I just wanted to let you know that I'll be at CrimeCon in London and Manchester this year.

0:16.1

If you haven't been before, it really is a very interesting event.

0:24.4

It's full of advocacy and attended by so many people who have a strong interest in true crime. People who want to make the world a better place.

0:33.1

CrimeCon London will take place on the 7th and 8th of June, and CrimeCon Manchester is on the 27th of September.

0:42.3

Do let me know if you're coming along. I'd love to thank you for listening in person and to have a chat and coffee with you.

0:49.6

I'll link the website in the show notes, and if you'd like a discount, then you can use the code

0:55.0

Real 10, R-E-A-L-10 for 10% off. Now, back to the show.

1:03.7

Sometimes I come across a case that leaves me in utter disbelief, but possibly not in the way that you think. There are many times where

1:14.3

the depravity of a case is truly shocking. It makes you question humanity and you're left thinking

1:21.5

about it for days, months or even years afterwards. But sometimes the shock factor doesn't come from the crime

1:29.9

itself. It comes from the completely unbelievable way that it's handled by the justice system.

1:38.2

If you haven't heard Ellen Greenberg's case before now, then I'm certain that after today's episode, it's unlikely you'll forget it.

1:49.2

I'm Naomi'm I'm

2:01.6

I'm

2:02.6

the Ellen Greenberg was born in New York on the 23rd of June, 1983, to her parents, Josh and Sandy.

2:39.8

She was an intelligent woman, she had a degree in communications, and she'd also trained as a teacher.

2:47.3

In 2011, Ellen was a first grade teacher at the Juniaha Park Academy School in Philadelphia.

2:56.6

She was engaged to be married to a man called Samuel Goldberg.

3:01.3

Samuel worked as a television producer for NBC Sports and the pair were planning a wedding.

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