From Teacher to Tragedy: Breaking Down Ellen Greenberg’s Mental State | Psych Expert Weighs In
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🗓️ 2 October 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Was Ellen Greenberg’s death the result of a private mental health spiral — or a sign of something far more sinister?
In this deeply psychological episode of Hidden Killers Live, we’re joined by psychotherapist Shavaun Scott to explore the emotional and behavioral profile of Ellen Greenberg as portrayed in the new Hulu documentary Death in Apartment 603.
We begin not with the crime scene — but with the person. Ellen was a 27-year-old first-grade teacher, beloved by her students and deeply connected to her family and friends. She was newly engaged. Planning a wedding. Dreaming of a family. So how did we go from that… to 20 stab wounds and a suicide ruling?
In this episode, we walk through three major psychological layers of the case:
🔹 Ellen’s emotional withdrawal — When she started pulling back from friends and stopped wearing her engagement ring, was it anxiety, relationship strain… or something more dangerous?
🔹 The medical record — Ellen had seen a psychiatrist three times and was prescribed Klonopin and Ambien. But she never disclosed suicidal thoughts. In fact, her doctor noted that she smiled when talking about her fiancé. So how did that turn into the primary justification for a suicide ruling?
🔹 The body tells a different story — Ellen had 20 stab wounds, including 10 to the back of her neck, and bruises in various stages of healing. We ask: what does that kind of physical trauma suggest psychologically — especially in a case with no note, no history of self-harm, and no pattern of detachment?
Together with Shavaun, we try to answer one central question: Does this case look anything like suicide — or have we all been forced to believe something that simply doesn’t make psychological sense?
Sam Goldberg, Ellen Greenberg’s fiancé at the time of her death, has never been charged with any crime in connection to this case. He has consistently maintained that Ellen’s death was a suicide. All individuals mentioned in this segment are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, Stacey Cole and Todd Michaels. |
| 0:08.0 | We're talking about the Ellen Greenberg case and all of the failures and all of the questions that are now being asked. |
| 0:18.2 | Thank God publicly since the new Hulu documentary has come out, |
| 0:23.2 | death in apartment 603. |
| 0:24.9 | What happened to Ellen Greenberg? |
| 0:26.5 | And I want to note again, Sam Goldberg, Ellen Greenberg's fiance at the time of her death, |
| 0:30.7 | has never been charged with any crime in connection to this case. |
| 0:34.9 | He has consistently maintained that Ellen's death was a suicide. |
| 0:38.4 | All individuals mentioned in this segment are presumed innocent and less proven otherwise. |
| 0:43.0 | We are having a discussion. We are talking about theories. We are talking about opinions based on the |
| 0:48.0 | information that has come out. We are not saying that Sam had anything to do with Ellen's death. |
| 0:54.6 | Theoretically, we're talking about all the what-hifts and asking the questions of why. |
| 1:00.7 | Why was this handled the way it was? |
| 1:03.2 | Joining us now, psychotherapist and author, Chavon Scott, Chavon. |
| 1:09.3 | This is a case that I know we've been talking about for years on and off. I know the |
| 1:14.4 | documentary, obviously, that's out now. Give me your reactions to what you have absorbed thus far |
| 1:22.8 | now that this new one is out. We're kind of seeing it from a slightly different perspective. |
| 1:28.4 | I have tried to keep a really open mind and look at all sides here. And where I end up, |
| 1:34.7 | it kept coming into my mind if Stephen King and Agatha Christie decided to collaborate on a story, |
| 1:41.4 | we'd all go, whoa, that's quite a story there, and we want to know what the solution is. |
| 1:46.6 | But, yeah, everything I've been listening to you guys a bit, everything you say, I agree. |
| 1:52.6 | It just doesn't make any sense. |
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