Manayunk Teacher's Mysterious Death Focus Of New Docuseries

MANAYUNK, PHILADELPHIA — A new docuseries around the mysterious death of Ellen Greenberg in Manayunk is set to release next week.

ABC News Studios said “Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg?” will begin streaming Monday only on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers.

The series focuses on Greenberg's 2011 death in her Manayunk apartment.

Greenberg, a 27-year-old teacher, was found by her fiancée Samuel Goldberg with 20 stab wounds to her back in her apartment on Flat Rock Road in Manayunk on Jan. 26, 2011.

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Sandee and Josh Greenberg, Ellen Greenberg's parents, have been working to uncover the truth of what happened to their daughter for 14 years.

In October 2022, her family filed a suit against the city, alleging it covered up her death and wrongly ruled her death a suicide.

Greenberg's family in 2019 asked for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office to reopen the case, but District Attorney Larry Krasner sent the case to then Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro's office, According to Action News.

In late 2021, the AG's office was given a 10 gigabyte file by Greenberg's family.

A representative for the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office told Patch in December 2021 that the file was being reviewed and that it was too early to say if it contains new details or new evidence.

However, the case was sent back to Philadelphia.

The three-part series features more than 20 new interviews with those who knew Greenberg best, including close friends, family members, and her former students and colleagues, painting a portrait of a warm, vibrant young woman who was planning her wedding and deeply loved by those who knew her.

The docuseries also grants rare access to Greenberg’s case file, including her fiancé’s frantic 911 call, crime scene photos, autopsy analysis and surveillance footage.

Additional new interviews include former neighbors and staff who were present in Greenberg’s apartment building at the time of her death, a former colleague of her fiancé, and attorneys and law enforcement experts.

Bryn Mawr native Nancy Schwartzman serves as series director and showrunner.