Aliza: Her Story

The attorney once trusted to protect Aliza Sherman is now accused of taking her life. Twelve years after the Beachwood nurse and mother of four was brutally stabbed outside her attorney’s downtown Cleveland office, Gregory Moore faces 10 criminal counts — including aggravated murder and kidnapping — in her death. In this episode of “Aliza: Her Story,” we dive into how the case against Moore is tak...

The attorney trusted to advocate for Aliza Sherman during her contested divorce trial is now –12 years later – charged with her murder. Gregory Moore, 51, of Sagamore Hills, was indicted on May 2 on 10 criminal counts in the  death of Sherman on March 24, 2013 . Sherman, a 53-year-old in-vitro fertilization nurse and mother of four, was stabbed 11 times outside the Stafford Law Company in downtown...

Podcast co-hosts Mike Butz and Sara Shookman sit down with producer Amanda Koehn for this bonus episode to reflect on their experiences reporting for the podcast, and share updates since the series was completed last August. The co-hosts discuss previously underreported aspects of Aliza Sherman’s story, their relationships to the case, what they learned making the podcast, feedback on the series a...

What does justice for Aliza Sherman look like in 2023? It includes convicting her killer, of course, but 10 years later, it also means inspiring change — in Aliza's honor — to improve systems that failed her and continue to fail other victims of violence. In this episode, co-hosts Mike Butz and Sara Shookman examine the problems and possible solutions, and they share how the Aliza Sherman Fund...

Theories abound regarding the identity of Aliza Sherman's killer. But police have never named a suspect. In Part 2 of this two-part episode that focuses on the investigation into Aliza's murder, co-hosts Mike Butz and Sara Shookman detail the role of the only person ever charged in connection with her death -- her own divorce attorney, Gregory Moore. They also sit down with the team at the...

Theories abound regarding the identity of Aliza Sherman's killer. Police have never named a suspect, and only one person has ever been charged in connection to her death — but that charge wasn't for murder. In Part 1 of this two-part episode that focuses on the investigation, co-hosts Mike Butz and Sara Shookman revisit the scene of the crime, discuss the evidence available to authorities,...

Join co-hosts Mike Butz and Sara Shookman as Aliza Sherman's friends and family recount what they experienced that fateful day in 2013. You'll also hear from Kenny Shepherd, the network operations center technician who ran down from his fourth-floor office to try to save Aliza. And, you'll get a glimpse at how — despite the agony and sorrow that surrounds March 24 — Aliza's memory...

For some, Aliza Sherman’s name is associated only with tragedy: Beachwood nurse on the verge of a disputed divorce trial. Stabbed 11 times and left for dead on the sidewalk. But the truth is more complicated – and more interesting. In this first episode, we explore Aliza's rare brand of kindness.

Aliza Sherman, a 53-year-old in-vitro fertilization nurse and mother of four, was stabbed 11 times March 24, 2013, in downtown Cleveland. She died later that day, and a decade later, her murder remains unsolved. News accounts of her brutal murder in broad daylight often describe Aliza Sherman in a sentence or two. But from those few short lines, you can't begin to understand the depths of who...