mutt-1.2.5i-3 on Alpha (RC1) behaves like that:

$ mutt
Segmentation fault

# strace -o mtrace mutt
ptrace: umoven: Input/output error

and a terminal after strace, with an output to a file or to a terminal,
is left in a funny state.

This is a tail from a file with a strace output:

mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x20000048000
read(5, "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n"..., 8192) = 779
close(5)                                = 0
munmap(0x20000048000, 8192)             = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="kinga.home.front", ...}) = 0
brk(0x1201ba000)                        = 0x1201ba000
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++