Having the same issue. Got a save after beating Evelyn and ever since then, everytime I try to load the file, the game gets stuck at the first loading step and doesn't respond. What is worse, the game is stuck in the processes, is unkillable (even forced taskkill in cmd), and is taking 400 MB of RAM. The only way to currently get rid of the process is restarting the computer, which, as you might imagine, is a very lenghty process with my old machine.
Thanks in advance for a fast fix.
Sainthrax