The Disappearance of Brian Shaffer

Episode 3 — The Disappearance of Brian Shaffer

Columbus, Ohio. March 2006.

A 27-year-old medical student heads out for a night of drinks with friends near the campus of Ohio State University. Security cameras capture him entering a crowded bar shortly after 1 a.m.

But he is never seen leaving.

That student was Brian Shaffer. Despite extensive searches, police investigations, and years of speculation, no one has ever been able to explain what happened after he stepped inside the bar that night.

Did Brian leave through an unseen exit?

Did something happen inside the building?

Or did he simply disappear into the darkness of the city?

In this episode of Shadows of Crime, we examine the timeline of Brian Shaffer’s final night, the surveillance footage that baffled investigators, and the theories surrounding one of the most puzzling missing-person cases in modern history.

Nearly two decades later, the same question remains.

How can someone walk into a crowded bar… and never be seen again?

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