About this episode

This episode explores the unsolved 1979 disappearance of medical school student Brian Shaffer in Columbus, Ohio.

This episode takes us to Columbus, Ohio for the unsolved 1979 disappearance of medical school student Brian Shaffer. Buy Me Coffee (please!) - https://paypal.me/greatlakestruecrime Website - www.greatlakestruecrime.net X - https://twitter.com/greatlakescrime Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/greatlakescrime All music by Kai Engel licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. For more info, please visit https://www.kai-engel.com/ . Produced, written, edited, and hosted by Steve from Great Lakes True Crime. ** Positive reviews really help out the show and are always appreciated* * Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Brian_Shaffer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ8PM3YXHbA&t=248s https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/6192-myelodysplastic-syndrome-myelodysplasia https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Briefing-Room/News-Releases/BCI/Volume-17-Number-02-Missing-Person-Brian-Shaffer-A.aspx https://www.reddit.com/r/BrianShaffer/comments/10h2ucb/what_99_of_people_dont_know_about_the_brian/

People in this episode

Host: Steve

Topics covered

• unsolved disappearance
• true crime
• medical student
• Columbus Ohio
• 1979 case

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cleveland Clinic, Ohio Attorney General, Kai Engel

Books & works: Disappearance of Brian Shaffer

Places: Columbus, Ohio

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