About this episode

This episode examines the mysterious disappearance of medical student Brian Shaffer after he entered a bar in Columbus, Ohio.

In 2006, a 27-year-old Ohio State medical student named Brian Shaffer walked into a crowded Columbus bar to celebrate the end of finals with friends and vanished without a trace. Surveillance cameras captured him entering the Ugly Tuna Saloona but never showed him leaving. His mother had died of cancer just weeks earlier, he had a vacation flight booked for Monday, and in the days before he disappeared, he had swung between asking his girlfriend to elope and telling her to move on without him. In this episode of Murder: True Crime Stories, host Carter Roy examines the baffling disappearance of Brian Shaffer, the suspicious friend who lawyered up, and the phone that rang again five months later from somewhere no one expected. Head over to our Murder True Crime Stories YouTube channel to WATCH our video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@MurderTrueCrimeStories Join Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and gave us America’s Most Wanted. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple…

People in this episode

Host: Carter Roy

Topics covered

• disappearance
• true crime
• mystery
• Ohio State
• surveillance
• investigation

Keywords

• Brian Shaffer
• Ugly Tuna Saloona
• disappearance
• Ohio State
• true crime
• mystery
• surveillance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Crime House, Murder True Crime Stories

Places: Columbus, Ohio

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