In recent years, there's been an alarming uptick in cases where college-aged men have mysteriously disappeared after spending an evening

out with friends. In some of these cases, these men will later be discovered dead in a nearby body of

water. In others, they're never seen again. Today, we're going to look into the disappearance

of Brian Schaefer, one of the most baffling missing person cases to date.

Brian, a 27-year-old medical student at Ohio State University, vanished in the early morning

hours of April 1, 2006. He was last seen on CCTV entering a bar and has never been seen or heard from again. He was there one moment,

gone the next. What happened to Brian Schaefer? This is Avery After Dark and I'm your host, Avery Ross.

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Apple Podcasts. You guys are the best. Thank you for your support. Something else I wanted to touch on.

I've gotten quite a few messages from you guys over the past weeks saying that you all are being

followed and messaged by accounts, pretending to be me. Some of these accounts have sent messages

impersonating me, offering readings. They will have my picture, my email, and their bio. It's messed up.

I would never, ever do that. These are fakes, scammers. This is going on on TikTok and Instagram,

apparently. The accounts I have listed in the show notes are my only accounts, and I just want to

look out for you guys. I don't do

any kind of readings or any of that stuff. So just a heads up, be on the lookout, block and

report anything you find suspicious. All right, now it's time to get into today's case. 20-something-year-old

men disappearing after spending the night out at the bars with friends.

In recent years, there's been a suspicious surge in cases of this nature, all over America.

And every time I hear about one of these stories in the news, I always think about the strange vanishing of Brian Schaefer.

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