Brian Shaffer /// 20 Years Missing /// Theories /// Part 5

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🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Ohio State Medical Student, Brian Randall Shaffer disappeared without an apparent reason on April 1, 2006. His last known whereabouts was a second-floor campus area bar where he was having drinks with friends. Near the entrance of the Ugly Tuna Saloona just before 2 a.m. Brian is seen on security footage talking briefly with two women. Brian later became separated from his friends who have stated that they assumed that Brian had left and gone home. At the time of his disappearance Brian Shaffer was 6’2” tall and approximately 160 to 165 lbs. He’s a caucasian male with brown hair and hazel eyes. Brian had a Pearl Jam tattoo on his upper right arm and he plays guitar. If you have any information regarding Brian’s disappearance or his whereabouts please contact Columbus Police Missing Person Unit at 614-645-2358

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0:00.0	Welcome to Off the Record.
0:10.3	I'm your host, Nick.
0:12.2	It's good to be seen, and it's good to see you.
0:16.1	Off the record, thanks for listening, thanks for telling a friend.
0:20.5	True Crime podcast.
0:22.3	Be good.
0:23.3	Be kind.
0:24.4	And don't let it.
0:26.6	Gather around.
0:27.6	Grab a chair.
0:28.2	Grab a beer.
0:29.1	Let's talk some true crap.
0:30.4	And the mystery continues.
0:33.6	Man walks into a bar.
0:36.4	It's never seen again.
0:39.1	In 2006, Brian Schaefer, 27-year-old medical student at the Ohio State University,
0:46.3	goes to the ugly tuna saluna with his friends Clint and Meredith to meet another set of friends.
0:54.1	There he talks to many people,
0:56.2	and there's many theories, thoughts, and speculations.
1:00.8	So we kind of want to conclude the conversation with,
1:04.1	what are the theories out there?
1:07.5	What are the questions that we would love to have answered,
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