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Sinisterhood

Episode 123: The Disappearance of Brian Shaffer

Sinisterhood

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.86K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

A young med student with his life ahead of him vanished after a night out with friends. For over a decade, his family searched and held on to hope even without any real leads. Did he simply leave to start a new life? Did he die in an accident or by suicide? Or was something more sinister at play? Support Sinisterhood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

A young med student with his life ahead of him vanished after a night out with friends.

0:04.8

For over a decade, his family searched and held on to hope, even without any real leads.

0:10.2

Did he simply leave to start a new life?

0:12.7

Did he die in an accident or by suicide?

0:15.3

Or was something more sinister at play?

0:17.9

This week's episode is The Disappearance of Brian Schaefer.

0:21.3

A bomb in the lights and your heart fills with dread.

0:31.2

Probably a murder or who wants you dead.

0:34.2

It could be a ghost, a demon or worse.

0:38.2

Perhaps you're the victim of a witch's curse.

0:41.3

It's hopeless, you're doomed, you'd call a priest if you could.

0:45.4

Rather just listen to who, sinister who.

0:58.8

This has been a hot one that we've had many, many requests for what we realize via the beauty

1:07.2

of Facebook and their popping up old posts two years ago.

1:12.4

Yes, Brian Harrington.

1:14.4

Our dear friend Brian Harrington that everyone knows and loves at this point.

1:19.6

What did he post?

1:20.6

He posted on November, I want to say a couple days ago, the end of November of 2018.

1:30.2

He tagged us both.

1:31.2

He posted it on his own timeline, but tagged us both and said last night I couldn't sleep

1:34.6

and went down a rabbit hole that led to the 2006 disappearance of Brian Schaefer and

1:38.8

decided I could use the internet in a way no one ever had to solve this mystery for my

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