Brian Shaffer Is Missing and Someone Is Hiding The Truth

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Published 2024-03-15
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On March 31, 2006, an Ohio University Medical Student named Brian Shaffer was seen on a security camera entering the Ugly Tuna Saloona in Columbus Ohio, and was never seen again. Loving girlfriend Alexis and family quickly began a search that, to this day, has unfortunately revealed nothing. What happened to Brian Shaffer? Did he disappear by his own choice, unhappy with the possibility of being a doctor instead of starting his band? Did his seemingly suspicious friend Clint have anything to do with the disappearance? Was this another instance of the Smiley Face Killings? Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...

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00:00 - Cold Open
00:20 - Introduction
03:41 - History of Ohio
14:12 - Who Was Brian Shaffer?
16:13 - The Night He Went Missing
24:06 - The Search Begins
26:38 - Possible Causes
39:45 - A Suspicious Message
41:48 - A Possible Sighting
42:58 - A Recurring Problem
44:57 - His Friend's Suspicious Behavior
48:40 - The Theories
57:45 - Conclusion

All Comments (21)
  • @TheLoreLodge
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  • my father is a detective in scotland, i often watch channels like yours with him and he never appreciated the evidence they proposed nor their skill at factually gathering it. however he always praises the work done by yourself, saying that you explore every possibility (even supernatural though he doesn't pay any credence to such reasons) We now watch every video within an hour of release and is the highlight of our weeks sometimes, thank you
  • Brian's poor little brother! He lost his mom to cancer, then his brother disappeared, then his dad dies in a freak accident 😭
  • What you said about police not collaborating with outsiders, they even refuse Ken Mains, former police, former cold case detective, founder of a cold case association. He made a great comment to them once regarding a really old, famous case. They said they would not allow anyone to help out, and he asked, "And how's that working out for you? " As you can imagine, the detectives were not amused.
  • @JimMilton-ej6zi
    I absolutely believe that after a certain point in a case, they should be forced to release every single document tied to the case and have it be publicly viewable for anyone to see, since there have been many times where cases like this could've been solved had the information not been tucked away in some evidence locker that only the police could view.
  • @PalmelaHanderson
    I don't think it's necessarily suspicious that Clint lawyered up and shut up. Any lawyer would tell him "there are signs that point to you whether you did it or not, your best move at this point is to keep your mouth shut." That doesn't mean he did anything, just that innocent people do get convicted because of circumstantial evidence, maybe he felt like he should consult a lawyer just in case, and any lawyer would tell him to shut up.
  • @robynwilde
    I'm a born Ohioan and my former roommate's mother was murdered in Columbus, possibly for the contents of her purse. Though the family is convinced they know the guilty party, the CPD refused to even interview the person. I know some truly awesome policemen, but they do NOT work in Columbus.
  • @Haroldballard89
    Hey Lore Lodge , I have a case here in Ontario Canada . The lost boys of Pickering. Today marks 29 years of their disappearances. 6 teenage/young men party one night and decided to steal a boat and a big wheel water cycle and head into Lake Ontario never to be seen again . No trace of them or the boat . Quick briefing of the case . Would love to see your work on it , I think it's right up your alley.
  • If you were born, oh, 30 years earlier, you would have been an investigate journalist on the award winning show 20/20, next to Barbara Walters.You deserve more awards, dude.This is top notch.
  • @Bleepins
    I was totally wrapped up in your native history lesson, you started talking about Brian again, was like woahh who tf is this guy? Totally forgot why I was here lol
  • i just went to the gateway film center to see stopmotion last week. i think about brian every time i go up those escalators. the space where the ugly tuna saloona used to be is completely blocked off now. every few years, i see a new billboard with brian’s face on it. there was briefly one by my house in late 2023. it was really tragic to hear that his father passed without getting any answers. i don’t want to believe brian would willingly do that to his dad.
  • @ItsDesca
    I absolutely love how you go over the Native tribes that lived in the area before talking about whatever happened there in each video. Their history is always so fascinating to me!!
  • @nickhartwell6889
    Aidan needing clarification on "burning one up with Bob Marley" is so adorably innocent. 😂
  • @VT_Writer
    @3:38 Puts a finger on your lips and whispers in your ear “Don’t you ever apologize for being you. Explain history to me now.”
  • @Skyfire-x
    Damn, you gotta feel for the brother: Lost mom to cancer, brother missing, dad died by falling tree branch. I'm only 40:00 in at this point so I don't know...😧
  • @Megnificent.
    You should look into the case of Thomas Brown from Canadian, TX. He was a teenager that went missing from a small rural town under very suspicious circumstances the night before Thanksgiving. Everyone suspected local law enforcement who had harassed Thomas in the past. Sure enough a year or two after he went missing, one of those suspicious officers found some of his remains in an area that had been searched many times before. This case needs more exposure and more eyes looking at it! I love your videos and respect all the work y'all put into them! Thank you!
  • @kathryn653
    Aiden: this guy goes by a different name on LinkedIn now. Also Aiden: here's his whole work history.
  • @recycledbag2410
    As a columbus resident, I live down the street from Ugly Tuna Saloona, I pass it multiple times a week and I never knew !
  • @PenskePC17
    I read somewhere that the media has overblown how much coverage the cameras actually had and there's a large blind spot, but Idk how true that is.
  • @tierneylogan5943
    The idea of someone just casually going to med school while they wait to get a band together makes no sense to me. I wonder if someone in his family pressured him to go to med school and after his mom died he said f it.