A Brian Shaffer Story
This is a podcast series about the disappearance of Brian Shaffer, a 27 yr old med. student in Columbus Ohio, who went out on the 31th of march in 2006 to enjoy a night out bar hopping to celebrate the beginning of Spring break. He was observed by the entrance area in the campus bar ”The Ugly Tuna Saloona” at around 2am, by which after he was never seen or heard from again.
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Episodes
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Monday Jul 08, 2024
"Dumpster Theory" Re-Unveiled: Detective Hurst's Controversial Take on Brian's Disappearance
The newly released interview with former Detective Hurst on True Crime Garage part 770 has sparked renewed interest and speculation, stemming from his comments at the end of a previous HLN episode. In that broadcast, Hurst put forth a theory suggesting that Brian might have ended up in a dumpster and subsequently "lost."
I've invested significant effort into examining this speculation, striving to debunk it to the best of my ability, while acknowledging the possibility that it just "might" still hold some truth.
For those of you who missed or skipped it, here's an excerpt from that episode. This segment originally aired around the 30-minute mark in Part 9. The story will Continue.
In 2006, a significant portion of waste from Columbus, Ohio was indeed sent to Tennessee. At that time, Columbus and its surrounding areas were managing their waste by transporting it to the Waste Management's Chestnut Ridge landfill in Heiskell, Tennessee. This practice was part of a broader waste management strategy that involved out-of-state disposal due to local landfill capacity constraints.
As a final note, I might plan to release a dedicated episode in the near future, focusing on Hurst's comments on TCG. Stay tuned for more insights and updates.
All the best//Edo.
An Introduction...
Brian Shaffer, , a 27 years old med student, decided to go out the 31th of march 2006 together with a friend of his, Clint Florence, to celebrate the beginning of the spring break holiday in Columbus Ohio.
Brian was born the 11th of February 1977 in Pickerington OHIO. He was 6 foot 2, athletically built, brown haired and brown eyed. A good look by all means. The son of Randy and Renee Shaffer, Brian also had a younger brother by the name of Derek. Brian’s father worked as an electrician and he was active in the local parish where he was a valued saxophonist at the services.
Brian’s mum worked as a nurse. His younger brother Derek followed his father ambitions and later began working for the same company the father worked for, Brian in turn would seek his moms aspirations and as he would soon follow in her footsteps....
He began the pursuit to become a doctor and had by 2006 spent eight years studying to make it a reality.
At the Ohio State University Brian met his girlfriend Alexis Waggoner. Brian said he fell for her blue eyes and wavy long brown hair. They became almost inseparable and helped each other out studying. The relation was as close as could be, and some had speculated that a proposal was becoming a reality.
Brian had a little jokingly setup a myspace site on the internet, were he boosted that the medical school was really a side thing, what he really wanted to do was go to an island, play in a band and drink margaritas all day long with his love!
Because Brians big passion in life was music. He enjoyed a mixed style of songs and performers but his favourite group was unequivocally Pearl Jam. His dedication was as such that he made a tatoo on the upper part of his right arm, it depicted the logo of a figure on the cover of their single "Alive". He also got Alexis sucked into Eddie Vedders lyrics and the whole experience was to culminate with a visit to Detroit the may the 22.nd. Brian had been a devoted member of the Pearl Jam fan club The Ten Club. And that had earned him the possibility to acquire 2 concert tickets close to the stage. Brian and Alexis would now watch his long time favourite group together.
As life is for everyone not everything was hunky-doorie in Brian’s own life however, if the constant burden of pocket money shortage due to the cost of studying, and the immense pressure to pass the exams in medical school wasn’t enough, tragedy struck the Shaffer family in beginning of march 2006. Brians mum, Renee, died of a rare form of cancer. This disease had consumed her, and there was little anyone could do to save her. She had gone from being the best care provider to someone who needed daily help herself. But her family and especially Brian was there for her. Brian had always been closer to his mum.
When he received news Renee had passed away Brian took it hard. His pillar in life, had suddenly vanished. On her funeral Brian showed up an hour later than everyone else. Randy had decided to play the saxophone during the service, in Brian's absence he played wrong, there had been an awkward silence awaiting Brian’s arrival. Some began to wonder how he coped with his own feelings after Renee’s death. When his cousins confronted Brian afterwards about why he had not shown up in time, his excuse was that he had overslept. Brian in a nutshell, they said afterwards. Although in sorrow, people close Brian said he seemed to handle the loss of his mother rather well.
As a last Christmas present, Mom Reneé gave a gift Brian would look forward to... It was a trip to Miami, Florida.
He and Alexis would get away and enjoy some time off together. Brian would plan the trip in the smallest detail, he sat for a long time and chose which hotel to stay at, which restaurants they would visit, ... and he set the departure date to when the week-long spring-break holiday would be Monday, April the 3rd....