Episode 5 credits

He Walked Into a Columbus Bar. No Camera Saw Him Leave. Thank you to every agency and creator whose work helps tell the story of Brian Shaffer. Episode 5 premieres Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 9 PM Eastern.

Some footage is illustrative and is not from the case. His home and the people he was with that night are never shown.

MUSIC

Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): "Ossuary 6 - Air", "Heartwarming", "Calmant", "Long Road Ahead", "Dreams Become Real", "Sovereign", "Fireflies and Stardust", "Evening Melodrama", "Reunited", plus the Chenzo Cases sting "Greta Sting".

PHOTOS AND FOOTAGE

Photos of Brian Shaffer and his tattoo: FBI ViCAP alert (public domain).

Aerial stills: USGS National Map (public domain).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons:

- Photo: Columbus Metropolitan Library via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_Campus_at_North_High_Street_-_DPLA_-_1f0d36deabb759c1e232e47628eb03db_(page_1).jpg

- Photo: Analogue Kid / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 (cropped, graded) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SCampusGateway.JPG

- Photo: Grzegorczyk1 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (cropped, graded) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CampusGateway.JPG

- Photo: Michael Barera / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped, graded) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Ohio_State_University_June_2013_06_(High_Street).jpg

Stock footage via Pexels (Pexels License); every creator is named on the credits page.

Some footage is illustrative and is not from the case.

Stock footage via Pexels (Pexels License), with thanks to: Anete Lusina, Artadya Gumelar, Casey Whalen, David Ka, Dominik Zítka, Evgenij Mikhailov, Gram Film, Ibrahim Bennett, Ivan S, Jay Kixs, Jep Gambardella, K, KATRIN BOLOVTSOVA, Kindel Media, MART PRODUCTION, Milan Matos, Pavel Danilyuk, Pixabay, RDNE Stock project, Rahime Gül, Reginaldo Fiuza, Sergei Starostin, Yan Krukau, cottonbro studio, olia danilevich.

Tip line: Columbus Police Missing Persons Unit, 614-645-2358, case 060286094. Anonymous: Central Ohio Crime Stoppers, 614-461-8477. FBI ViCAP: 800-634-4097. NamUs MP1709.

OFFICIAL GUMSHOE BUSINESS

First Coast Details, Palm Coast, Florida.

SOURCES

- https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons/brian-shaffer

- https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons/brian-shaffer/shaffera-9-7-18.pdf

- https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Investigator/Ohio-Missing-Persons/Missing-Adults-1/Shaffer

- https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP1709

- https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12689476

- https://www.wcbe.org/news/2021-03-29/authorities-release-age-progression-image-in-brian-shaffer-case

- https://www.abc6onyourside.com/news/local/brian-shaffer-april-1-2006-18-years-osu-ohio-state-medical-med-student-last-seen-disappear-ugly-tuna-saloona-columbus

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubXvKDq067o

- https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/download.phtml?network=OH_ASOS

- https://stopcrime.org/