Credit: FBIPublic domainSourceUNSOLVEDListenSouth Campus Gateway complex, High Street, Columbus, Ohio · 2006
Brian Shaffer, a 27-year-old Ohio State medical student, vanished after a night of bar-hopping in Columbus, Ohio in the early hours of April 1, 2006. Security footage showed him talking to two women outside a bar just before 2 a.m., but no camera recorded him leaving the building, and he has never been found.
SOLVEDListenColumbus, Georgia, United States · 1957
Clarence Horatious Pickett, an African American preacher, died in December 1957 after being beaten by a police officer while in custody at a Columbus, Georgia city jail. The officer, Joseph Cameron, was acquitted by an all-white jury in 1958 despite expert testimony that the beating caused Pickett's death.
SOLVEDListenAlrosa Villa nightclub, Columbus, Ohio · 2004
On December 8, 2004, a gunman opened fire during a Damageplan concert at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, killing guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and three others before being shot dead by a responding police officer.
The files run from 1915 to 2006. The 2000s hold the most, with 2 files. The oldest is Killing of Clarence Horatious Pickett, from 1957.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (2), disappearance cases (1) and police shooting cases (1).
1 file of the 4 has coverage attached: 5 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 5 creators. The most covered is Disappearance of Brian Shaffer, with 5 items to watch or hear. Bella Fiori, MrBallen and Dr. Todd Grande have covered the most of them.
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BRIAN RANDALL SHAFFER - COLUMBUS, OHIO — Credit: FBIPublic domainSource
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi. LOC sanborn04448 001-1 — Credit: Unknown authorPublic domainSource4. By status: 2 unsolved and 2 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Killing of Clarence Horatious Pickett, from 1957. Open the file
Disappearance of Brian Shaffer, with 5 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Bella Fiori (1 case), MrBallen (1 case) and Dr. Todd Grande (1 case), among 5 creators in all.
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 14, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
