When David Bird Thomson’s sister Emmy called him on July 5, 1979, she remembers him saying, “Don’t worry about me, honey.” Forty-seven years later, his family still doesn’t know what happened to him. For this reading, Emmy asked me to start with a question that leaves room for the unknown: Is David still alive?

I’m Dallisa Hocking, and in Part 2 of Psychic Case Files, I share what I saw, heard, and felt when I called David’s name. In one of the clearest images, he held an open map. I waited for him to show me a place. Instead, I saw him crumple it and throw it. I walk you through the three tarot spreads I pulled and explain why that gesture brought The Chariot, a card about choosing your direction, to mind.

Some impressions were difficult to sit with: words about misplaced trust, an argument over something of value, and an image of dense trees and wet ground. I also describe why DNA came to mind when I asked whether his family might someday have an answer. These are my impressions as a medium. David remains missing, and there is no confirmed discovery or identification to report.

His sister Judy asked, “Is he at peace?” My sense during this reading was that he is. I close with the small birds and hummingbirds that came to mind for his family, and the words I heard that brought me back to Emmy: “Thank you for finishing my book.” Her brother left The Solar Kid unfinished. Emmy made it possible for people to read it.

Read David’s story and see photographs shared by his family: https://dallisahocking.substack.com/p/his-book-was-published-he-was-missing

If you have firsthand information about David Bird Thomson’s disappearance, contact the Minnetonka Police Department at 952-939-8550.

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In July 1979, 32-year-old author David Byrd Thompson disappeared. His book was about to be published. His family expected to hear from him. And among his last reported words to his sister were a simple reassurance: “Don’t worry about me, honey.”

Forty-seven years later, they are still looking for answers.

In this episode of Psychic Case Files, fifth-generation psychic medium Dallisa Hocking introduces David’s story through photographs, a family timeline, and details shared by his sister, Emmy. Before exploring psychic impressions in the next episode, we begin with the known information, the conflicting accounts, and the gaps that have left his loved ones wondering what happened.

David was a writer with a passion for the outdoors. His book, In the Shining Mountains: A Would-Be Mountain Man in Search of the Wilderness, captured his pursuit of life in the American West. But when a book cover from his publisher arrived at his parents’ home, David had not returned.

His reported journey connects Minnetonka, Minnesota, with brief employment in Casper, Wyoming, and an expected trip to Livingston, Montana, where a friend had his truck. According to his sister, that friend was waiting for him—but David never arrived.

Where did the trail lead after Casper?

In this episode, we explore:

• His family’s last reported sightings and his sister’s July 5 phone call. • Why public listings and family accounts give different dates for his disappearance. • A reported telephone argument involving the friend who had his truck. • What his brief employment in Wyoming may tell us about his travels. • An alleged deathbed confession whose connection to David has not been established. • The unfinished manuscript his sister later completed as The Solar Kid. • The questions his loved ones still hope someone can answer.

This is also a story about a sister’s determination to preserve her brother’s voice. After David disappeared, his unfinished manuscript remained in a box for more than 20 years. Emmy eventually spent three years completing and editing it, allowing his creative work to continue even as his fate remained unknown.

You’re invited to listen closely, consider the unanswered questions, and join the conversation. Which detail stands out to you? If you explore the case through intuition, tarot, or astrology, please distinguish personal impressions from factual information.

In the next episode, Dallisa will share her psychic impressions and tarot reading related to David’s disappearance.

EXPLORE THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAP Find the accompanying Psychic Case Files article on Dallisa’s Substack: https://DallisaHocking.Substack.com

WATCH THE VIDEO EPISODE Find @SpiritAndSpark on YouTube to follow along with the photographs and map discussed in this episode.

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HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT DAVID? If you have factual information that could help investigators, contact the Minnetonka Police Department at 952-939-8500.

David remains missing. His fate is unknown, and no person’s responsibility for his disappearance has been established. Psychic and tarot impressions are personal interpretations, not verified evidence or a substitute for a law enforcement investigation.

How does a well-dressed stranger walk into Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho, on December 4, 1982, die of cyanide poisoning under a pew, and remain unidentified for more than four decades? He carried nearly 30 keys, roughly $1,900 in cash, an empty wallet, and a typed note signed under a fake name asking to be cremated. No one reported him missing. His fingerprints matched nothing. The case even appeared on a 1990 episode of Unsolved Mysteries.

In September 2026, Ada County authorities announced the breakthrough: DNA confirmed the Unknown Wanderer was Dr. Mathew Francis Betkouski, a brilliant but troubled organic chemist from a prominent Los Angeles family. He had a documented fascination with cyanide, explosives, and the idea of a “perfect crime.” Items connected to him—including a hand-drawn map of Chicago, photos placing him in the area in late 1981, and a bottle of homemade sodium cyanide—prompted investigators to share evidence with Chicago police regarding the still-unsolved 1982 Tylenol murders that killed seven people. He has not been named an official suspect. The cyanide types differ, he has not been placed in Chicago during the critical window, and some former Illinois investigators remain skeptical. The Idaho case is closed as a suicide; the larger questions stay open.

In this special one-episode edition of Psychic Case Files, I walk through the documented facts and then share the results of my own intuitive inquiry.

Everything shared from the psychic work is alleged and opinion only—not fact, not accusation, and not a substitute for the official investigation. This is not a court. It is an invitation to sit with the energy of an unfinished story.

If you have any information about Mathew Betkouski’s movements in and around 1982, contact the Ada County Sheriff’s Office in Boise.

Fellow intuitives, astrologers, and card readers are welcome to share their own impressions in the comments on the companion Substack article.

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In this episode of Psychic Case Files, Dallisa Hocking looks at the 20-year-old disappearance of Brian Shaffer through tarot. Brian, a 27-year-old Ohio State medical student, was last seen on camera outside the Ugly Tuna Saloona in Columbus, Ohio, around 1:55 a.m. on April 1, 2006. No footage ever captured him leaving the Gateway building, and he has been missing ever since.

Dallisa pulls cards on the central questions of the case and shares how they align with her previous dowsing rod and channeling work. The reading explores whether Brian went back inside the bar after talking with the two women, whether he left through a different exit to avoid someone, and the sense that he was on foot toward his apartment when he encountered foul play. She also examines the reported phone ping and the night his phone rang, the heavy grief he was carrying after his mother’s recent death, whether he knew the person involved, and what the cards say about whether he is still alive and whether he fought back.

This is intuitive work shared for discussion and awareness only. It is alleged and opinion-based — not evidence and not a substitute for the official investigation.

If you have information that could help the case, submit a tip at tips.fbi.gov or contact the Columbus Police Department.

New Psychic Case Files episodes release every Thursday.

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In this episode of Psychic Case Files, Dallisa sits down again with Elspeth, known as The Painting Healer, to explore the disappearance of Brian Shaffer.

Brian was a 27-year-old Ohio State medical student who vanished in the early hours of April 1, 2006, after a night out at the Ugly Tuna Saloona in Columbus’s South Campus Gateway. Cameras caught him outside the bar talking with two women, then he stepped out of frame. No footage ever showed him leaving the building. He had lost his mother only weeks earlier and had plans to fly to Miami with his girlfriend, Alexis, a couple of days later. Twenty years later, the case remains unsolved.

Elspeth works by sitting in meditation until impressions begin to play like a film, then paints while she narrates what she sees. In this episode she channels from Brian’s point of view that night and shares what she saw.

This is intuitive work shared for discussion and awareness only. It is not evidence and does not replace the official investigation. Alleged. Opinion only, not facts.

If you’re listening on audio, the full visual of Elspeth painting Brian’s portrait in real time is available on the YouTube version of this episode.

YouTube Visual Episode: https://youtu.be/O2Pf891igG0

More from Elspeth: YouTube @ThePaintingHealer and elspethtremblay.com

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Episode 2 of the Brian Shaffer file. If you have not heard episode 1, start there. This one goes into dowsing rods and what they revealed around the key questions.

On April 1, 2006, 27-year-old Ohio State medical student Brian Randall Shaffer was outside the Ugly Tuna Saloona in Columbus just before 2 a.m. Cameras caught him talking with two women. They never caught him leaving the Gateway building. His car stayed behind. He missed a flight to Miami with his girlfriend. He has not been seen since.

In this episode, fifth-generation psychic medium Dallisa Hocking asks the dowsing rods the questions the footage could not answer. The rods cross for yes and open for no. She reads what comes through beside them, in real time. If you are on audio, she calls each answer as the rods move.

The rods are asked whether Brian went back into the bar, whether he spoke to the band, whether he used the construction door or a door the public was not meant to use, and whether he was avoiding someone at the main exit. They are asked about the phone that reportedly rang and pinged after he was missing, whether he was met with foul play on the walk toward his apartment on King Avenue, whether he knew the person, and whether he was taken against his will. The reading closes on where his body is, and whether there will be physical proof in this lifetime.

This is an intuitive case file, not a police conclusion and not a named accusation. The hope is that another set of questions can sit beside the official record for the people still waiting.

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On the first night of spring break in 2006, 27-year-old Ohio State medical student Brian Randall Shaffer walked into a second-floor campus bar with friends. Security cameras caught him going up the escalator at 1:15 a.m. They caught him again at 1:55 a.m., talking with two young women in the foyer outside the Ugly Tuna Saloona. Then he stepped out of the frame. The cameras never recorded him leaving the building.

Brian had just buried his mother. He had dinner with his father that night. He had plane tickets to Miami two days later, and he was planning to propose. His car was still at his King Avenue apartment. His bank accounts were never used again. More than twenty years later, he has not been found.

This episode is the opening file for Psychic Case Files case: the disappearance of Brian Shaffer. Fifth-generation psychic medium Dallisa Hocking walks the documented timeline first — who Brian was, the bar crawl, the last confirmed image, the construction-side exit, the refused polygraph, the Hilliard phone ping, and the leads that have come and gone since 2006. Then we name the questions this month is built to sit with: the last ten minutes, the building’s blind spots, the walk home that never happened, and whether what happened to Brian was a choice, an accident, or someone else’s crime.

All psychic, mediumship, card and astrology impressions are welcome.

If you have information about Brian Shaffer: Columbus Division of Police — 614-645-2358 or 614-645-4545 Central Ohio Crime Stoppers — 614-461-8477 (anonymous)

Read the companion article and follow the conversation: https://dallisahocking.substack.com/p/d393066e-7a2c-4516-88a7-55fe36b92221

The Psychic Case Files with Dallisa Hocking looks at missing persons, cold cases, and mysterious deaths through mediumship, astrology, tarot, and a community of intuitives — facts first, then what the official story never answered.

Psychic Case Files — Nolan Wells Horn Island · July 4–6, 2026

Tarot Card Reading. Opinion only, not fact.

Eighteen-year-old Nolan Wells went to Horn Island on the Fourth of July. Last confirmed sighting around 3 p.m. Friends left around 4:30. His body was found the morning of July 6. His phone and keys went home with the original group. There was discoloration on the back of his head — no fracture, no broken skin, inconclusive after two examinations.

In this episode I take five questions to the cards:

1. What happened in his last hours after the group left around 4:30 p.m.?

2. How — and under what circumstances — did he enter the water?

3. Why were his cellphone and keys left with the group that returned?

4. What does the discoloration on the back of his head represent?

5. Who, if anyone, was with him after the last confirmed sightings?

I test one working theory against those spreads: he stayed to keep talking with a young woman and catch a later ride; he treated the original boat as a safe locker for his phone and keys; after that boat left he was still in circulation; a man engaged him in play that does not feel malicious in the cards; balance went; there was pressure toward the back of the head as he entered the water; he did not come back up.

This is not a cause of death, not an accusation, and not a substitute for the investigation. No living person is named as a perpetrator.

Cards pulled in this episode:

Q1 — Queen of Swords, Knight of Pentacles, 6 of Pentacles, Queen of Cups, Ace of Cups

Q2 — 2 of Pentacles, 3 of Pentacles, 2 of Wands, Ace of Wands, 5 of Pentacles

Q3 — 6 of Wands, 7 of Cups, The Magician, Knight of Pentacles, 6 of Swords

Q4 — Ace of Cups, The Magician, 10 of Wands, Temperance, 5 of Pentacles

Q5 — Ace of Pentacles, 8 of Pentacles, King of Cups, 2 of Pentacles, Queen of Wands

I’m Dallisa Hocking, a fifth-generation psychic medium. Psychic Case Files is the series where I sit with open questions and read them symbolically — then hand the material questions back to the people who can actually answer them.

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