Spoorloos
Spoorloos is a South African crime drama anthology television series created by Ilse van Hemert and developed by Ochre Moving Pictures. The first season is based on the 2014 novel Daddy Long Legs by Vernon W. Baumann and set in the fictional town of Digtersdal in the Eastern Cape. Each subsequent season follows a new small town and cast of characters.
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The story takes place in the village of Digtersdal in the Eastern Cape. It's a ghost town in search of healing and revival, but after thirteen years of unsolved mysteries, the serial killer from back then suddenly returns. To track him down, a detective and journalist must scratch open all the old wounds. At the same time, there are also three children from the town trying to catch the monster, with family intrigues like only a small town can have.
1.Torch Festival
09-10-201842mJan-Gustav and Keagan, spot someone or something hiding in the reeds by the river. Soon after, a child disappears without a trace.
2.Strangers
16-10-201844mThe town is in turmoil: the serial killer of the time has now been buried; Frikkie's disappearance cannot be his work. Detectives from Johannesburg are called and Ian Vos goes home...
3.Mysteries of the Heart
23-10-2018The tape recording is located and S'bu and Deon rush to PE with it. Sonja is chased away from the station when she offers her help. Esti and Jan-Gustav try to lure the beast out of...
4.The Battle of Pillville
30-10-2018The town reads the Gazette front page and is swept up in panic and fear. Gert warns Werner that the police again suspect Piet Pille, the mechanic who sells drugs - Esti's father.
5.The Beast
06-11-2018Keagan realizes the beast is a high school boy named Basjan, who is behaving strangely. Mrs Dominee is trying to turn Esti into a "beautiful" little girl. The children want to find...
6.A Child For a Child
13-11-2018The children realize that Basjan's life is in danger and hide him in the village, in an empty bus wreck. Basjan stares at the house across the scrap yard – a memory stirs when he s...
- Ep 7
7.Funeral
20-11-2018The town reacts to the national news report about Frikkie. It's Jan-Gustav's birthday. Ian sees the 13 on the cake and realizes that Lara jumped into bed with Junior immediately af...
8.Die Guardians' Triumph
27-11-2018The town is amazed at the miracle that Frikkie is still alive. S'bu determines that the sound in the background of the flute recording is a shell chime. Keagan tries to tell his fa...
9.Old Wounds Bleed
04-12-2018The town is celebrating. Werner puts pressure on Gert to dispose of LG in the holding cell. Angelique has drunken grief in the hotel bar, where Adam is waiting for Keagen.
10.Crossroads
11-12-2018Jan-Gustav finds out who his biological father is and takes the road. De Wet and Sonja find out that Lourens was innocent. The town is bewildered as the megaphone echoes: the bell...
- Ep 11
11.The Lost Boys
18-12-2018Lara tells Junior she can't live a lie anymore. She wants a divorce. Werner and Angelique find out that Junior is not Jan-Gustav's father. Through all the consternation, Jan-Gustav...
- Ep 12
12.The Valley of Darkness
25-12-2018Benny looks down from the top of the mountain and sees where Immelman is driving. Immelman drags Keagan into a dilapidated building and chains him. Drunk Gert wants to put an end t...
- Ep 13
13.Rebirth
01-01-2019More shots are fired. Immelman is hit, but drags Benny away. De Wet sees Ian on the ground and rushes into the building through the flames. Keagan is saved.
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