Original title
Spoorloos
Released
10/9/2018
Origin country
ZA
Genre
Drama
Production companies
Ochre Moving Pictures
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
47
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.
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.
Jan-Gustav and Keagan, spot someone or something hiding in the reeds by the river. Soon after, a child disappears without a trace.
The 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.
The 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 its hiding place.
The 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.
Keagan 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 out more about Basjan.
The 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 sees Ian.
The 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 after he left.
The 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 father about Basjan.
The 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.
Jan-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 rule applies again.
Lara 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 is tracked down.
Benny 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 to everything, but misses.
More 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.
Adam's awakening arouses a lot of interest, but not everyone is equally happy that it happened. There is a woman sneaking around the hospital and the doctor seems very nervous. When Adam later remembers a traumatic event, he decides to try to find out for himself what happened the night of the car accident. Does it have anything to do with the schoolgirls suspected of witchcraft?
After a car accident leaves Adam Prinsloo in a months-long coma, he wakes up with no memory of what happened that day.
Six months later, Adam is physically healthy, but he is becoming more and more convinced that the medication he is given for headaches is holding him back mentally.
Unbeknownst to his father, Adam returns to his hometown, where he searches for information about a girl who died in the accident that caused his amnesia.
Yvette's reclusive grandmother finds out that Adam's father lied to him about the night of the accident. Adam then suffers from withdrawal symptoms and asks for help from the town's doctor.
Adam is furious and determined to find out who exactly was involved. Christa fears the consequences, but Adam's confrontation has an unexpected consequence. Adam digs deeper and deeper…
A confrontation with one of the suspects leads to the discovery that the conspirators were blackmailed. Adam obsessively searches for the missing girl and Christa.
Grandma Sannie reveals what she saw the night of the accident and Adam realizes that there is a mastermind who orchestrated the events leading up to the accident behind the scenes.
A young woman must seek refuge at the only place where she will be safe. She begins to confess to what she was a part of three years ago. Meanwhile, Adam gets a tidal wave of memories.
Adam relives the fateful events of the past, while the conspirators prepare to wipe out the witnesses. The young woman has evidence of the crime, but she must risk her life.
Adam discovers the last piece of the puzzle - he remembers everything with a heartbreaking realization. He must then stop the hunt and there is only one way to do it.
A baby disappears from a farm in the Northern Cape. Her parents are found dead. Both the babysitter and the baby are without a trace. What happened that terrible night? Who killed the parents and why was the little girl kidnapped?
Therese is pressured by the school to give a birth certificate for Adri. This leads to an unfolding of events when Xander informs Adri that she may not be Therese's legitimate child.
Therese cannot prove that she adopted Adri and is arrested. Adri blames Xander for everything. Adri's blood family is traced and she agrees to meet her uncle Daniel and his wife.
Adri is told that she is the owner of Steynhof. Uncertainty about shares on the farm creates unrest among the workers. Liena sees herself in the news and struggles to hide her secret.
Liena admits to Jason that she is the kidnapper. Simon is told that Adri wants to sell the farm. Adri finds her mother's old Blackberry and calls Xander for help.
Therese wants Liena to reveal the truth to Adri. The workers decide it's better to get rid of Adri. Adri meets Xander's courier to give the cell phone.
Liena reveals to Adri that Daniel killed her parents. Simon, Daniel and Joey realize that Liena has found Adri. Adri hides from Daniel and fears for her life.
Adri escapes from Daniel. Joey tells Adri that Daniel has lost his mind and wants to kill her now that she knows the truth. Both women escape. Joey calls Simon and pretends to be the police.
Xander arrives with the information on the Blackberry that reveals the big secret. Joey flees the scene. Adri and Therese reunite. Daniel gives her a birth certificate.
Stefan Claassen's life is plunged into chaos when a chance meeting with his long lost love not only rekindles his feelings for her, but draws him into a web of deceit when she goes missing.
Stefan is on a mission to save his architectural firm. He meets a woman stranded on the side of the road: Emma, someone from his past. Within hours, Emma disappears without a trace, with shocking consequences for Stefan.
Revelations of Stefan's past cause him to look guilty. Determined to prove his innocence, he goes to Emma's husband's farm to try to make sense of what everyone refuses to believe.
Stefan becomes a fugitive from the police. He is contacted by Emma's friend, Annie. What she reveals sends Stefan back to Lukas' farm, into the lion's den.
Stefan and Lukas go head to head, a fight that ends with a surprising result. He confronts Annie, convinced that she knows more. What he discovers sends his investigation in a brand new direction.
Stefan must get to the island where the proof of his innocence is hidden. As his situation becomes more hopeless, a soul mate makes contact again. But is it too late?
A sabotaged generator leads to a shark attack, which leaves one person dead and another seriously wounded. A medical helicopter is called and brings news of approaching cyclone.
Sylvia discovers what happened to Darryl. Stefan must overcome a deadly opponent before the storm descends. His only hope is a boat anchored offshore in shark-infested waters.
Phillip regrets letting his friend down. Freek anxiously waits for news. Lennie prays for the return of his father. The eye of the storm reaches its full strength.
A wealthy game rancher's teenage granddaughter is kidnapped during her father's murder trial, and she is the one key witness who can prove his innocence. Her mother is forced to ask her ex-lover for help - the only experienced detective in the district. A desperate search in a race against time ensues, but the family is brought to their knees when friends turn into enemies and people from the past approach to claim guilt, while a legacy of lies and betrayal is uncovered.
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