Huisgenoot: Ware Lewensdramas, The Meyer Family Tragedy

In November 1977, one of South Africa's most mysterious murders occurred. For decades, people have wondered who killed Dr. Robert Smit and his wife, Jeane.

Chantelle Barnard was brutally raped and murdered in a smallholding in Benoni. After the main suspect fled during the trial, the family still struggles to find closure after all these years.

On March 27 1985, a total of 42 high school students from Hoërskool Vorentoe lost their lives when the double-decker bus they were travelling in ended up in a dam.

On May 19 2014, a boy escaped from his parents' home, ran to his neighbours and asked them to hide him because his father was going to 'beat him to death.' We revisit the shocking story of the infamous "Springs Horror House".

One day, Natasha Mans disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Two weeks later, her body was found. More than a year later, there are still more questions than answers.

The Meyer family from Moorreesburg was found dead in June 2019 on a farm in the Clanwilliam district. Both parents and their children are dead, and the evidence points to a family murder. But why?