348: The Missing Six & The Monster of Malherbe Street

 Thank you, Petra, for the episode suggestion.

In 1990, a teenage girl escaped from a house in Pretoria, South Africa, narrowly avoiding an unimaginable fate. Her story revealed that she was not the first of several young girls taken under suspicious circumstances.

Evidence suggested the girls were being held and moved, possibly for a wider trafficking network that spanned beyond the city. Despite investigations, no remains were ever recovered, and the true scope of what happened remains unknown.

Almost 40 years later, the disappearances remain unsolved, leaving a shadow over the city and haunting questions about the children who were never found.

Join Jen & Cam as they discuss The Missing Six & The Monster of Melherbe Street.

A huge Thank You to our team:

Listener Discretion by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Edward October ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Research & Writing by Lauretta Allen

Executive Producers Nico & Jesse of The Inky Pawprint

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Sources:

Netflix movie I am All GirlsGruesome: The crimes & criminals that shook South Africa By De Wet Potgieter kindle

Blood On Her Hands By Tanya Farber audible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzLQXmzyy44

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM3GDULe6BY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRYVBeO8MP0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4IRGkDVqr4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsa4OrbyvK4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgDiTmMHD3o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NzM-tTNUPQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUKkS-Kdv6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3ph8T-uRU0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NzM-tTNUPQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIT9VT1BCh4&t=509s-gerhard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt5Nqvm0EGY crimes uncut tracy-lee

https://youtu.be/wddz6V756Bw?si=YlT9BtdS0igRg4kQ

https://youtube.com/watch?v=RNU2s3AmkNY&si=r8L8IqCdyOAWmjdq-woman with birds 

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Van_Rooyen-3619

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/netflix-i-am-all-girls-trafficking-south-africa/

Netflix movie

https://taylawrites.wordpress.com/2021/05/26/gert-van-rooyen-the-missing-six/ wordpress

https://www.news24.com/mom-too-scared-to-hope-20070408 Joan Horn mom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_van_Rooyen

https://murderpedia.org/male.V/v/van-rooyen-gert.htm

https://www.magzter.com/stories/Entertainment/YOU-South-Africa/She-Was-My-EverythingMy-Baby  Tracy-lee mom

https://dailynews.co.za/news/2017-06-14-police-dig-up-beach-for-gert-van-rooyens-victims/ Blythedale Beach

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2016-12-23-a-sister-murdered-by-a-notorious-serial-killer-couple-a-brother-who-died-before-his-first-birthday-lion-man-scott-crossleys-tragedy-haunted-past/ Mark Crossley wanted

https://kerushunpillay.wixsite.com/mysite/post/gert-van-rooyen-cold-case-were-more-girls-snatched Don Chandler 

https://www.josha-journal.org/system/articles/merged_pdfs/000/000/881/original/tmp_pdf_hybristophilia-and-heaven-the-ballad-of-gert-and-joey.pdf?1684152867

https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2007-04-14-van-rooyen-letter-that-said-im-alive/ fabric store

https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuus/gert-van-rooyen-ontvoerings-net-die-here-weet/ don chandler

https://journalism.co.za/bad-joke-or-brilliant-journalism/ Carte Blanche doc

https://web.archive.org/web/20210225024831/http://janiallan.com/2017/01/18/finding-tracy/  Tracy’s mom

https://witness.co.za/news/2019/01/24/its-not-fiona-20190123/ Fiona Sloane

https://www.news24.com/you/news/mom-of-victim-of-paedophile-gert-van-rooyen-speaks-out-20190215#google_vignette Joan Horn mom

https://mg.co.za/article/1998-10-14-parents-request-hypnotism-for-paedophiles-son/ Flippie

https://iol.co.za/news/2013-03-09-link-to-long-lost-van-rooyeen-girls/ green dress

https://www.sapeople.com/eish-south-african-stuff/brokenhearted-father-of-missing-girl-passes-away-without-answers/ Odette’s dad

https://www.citizen.co.za/rekord/287064/seun-van-gert-van-rooyen-wil-saak-heropen/

Gerhard van Rooyen did not commit suicide

https://websleuths.com/threads/gert-van-rooyen-joey-haarhoff-and-the-missing-girls-south-africa.575716/

https://www.scribd.com/document/94536334/Local-Investigation-Gert-Van-Rooyen Marie Claire

https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/7714432 Smart wiki

https://dailynews.co.za/news/south-africa/2008-12-28-ghost-of-paedophile-haunts-swartruggens/ Beach dig because of ghost sighting

https://www.citizen.co.za/rekord/news-headlines/2025/01/14/van-rooyen-haarhoff-raaisels-steeds-onder-soeklig-2/  Pieter van Zyl

https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2007-08-05-crime-solving-gadget-on-the-way/ Danie gadget

https://www.news24.com/happy-sparks-hope-20030522 Horn quotes lovely blue eyes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_in_South_Africa

https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/2019-01-12-they-have-to-be-somewhere-fresh-bid-to-find-gert-van-rooyens-victims/ New investigation officer petition

https://www.sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/news/2019-01-27-im-a-missing-gert-van-rooyen-girl/ woman claiming to be Fiona

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2022-02-03-joey-haarhoffs-son-convicted-in-new-zealand-on-paedophilia-charge/-Braam

https://ra-watch.livejournal.com/38784.html-Flippie

https://www.news24.com/mom-too-scared-to-hope-20070408-Joan Horn’s mom

https://iol.co.za/dailynews/news/2019-11-13-search-for--paedophile-gert-van-rooyens-missing-victims-hones-in-on-durban/-chandler links to Durban

https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2005-09-29-chisales-killer-inherently-good-court-hears/ Mark Scott-Crossley

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2016-12-23-a-sister-murdered-by-a-notorious-serial-killer-couple-a-brother-who-died-before-his-first-birthday-lion-man-scott-crossleys-tragedy-haunted-past/# Mark Scott-Crossley

https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2016-12-23-the-life-of-mark-scott-crossley-the-man-who-was-involved-in-a-horrific-crime-in-which-nelson-chisale-was-thrown-into-a-lions-den/

Mark Scott-Crossley

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/apr/29/southafrica.andrewmeldrum mark

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/scott-crossley-sentenced-to-eight-years-for-attempted-murder/ Mark sentence for attempted murder

https://www.litnet.co.za/gert-joey-nuwe-lig-op-n-raaisel-van-dertig-jaar-n-onderhoud-met-pieter-van-zyl/ interview author Gert & Joey

https://www.jacarandafm.com/shows/scenic-drive-rian/i-saw-gert-van-rooyen-shooting-himself-and-joey-haarhoff-police-officer-gert-van-rooyen-missing-girls-case/ radio interview with Chandler

https://newcastillian.com/2019/01/31/have-one-of-gert-van-rooyens-victims-been-found/

Chandler Woman claiming to be Fiona

https://witness.co.za/news/2019/02/12/fiona-harvey-woman-is-an-impostor-20190211/

Fiona imposter

https://witness.co.za/news/2019/11/13/missing-girls-search-renewed-20191112/# Chandler Durban

https://mg.co.za/article/2007-11-14-bones-unearthed-next-door-to-van-rooyens-house/

Bones house next door

https://witnesskzn.wixsite.com/fionafiles fiona files

https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2007-04-14-van-rooyen-letter-that-said-im-alive/

Im alive letter

https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2007-04-02-cop-refuses-to-just-give-up-on-mystery-girl/ mystery girl

https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2007-08-05-crime-solving-gadget-on-the-way/

Crime-solving gadget

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/apr/29/southafrica.andrewmeldrum#:~:text=in%20South%20Africa-,This%20article%20is%20more%20than%2020%20years%20old,swept%20for%20explosive%20devices%20yesterday.

Mark Crossley guilty lions

https://www.citizen.co.za/south-coast-herald/news-headlines/2021/04/15/gert-van-rooyen-case-newspaper-looking-for-former-durban-woman-who-can-perhaps-help-in-the-cold-case/ woman said she was taken by Tim

https://www.netwerk24.com/huisgenoot/Nuus/gert-van-rooyen-slagoffer-verbreek-stilte-na-39-jaar-20170528 original article about Tim

https://www.citizen.co.za/south-coast-herald/news-headlines/2015/02/02/my-escape-from-gert-van-rooyen/ another account of potential victim