DIG UP YOUR MAM

A new true crime podcast, Dig Up Your Mam, dives deep into Northumbria Police’s longest-running missing person investigation—the disappearance of 34-year-old Ann Law. Hosted by award-winning journalist and feminist campaigner Julie Bindel, this six-part investigative series uncovers decades of mystery, injustice, and a family's relentless search for the truth.

Ann Law, who suffered terrible violence and abuse within her marriage, vanished without a trace in 1973, leaving behind her two young children, Joanne (5) and Trevor (9). In the years that followed, her husband, Gilbert Law, was tried for her murder but not convicted. Her body was never found. Dig Up Your Mam features exclusive first interviews with Ann’s daughter Joanne Mackel, and nephew Stephen Cassels. Julie also speaks to former Northumbria detective chief inspector Gary Shaw—who sheds new light on investigative failures and unanswered questions that still haunt the case today.