S02E07 | Dale Tarbox | The Murder of Susan Howells

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

I tell the story of Dale Tarbox and Susan Howells in this episode.

Dale killed Susan in his rented Bradford apartment in February 2019 and attempted to cremate her body by using a garden incinerator bin.

After that plan failed, he enlisted the help of Keith Wadsworth, and the pair buried Susan's body in a shallow grave at Whitegates Caravan Park in Doncaster.

Dale Tarbox was handed a life sentence with an initial minimum term of 16 years, which was extended to 18 years when Solicitor General Michael Ellis stepped in not long after the trial had concluded.

Keith Wadsworth was sentenced to serve three years and seven months in prison for assisting an offender and for the unlawful burial of Susan's body.

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0:00.0	Welcome to British murders, a true crime podcast with a focus on British murder cases.
0:17.7	My name's Stuart Blues, and I'm excited for you to join me on this journey of
0:21.1	morbid discovery. I'm by no means an expert on the subjects of homicide and serial killers.
0:26.8	However, I have always had a sick fascination with them. Together, we will learn about some of the
0:31.9	lesser-known British murderers, as well as glimpsing occasionally at some of the more notorious
0:36.3	ones. The bite-sized presentation of this podcast is intentional,
0:40.8	as we look to cover an overview of the respective timelines of each case succinctly.
0:51.8	This episode of British Murders is set in the West Yorkshire City of Bradford,
0:57.0	northwest England. Bradford was actually the first city to be designated as a UNESCO
1:04.0	City of Film in 2009. This was in part due to the city's rich film heritage and annual film festivals.
1:12.9	The city is also home to the National Science and Media Museum.
1:19.2	Our story's focus is 40-year-old Dale Tarbox, who at the start of 2019 was living in a flat
1:26.8	on Independent Street in Bradford, around two miles
1:30.2	south-west of the city centre. Dale rented the property with his 64-year-old partner,
1:37.0	Joan Arnold. The couple had met on an online chat forum in 2017, and despite the 24-year age gap, they had been together ever since.
1:49.4	Suffering from both anxiety and depression, Dale would often take his frustrations out in the form
1:55.5	of violence, especially with his partners. He is known to have a short fuse and a nasty temper,
2:03.1	which resulted in historical convictions for assault.
2:07.4	One such conviction came after Dale punched one of his former partners in the face
2:11.7	during a domestic dispute.
2:14.8	Having said that, Dale hadn't been convicted of anything since 1982 when he was handed a 12-year
2:21.3	sentence for one such offence. In January of 2019, Dale and his partner took on a lodger. I say a
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