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The Bitter-Sweet Story of 'Nosey Bob', the Hangman · 'Nosey Bob' — His Background and Career. Born in England in 1832, Robert Howard (aka Nosey ...

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Rachel Franks, An Uncommon Hangman: The Life and Deaths of Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard.

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Rachel Franks has kindly dropped by to sign her book, "An Uncommon Hangman: The life and deaths of Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard.

Nosey Bob: Sydney's most notorious hangman - ABC listen

As the colony's executioner, Robert Howard was sent all over NSW to hang criminals. It was a horrible job, but one he was never ashamed of.

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'Nosey Bob' Howard was a terrifying noseless hangman who was the chief executioner in 19th-Century Sydney. Historians Mat McLachlan and Dr ...

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Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard used to be a household name. Today, the noseless hangman who sparked fear and fascination everywhere he went is largely forgotten, yet ...

nosey bob, n. - Green's Dictionary of Slang

Howard (c.1836–1906) the New South Wales hangman from c.1874–1904; he earned his nickname from a facial disfigurement] (Aus.) 1. a hangman, thus nosey bob v.

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Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard used to be a household name. Today, the noseless hangman who sparked fear and fascination everywhere he went is largely forgotten ...

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Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard used to be a household name. Today, the noseless hangman who sparked fear and fascination everywhere he went is ...

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My book on the longest-serving executioner for New South Wales - the noseless hangman 'Nosey Bob' Howard - is available now.

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Robert Howard (1832-1906) used to be a household name. Today, the noseless hangman − better known as 'Nosey Bob' − who s...

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It was a gruesome end at the hand of hangman Robert “Nosey Bob” Howard, who misjudged the drop and nearly tore her head off. Louisa was beautiful. She was ...

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Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard sparked both fear and fascination as the longest-serving executioner in New South Wales. Paul Daley speaks with Rachel Franks, ...

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Why Nosey Bob? Robert "Nosey Bob" Howard had the rather gruesome job of being the NSW State Hangman and presided over seven executions at the Old Dubbo Gaol ...

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... , magazines and online resources. She is the author of An Uncommon Hangman: The Life and Deaths of Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard (2022).

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This is the story of Robert Rice Howard (1832–1906), the man known as Nosey Bob. It is also an important chapter in the story of the changing attitudes towards ...

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Rachel Franks' book An Uncommon Hangman: The life and deaths of Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard tells this dramatic tale of life, death and radical social change.


'Nosey Bob' Howard

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Robert Rice Howard was an Australian executioner. He was employed as a hangman for the colony of New South Wales from 1875, initially as an assistant hangman. Howard held the position of senior executioner from 1877 until he retired in 1904.