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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, the author of An Uncommon Hangman: The Life and Deaths of Robert ‘Nosey Bob’ Howard, about his 62 hangings and why Indigenous people and women were disproportionately sentenced to death
An Uncommon Hangman: The life and deaths of Robert ‘Nosey Bob’ Howard by Rachel Franks is published by New South Books.
If you liked this episode, Paul recommends Lucy Clark’s interview with Kathryn Heyman.
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