edintrevDec 1
'The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde' was inspired by a real person. Deacon Brodie was a respected cabinet maker, a gentleman and city councillor during the day. However, he would make copies of his clients' house keys and return at night some time later to ransack their houses. The sign outside Deacon Brodie's Tavern reflects this dual nature on its two sides, shown here next to each other.

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DonnchaMay 8, 2025

A Selfie with Deacon Brodie

What! You’re looking at your phone! I imagine Deacon Brodie would be amazed at technology today.

Apparently he was a “respected cabinetmaker by day and a burglar by night, making him one of Edinburgh’s most notorious historical figures”

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Dark EdinburghDec 29, 2022

"Softly he clambered out of bed and up to a false window which looked upon another room, and there, by the glimmer of a thieves’ lantern, was his good friend the Deacon in a mask."
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Picturesque Notes

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