Deacon Brodie’s double life as a respectable craftsman and a serial robber is thought to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Hanged in...
Deacon Brodie’s double life as a
respectable craftsman and a serial robber is thought to be the inspiration for
Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Hanged in 1788,
Brodie is commemorated by a pub bearing his name on the corner of the Royal
Mile.