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A Selfie with Deacon Brodie

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A candid street scene in Edinburgh, Scotland, showing a person crouching and looking at his phone beside a life-sized statue of a man in 18th-century attire, positioned outside Deacon's House Scottish Café. The café's sign reads: "Deacon's House Scottish Café Open 7 Days History. The ground floor of this house was originally Deacon Brodie's workshop. The unusual building is also reputed to be haunted and is a must for the visiting visitor. It has popular holiday rental flats as well as the café. The Deacon Brodie legend is the inspiration for Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. The building dates from 1420, and was used as a dwelling and the servants' colony during the 18th century. The entranceway itself is an 18th-century close or alley, thought by many to be haunted. The inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's macabre novel. This story is depicted on our mural inside. Chilled Drinks Beers & Wines Outside Seating."

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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