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- Scotland's Real Life Inspiration for Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
William is a Descendant of an Ancient Brodie Line.
William is said to have been a Gambler and a Womanizer.
William may have Fathered two Sons and a Daughter; and, there could be others.
He was hung on the gallows he had that he had designed.
- - A Scottish cabinet-maker
- Deacon of a trades guild
- Edinburgh city councillor, who maintained a secret life as a housebreaker, partly for the thrill, and partly to fund his gambling.
- In 1989, Edinburgh rock band Goodbye Mr Mackenzie wrote and recorded a track titled "Here Comes Deacon Brodie", which appeared on the b-side to their hit "The Rattler".[citation needed]
The "Deacon Brodie" episode of the BBC One television drama anthology Screen One starred Billy Connolly as Brodie, aired on 8 March 1997, and was made in Edinburgh.[6]
From 1976 to 1989 Deacon Brodie was a figure in the Chamber of Horrors section of the Edinburgh Wax Museum on the Royal Mile.
- Story links:
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Deacon-William-Brodie/
https://www.auldreekietours.com/deacon-brodie-the-real-life-inspiration-for-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde/
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1741 - 1788 (47 years)
