Deacon Brodies Tavern

About this audio guide

This guide to Deacon Brodies Tavern on Edinburgh's Lawnmarket traces the double life of William Brodie, a respected cabinet-maker and city councillor whose workshop once stood a few doors down this close. You'll hear how a habit of cockfighting and dice pulled him into debt, and how he began using his trusted access to the city's finest houses for something else after dark. The guide follows the gang he assembled and the string of robberies that went unsuspected for years. Listen while standing at the mouth of the close, where his workshop once stood.