Deacon Brodie's Tavern

In 1788, the city of Edinburgh was rocked with the revelation that William Brodie (AKA Deacon Brodie), master cabinet maker and town councilor, had been found guilty of attempting to steal a fortune from the city's Customs and Excise offices.
After a short trial revealing a secret life of gambling, drinking, whoring and theft, Brodie, the successful son of a proud and established family, was sentenced to death by hanging, ironically on the very gallows that he had himself designed.