Crooked Man

Crooked Man may refer to:

  • "The Crooked Man", alternate title of "The Adventure of the Crooked Man", a Sherlock Holmes short story
  • "The Crooked Man", The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV series) first season episode
  • "The Crooked Man", an episode of the animated show Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
  • "The Crooked Man", The Adventures of Ellery Queen television episode
  • The Crooked Man, a 2003 British television movie starring Ross Kemp
  • "Crooked Man", nickname of Marvel Comics character Mad Jim Jaspers
  • A Crooked Man, a novel by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
  • "The Crooked Man", a Melinda Snodgrass short story in Card Sharks (anthology)
  • "The Crooked Man", a Charles Beaumont short story
  • "The Crooked Man", a song from Western Approaches (album)
  • "Crooked Man", an As You Were (album) track
  • The Crooked Man, a Hellboy limited series by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben.
  • Crooked Man, a 2011 international stand-up tour by Tommy Tiernan.

Famous quotes containing the words crooked man, crooked and/or man:

    “There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile,
    He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile:
    He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse,
    And they all lived together in a little crooked house.”
    —Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile (l. 1–4)

    “A wreathed garland of deserved praise,
    Of praise deserved, unto Thee I give,
    I give to Thee, who knowest all my ways,
    My crooked winding ways, wherein I live,”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

    “A man ought to read just as his inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)