Skeleton in the closet

Skeleton in the closet (idiom) or skeleton in the cupboard is a colloquial phrase used to describe a shameful secret.

It may also refer to:

Films

• Skeleton in the Closet (1965 film) (also known as Secrets Behind the Wall), a Japanese film by Kōji Wakamatsu‎
• Skeletons in the Closet (2001 film), a film starring Treat Williams
• Skeletons in the Closet (2007 film), a Korean film nominated for the 2nd Asian Film Awards

Television episodes

• "The Skeleton in the Cupboard" (Yes Minister)
• "Skeleton in the Closet" (Roseanne)
• "The Skeleton In The Cupboard" (2point4 children)
• "Skeletons in the Closet", episode 2 of Beetlejuice
• "Lil' Miss /Skeletons In The Closet", episode 73 of Cold Case Files
• "Skeletons in the Closet", final episode of Legend
• "Skeletons in the Closet", episode 153 of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
• "Skeletons in the Closet", episode of Spenser: For Hire
• "Skeleton in the Cupboard", episode 11 of The Adventurer
• "Skeleton in the Cupboard", double episode of The Ghosts of Motley Hall
• "Jerangkung Dalam Almari" ("Skeletons in the Closet"), episode 6 of Gol & Gincu

Music

Albums

• Skeletons in the Closet (Children of Bodom album), 2009
• Skeletons in the Closet (Gamma Ray album), 2003
• Skeletons in the Closet (Oingo Boingo album), 1989
• Skeletons in the Closet (Venom album), 1993 album by Venom
• Skeletons in the Closet, 1996 album by The Sharp
• Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead, 1974 album by the Grateful Dead
• R&B Skeletons in the Closet, 1986 album by George Clinton

Songs

• "Skeleton in the Closet", by the Cornbugs on the 2001 album Cemetery Pinch
• "Skeletons in the Closet", by Alice Cooper on the 1981 album Special Forces
• "Skeletons in the Closet", by Infernäl Mäjesty on the 1987 album None Shall Defy
• "Skeletons in the Closet", by Nat Gonella & His Georgians
• "Skeleton In The Cupboard", 1953 composition by Leslie Statham
• "A Skeleton in the Closet", by Anthrax on the 1987 album Among the Living
• "Skeleton in Closet", by Eddie Murphy on the 1997 album Greatest Comedy Hits

Books

• Skeletons in the Closet, 1982 novel by Elizabeth Linington
• A Skeleton in the Closet: A Novel, 1893 novel by E. D. E. N. Southworth
• "The Skeleton in the Closet", 1860s short story by Edward Everett Hale
• The Skeleton in the Closet, 2003 children's book by Curtis Jobling
• The Skeleton in the Cupboard, 1860 novel by Harriet Anne Scott
• The Skeleton in the Cupboard, 1988 novel by Anna Haycraft
• Cakes and Ale: or, the Skeleton in the Cupboard, 1930 novel by W. Somerset Maugham