SCP-783 - There Was A Crooked Man 

SCP Stories:” Don’t stay home at night alone” Me: who is alone at home watching SCP video at night. “Well ain’t that a shame”

Despite all the horror, I still found it kind of nice that some people didn’t want to immediately abandon the D class and when they thought they could save him, multiple rushed to save him.

Funny thing a few my Tenby friends who are fans of SCP spread a rumour that if you don’t sing the Second Crooked man rhyme the crooked man will catch you because all the people in the school from didn’t know what SCP was so they scared the living hell out of them

The real anomaly is Hunter's voice, drawing us in, capturing our attention, instilling feelings of horror, and only at the end of the video does he release us. Fantastic job!

I can't help but feel these deaths could be avoided if everyone just packed up and left Tenby and the Foundation had it Quarantined off.

A bad SCP is one that kills you. A _worse_ SCP is one that leaves you alive.

"A *wet sucking* sound, followed by a *thump* ", "And it was continuing to *come* " I'm surprised the narrator didn't laugh histarically after saying that

I think I'd rather be shredded by 682 than be a victim to the crooked man

Okay I appreciate our researchers but You gotta give it to D-2172. He was freaking GOAT here, had me rooting for him

You'd think that someone would suggest getting everyone in the town together in a shelter or something, maybe even evacuate, during the time when The Crooked Man strikes.

I always love this one. It was my very first mother goose rhyme, but not at a childs age. I learnt it through the old RPG horror game of the titular man himself. If your interested, play it, its one of the best old pixelated horror games ever made

The most unrealistic part of this is dark lyrics being described as "out of place" in a nursery rhyme

stories like these make ya feel bad for the D class, who canonly are anything from murders to people that avoided going to jail for speeding. The fact the foundation has people that genuinely cares for these people enough to risk their lives saving them shows some of them legit want to better the world. even if its just to have him for a ginea pig for later, the fact they would save him is heart warming.

These d-class were super brave. I’m fairly sure if I got touched on the back in a pit of stretched out corpses I wouldn’t urge them to lower me faster. Fairly sure I’d be begging to be pulled up

I honestly prefer *these* SCPs. The ones that are just generally spooky, are interesting, and/or wholesome. Never really liked the "this will end all life on this planet at a moments notice" SCPs that people seem addicted to writing. It reeks of "my SCP is stronger than *your* SCP!" and gets old after a while.

I remember first reading about watching a video on this one when I was younger. That was back in highschool and it still freaks me tf out, albeit I’m absolutely fascinated by how this one operates. Even now, when I’m at work- I’ll pull out my headphones and listen to podcasts on this and other scps while going about my day. Nothing wakes you up at 5am quite like hearing about SCP - 783’s exploits.

Honestly, I've only heard of the Crooked Man because of The Conjuring 2. Probably one of the most twisted things I've ever seen. Uh, pun not intended.

There live a crooked man Who made a crooked deal He kept a crooked cane And his catch in crooked creel He stole a crooked child Who cried a crooked squeal And that crooked man Was broken on the wheel

"But there is a dark tone to it that seems a bit out of place, especially when you compare it to [other nursery rhymes]" Brothers Grimm: 👀

This was actually one of the most horrific stories to listen to, out of all the stories, this one hits hard. Well done!

In my country (Brazil) the crooked man rhyme is actually a Christian rhyme, in which the crooked man reads the Bible and gets “uncrooked” afterwards

"Your bones snap." *SCP-173:* _Nods in approval_

Narrator: "bending and snapping" Elle Woods: 👁👄👁💧

Scp Explained: As he was running down the hallway... Also the D-Class: *casually walking* 6:56

i know dclass are mostly terrible ppl and murders but i can’t help but feel sad when they’re crying and begging for help and the researchers don’t/can’t do anything

Not going to lie, I was kind of hoping that D-2172 would get out of there alive. I shouldn’t have gotten my hopes up, it IS an SCP story, after all. Kudos to SCP Explained’s storytelling abilities though for giving me a glimmer of hope and then snatching it away again.

The multi-dimensional ones are the scariest in my opinion. B/c you can't really get away from them. If you get stuck on the other side your SOL.

Sometimes you wonder wether Hunter is also an SCP that the foundation uses for their little SCP Explained videos...

I would love to see the crooked man go up against the yule man someway somehow. I think those are the two scarier anomalies I can think off.

“There was a crooked man, and he walked 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” *BARS 🔥🔥🔥*

They never said he was a egg They never said he was a egg They never said he was a egg They never said he was a egg They never said he was a egg Humpty dubpty wasn't a egg

I remember reading the poem out loud and at the bottom of the poem it said "warning! Do not read out loud or the crooked man will come for you" safe to say I wad pretty miserable the rest of the day

This is one of my favorite scps due to it being the topic of the first scp video I ever watched so it had a special place in my heart

what a creatively horrifying SCP love this one glad you covered it

I never I really heard of this until Dr.Bob’s animation on this anomaly last year and its literal version of it disturbed me but it was fascinating to learn of it otherwise

When the d-class was screaming and asking for help you can really just here Hunter's voice.

Jesus, this is terrifying. Keep up the great content!

This is terrifying, but great. I love your content!

6:07 - 8:18 : SERIOUS props to the voice actor, that was amazingly done!

I first heard of this scp on spotify(SCP Archives) and they way they told the story with the actors was just so enthralling and engaging, good to see 783 on here now

Get 682, tranquilize it, throw it in the hole. Worst case scenario, it adapts against the crooked man and eats it. With some luck, it gets stuck regenerating while the crooked man had to keep breaking it's bone to avoid 602 to get to him.

I have to say, Hunter's voice work is always good but in this video, its just phenomenal, absolutely amazing and fear inducing.

As always, hunter kills the voice narration. I could fall asleep to it.👍

"There was a crooked man who lived a crooked deal" was what I remember.

One of the most evil SCP's out there.

Glad you covered this one! It's easily one of my favorites

The D-209 story is horrifying.. The VA did a great job at the voice.

One of the best SCP stories. This is how I imagin the live in the SCP fundation.

Your videos are amazing! You guys always manage to keep me entertained, and I'm always so interested in your stories. Well, I have a suggestion for you. Maybe, short stories such as the ones posted in the antimemetics part of the wiki. I'd specifically recommend something like the "Introductory Amnestics" story, which is so cool as well! Either way, thank you for making all of this great content, and good luck to all of you.

D class getting all his bones broken Foundation: I missed the part where that’s my problem

Oh my 343 the voice acting! You put a lot of passion into this job, narrator.

My SCP-999 plush came in and it's a lot bigger than I thought it would be 🥰🥰🥰

Oh man, This reminds me of when Markiplier played a game with the same name. Can't believe that it was an anomaly this whole time. Day 261 of asking the O5 Council to use SCP-1968 to create a universe in which 682 doesn't exist.

Finally, my favorite scp! Thank you so much SCP explained!

This is one of my favorite SCP’s because of how mysterious and diverse potential it has. Hearing more about it and the D-Class story in full made me incredibly happy

Wait... D-209 was a D-Class for far too long

You know the foundation aint messing around when they start giving the D class firearms

Hunters voice is so soothing its calmed me from episodes. Thanks man

0:08 fun fact: the humpty dumbty nursery rhyme never mentioned that he was an egg

This makes me think of that one Junji Ito story. Where the people have a need to go into these perfect sized holes in the side of a mountain for each person and they wouldn’t come out. Later some miners on the other side of this mountain peered in a crack in the mountain, and a person was inside. Except they were horribly disfigured, with the face, arms, etc. crooked and elongated. The body had molded to the hole as it went through the mountain. And the person was still alive, except they only made one weird “sk” noise

As someone that knows what wheel they’re talking about that’s disturbing.

*Leg breaks* 209: "My leg is broken. Send help please."

This one made me have to turn my lights on while I watched it. Great job.

I always heard it with the ending "he found a crooked rope, hung from a crooked tree, and now his crooked body hangs for all to see"

Love your videos!

when you're 10 years old alone in Temby Yule Man and Crooked Man: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

The voice acting is do chilling. Hunter killed it

Did not realize it’s name was “there was a crooked man” I remember hearing an scp fan song that mentioned it’s name but wow it literally is “There was a crooked man” Desert in a can video when?

I feel bad for the class-D

In all fairness, regardless of the crooked man, Tenby needs SCP presence. The place is fucking weird.

Crooked man had one of the best scenes in the conjuring 2. Great look and audio.

Body Horror is terrifying, it reminds me of that one time Rick gives a snake legs. imagine being crippled as "having limbs" Edit: the crooked finger garden is cool.

Is this supposed to be Tenby? If so a Welshman being called English is far scarier than anything the SCP has contained

And these are O5 council nick name O5-1: The Founder O5-2: The Gardener O5-3: The Kid O5-4: The Ambassador O5-5: Black Bird O5-6: The American O5-7: Green O5-8: The Lesser O5-9: The Outsider O5-10: The Archivist O5-11: The Mailman O5-12: The Accountant O5-13: The Tiebreaker The Administrator

Agent Collins is a true badass , my god.

Guy 1: Okay, I’ll tell you… Do you know… the crooked man? Guy 2: The crooked man? Guy 1: The crooked man. Guy 2: yes… I know the crooked man.. the one contained in site-19? Guy 1: well… he researches the crooked man Guy 2: The crooked man? Guy 1: tHe cROoKeD mAn

Honestly the amount of stories that have "ThE aNoMoLy BrOkE tHe CaMeRaS" is starting to get annoying and ruins the immersion because why tf would they keep using basic cameras if they fail so often

I've never been this early but love your content thank you for being you

Hey, I'm really glad this video described the original Crooked Man rhyme at the beginning. I had always wanted to comment it on Dr. Bob's video of the same anomaly. "Hey, when I read the Crooked Man rhyme, he seemed like an okay guy. It sounded like it was a dude with a limp and his three-legged cat just chillin' living their best life. "

(*(An Anomalous Nursery Rhyme)*) [😎Dr. Bright:] "Ah, the terror of Temeby himself, The Crooked Man! You know I makes me wonder if their are any more nursery rhymes regarding anomalies!" [7th-Dimension "SEEKER"/Anomalous Researcher INDRID COLD:] "Well Hay Diddle Diddle was inspired by an anomalous ritual where a cat anomalously played a fiddle, a cow anomalously jumped over the Moon🌛 (anomalously surviving its journey into the vacuum of space and reentry), a little dog laughed anomalously, all of which caused a Dish and Spoon to anomalously come to life, and ran away together to elope and get married as they belonged to two wealthy families feuding over ownership of the tableware as they were part of a rare and valuable set, with them coming to life making them even more valuable. The Dish and Spoon would eventually be found and terminated shortly after the foundation of the GOC (technically it was a mercy killing as the anomalous couple was constantly on the run from various collectors of anomalous tableware and groups like Marshal, Carter, & Dark)." [🌝Dr. Bright:] "Wow, I never knew Hay, Diddle, Diddle was based on a true story! Not surprised though, as a cow jumping over the moon and a cat playing a fiddle always did sound pretty anomalous to the point both my mom and dad were both convinced that it may be based upon some anomaly and its no surprise they were right, though mom's theory was was closer than dad's (he thought the lines about the dog laughing, as well as dish and spoon were just make believe)!" *Meanwhile O5-12 grumbles to himself upon learning his wife's theory regarding said nursery rhyme was more accurate!*

D-209: Help me! Please send help! Researcher 1: Maybe we could spare a few agents to go help? Researcher 2: Nah, then we really wouldn't learn anything.

U know what I love about the scp lore, at the end of the day, someone had to have contained this thing originally. A human organization is able to contain and control these crazy strong beings from the rest of the world. They’re not magical but just determined to protect the world. It’s just a story where it shows the power of human beings. My favorite line is “the scp foundation is cold, but not cruel” it just encapsulates my feeling of many people being very cold towards others for their survival but still they have compassion to not to be cruel. It’s the idea of a nomadic hunter gather who would be cold in the sense of killing animals and possibly other humans but never for cruel or sadistic reasons but for providing for their family. I feel the majority of us humans can be brutal but only for a reason. It’s only the sick ones in our population who do it for their enjoyment.

11:36 Ah yes, give the Ex-Death Row inmate a gun, that’s not totally irresponsible.

I know a creepypasta/uburn legend bout the Crooked man but its like the first rhyme but it's creeper then this kinda

The ending with the arm seems a LOT like Scp-1193 from what I seen in the video you guys made about that. Theories galore.

this is probably the most twisted SCP case file ever

Omg I’ve been waiting for Hunter to do this SCP!! It was one of the first ones I watched on Dr. Bob’s channel

Question, is there names for your characters in the SCP explained videos? I see them reused a lot and are wondering if they have names you reference them. Or if you just randomly place them?

I’m a crooked man

Throw 682 in there I wonder what 049 would think of these creatures.

This is one of my favorite SCPs and imagine my surprise when I saw this video pop up XD

While this does do a good job at covering the scp in general, I really do hope that this channel, or really any other, covers the exploration log(s).. this is a nightmarish concept in itself, but delving further? It only gets worse.

flip the crooked man i will just just.... wow Mr crooked you look stunning hey i know this sweet dinner we should go there together Mr crooked think of it as.... a date

This one, is absolutely great

It's funny that literally a WHOLE TOWN is being haunted by a mysterious being for over DECADES with even the houses twisting and sh*t and the SCP foundation was like: "meh, i don't see anything here."

This scp reminds me of a guy in my class. The guy's crooked, basically has a longer leg that makes him limp around, also uses to stay in a crooked and weird position. Since he's a lazy jackass that looks for every occasion to give you all the work (and if you tell him no treats you like shit) I love to stick a torn in his nerves by singing the Crooked Man rhyme. Don't look bad at me, the guy deserves it, if he wasn't such an entitled and spoiled sob then I wouldn't mock him for his issues, I'm just applying the old "give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar" here

Tbh that d2172 guy looks like a total badass going from the looks of his face, to how he holsters, holds, and uses his firearm.

As someone who has had a broken wrist… I know how much this would hurt. I mean, ONE bone broken hurt like no pain I had ever felt before. So this must hurt like your own little torture room.

They should use the scranton reality anchors to block his reality bending abilities

Thank you 🥰