A skeleton key is a key that has been filed in such a way as to bypass the security measures placed inside a warded lock.
Skeleton Key may also refer to:
Literature Skeleton Key (comics), a comic book by Andi Watson Skeleton Key (novel), a novel by Anthony Horowitz published in 2002 The Skeleton Key, a detective novel by Bernard Capes, published posthumously in 1920 Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads, a book by David Shenk and Steve Silberman, published in 1994
Music Skeleton Key (band), an American rock band Skeleton Key Records, a Liverpool-based independent record label The Skeleton Key (album), by Roc Marciano and the Alchemist, 2024 "Skeleton Key", a song by Days of the New from their second album "The Skeleton Key", a song by Epica from Omega
Other uses The Skeleton Key, a 2005 film by Ian Softley
See also A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake, a work of literary criticism by Joseph Campbell and Henry Morton Robinson "Three Skeleton Key", a short story by George G. Toudouze