Old Scratch

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Old Scratch or Mr. Scratch is a name of the Devil. The name likely continues Middle English scrat, the name of a demon or goblin, derived from Old Norse skratte.^[1]

Mentions

Examples of usage of the name "Old Scratch" are found in:

Literature

"The Devil and Tom Walker" (1824) by Washington Irving
A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens
The Three Clerks (1857) by Anthony Trollope
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) by Mark Twain
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo (1900) by Rudyard Kipling
"The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) by Stephen Vincent Benét
"The Last Rung on the Ladder" (1978) by Stephen King
Miracle Monday (1981) by Elliot S. Maggin
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004) by Susanna Clarke
I, Ripper (2015) by Stephen Hunter
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #6 (2016) by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Film

Television

Constantine
American Dad! (Episode: "Permanent Record Wrecker")
Lucifer (Episode: "Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil.")
Quantum Leap (Episode: "The Boogieman")
The Messengers (Episode: "Death Becomes Her")
Billions (Episode: "The Wrong Maria Gonzalez")

Music

"Beelz" song written by Stephen Lynch
"Three Men Hanging" song by Murder by Death
"Tight Like That" by Clutch
"Un-Reborn Again" by Queens of the Stone Age
"Are You Ready (To Black Metal)" by Witch Taint

Miscellaneous

Episode 12 of the podcast Welcome to Night Vale

References

↑ "Old Scratch", The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Houghton Mifflin Company, Fifth Edition, 2011

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