# Another Danny Elfman question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 29, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-danny-elfman-question/951597 "2021-09-29T19:32:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bananabug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Bananabug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bananabug)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-danny-elfman-question/951597/1 "2021-09-29T19:32:46Z")
Ok so I am a massive Oingo Boingo/Elfman fan and some people on another music page I belong to claim he has some criminal record regarding something pretty bad that I feel awkward posting what that is here. For various reasons. Wondering if its just bullsht rumor. Is there a way to view any public record like that for free or anyone here that already uses/registered with one of those background check things able to look for me and just tell me if its true? Or anyone already actually know? I dont have a credit card. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-danny-elfman-question/951597/2 "2021-09-29T19:46:37Z")
_“Little Girls”_ by Oingo Boingo (1981) is certainly creepy, and so are some other works. Note, that was **1981**. But nothing I can find shows him arrested or charged with any actual real crimes. Wikipedia notes nothing at all like a real crime. ---
**Author:** ![Bananabug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Bananabug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bananabug)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-danny-elfman-question/951597/3 "2021-09-29T19:57:57Z")
You looked it up on the criminal record thingy? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-danny-elfman-question/951597/4 "2021-09-29T20:43:03Z")
_Generally_ that only shows felonies. He has not been convicted of a felony in any state that reports to the database, afaik. I no longer have full access, however. What is the alleged crime? Are you sure it has nothing to do with that song? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-danny-elfman-question/951597/6 "2021-09-29T21:55:30Z")
Well, he did “play” Satan in _Forbidden Zone_, and he should be convicted of Criminal Fruitiness for most of his music, so who knows? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-danny-elfman-question/951597/7 "2021-09-30T00:59:01Z")
So, other than making a REALLY creepy song and video, he hasn’t committed any actual real crimes. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-danny-elfman-question/951597/8 "2021-09-30T02:25:19Z")
It sounds like he’s suffering from Piers Anthony Syndrome. He hasn’t actually been convicted or accused of anything, but he wrote something a long time ago people find a bit cringey today. ---
**Author:** ![Bananabug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Bananabug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bananabug)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-danny-elfman-question/951597/9 "2021-09-30T02:58:23Z")
Hes written some of the greatest songs ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-danny-elfman-question/951597/10 "2021-09-30T04:39:11Z")
I heard he parties with dead men. ---
**Author:** ![Bananabug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Bananabug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bananabug)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-danny-elfman-question/951597/11 "2021-09-30T14:31:02Z")
Ok so the rumors I heard were just based on that stupid song that some people twisted more and took seriously and went further with. And the other thing I read was someone trolling (about a criminal record) to which they finally admitted was them being a jerk. so… Disregard my Elfman posts. Also, Im on the spectrum and have trouble expressing, socializing right and have anxieties about, well…to others, petty stuff and i gotta work on that. So, Danny is still a good guy…and has no record. I just worry over dumb stuff. If possible, still…if there’s a way to just remove these posts or whatever, that would be even better. Would like to forget this now. Sorry for being annoying.