I've always thought of Dillinger as a bit of a victim - not that that would make him any easier to live with. The thought that a personality like JD's would be hard to contemplate in any version of the afterlife led to my first song about him.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnwthEd4Kvw

also this other song is broadly sympathetic.

https://soundcloud.com/denise_whittle/a-song-for-john-dillinger