Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that is some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?

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Then I'll begin.

That good old once upon a time was the best time that ever was.

For though the people sometimes met with dreadful adventures,

such as falling into the clutches of giants or ogres or wild beasts. They were clean and honest

adventures, and if the people got killed in them, they died a clean and decent sort of death,

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