97) Most Brutal Dictators in History

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Hitler. Stalin. Trump. Who is the deadliest, most brutal dictator in the history of the world? In this episode, Nick tries to guess the Top 10, ranked by a combination of factors including the total number of deaths during their reigns of terror and their total level of general assholery.

PLUS...the stories behind the rise in power for each Top 10 Dictator, their methods of murder and torture, the long-lasting impacts of World War 2, dictator personal lives and #FunFacts, which well-known dictator once held a school principal at gunpoint during childhood, genital mutilation, Mario & Luigi, which dictator abolished money, communism, dictators' self-given titles, genocide, secret graves, boiled skulls, cannibalism, starvation, military coups, which dictator may have actually been a vampire, prisons and concentration camps, erased cultures, the "Civilization" video game, Fonzie, and MUCH more.

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Hackbeat by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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