 It was the worst deal of all time. I mean, clearly, Stryker had to take care of his family and may not have been a risk taker. But boy, if you want to do the wrong thing, do what Trendle did and become the greatest schmuck in history. He could have just tied the guy in for a nice piece of the profits and still made a heck of a lot of money himself. The story of how the Lone Ranger came to be here on Our American Stories.