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as James began manipulating Paul, making him believe Dusty and Meg were having an affair. Paul, struggling to free himself of James's manipulations, got into a squabble with him inside a windmill while trying to rescue Meg and Dusty. He shot at James, grazing Dusty while the two were struggling over the gun he had aimed at James's head; they struggled all the way to the windmill balcony. This caused Dusty to fall forward onto James, pushing him over the balcony that resulted in James falling to his death, after which Paul, Meg, and Dusty returned to
Oakdale, surprising all who believed Dusty to be dead. Lucinda revealed she had known about Dusty faking his death, but did not know James had kidnapped him. Later, after James was said to be cremated, a mysterious tape arrived with the last will and testament of James Stenbeck. On the tape, Paul believed he was to inherit the Stenbeck fortune, but James made it clear there would be a winner and a loser to set the stage for the final showdown, Dusty was cited as the winner having escaped his lockup and Paul the loser. Dusty inherited the Stenbeck fortune, much to Paul's dismay. Around that time, James had begun haunting Paul. However, months later, it became evident that James had again faked his death and was very much alive.
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her in 1982. John, however, soon resurfaced alive and testified to
Barbara's sanity (after Gunnar appealed the case with the D.A.). James was not about to let Paul slip away, and invited Barbara to a private bullfighting demonstration in which he planned to have her killed by having a bull trample her while she was in the ring. Gunnar rescued Barbara as James took off to a castle where he would duel with Gunnar in a sword fight. Eventually, James lost and soon was forced to turn over custody of Paul to Barbara, and without the boy, there was no fortune. Karen angrily divorced James (who had fallen in love with her), and she angrily turned to his arch-enemy in, John Dixon, whom she would later marry.
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expose he was not a biological "Stenbeck", and hiring a woman named Mme. Koster poses as "Sylvia", Barbara's housekeeper, to drive
Barbara insane and even tried to poison Gunnar numerous times to gain the fortune. When all else failed, James turned to attempt to murder Gunnar by throwing him from a catwalk, but Barbara saved Gunnar when she shot James, and he survived. He attempted to take Barbara to court for attempted murder to gain Paul.
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that James was back in town. He was then placed in the
Oakdale PD's custody. James died when he was injected with a paralyzing agent by Audrey Coleman, causing his heart to go into an attack. Barbara ordered an autopsy, but it was too late. James's body had already been embalmed and prepared for burial. At the funeral, Barbara, Emily, Paul, and Henry examined James's body to see if he was really dead, and it appeared that he was.
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Stenbeck heir when Greta Aldrin revealed she had switched him at birth with the true Stenbeck heir, giving the Stenbeck heir to an orphanage. In fact, his rival Gunnar turned out to be the true heir to the family fortune. Though James sought to conceal the truth, his nemesis
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Karen Haines came into the mix when she discovered the truth about James via the tapes in John's safe. However, Barbara's court case for attempted murder went over as James planned, and he gained Paul and the
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very much alive! Dusty admitted he had faked his death around the time he was captured by James. Together, Meg and Dusty tried to hatch an escape attempt, but it failed when Dusty was caught. Meg got to Paul, who eventually returned to the island to save Dusty. Meg, however, was recaptured by James
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that he was really James Stenbeck. It was later revealed that Mick was not really James, but that James had brainwashed him. On July 28, 2010, Barbara was visited by a hallucination of James while being held captive in a party supply warehouse. On August 27, 2010, Barbara and Henry were shocked to
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