American Experience

Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

Monopoly is America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and our free market society. But behind the myth of the game’s creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and corporate double-dealing.

Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

52m 17s

Monopoly is America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and our free market society. But behind the myth of the game’s creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and corporate double-dealing.

Previews + Extras

  • Trailer | Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trailer | Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

    S35 E3 - 1m 15s

    Monopoly is America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and our free market society. But behind the myth of the game’s creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and corporate double-dealing.

  • Who's Who: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Who's Who

    S35 E3 - 44s

    The creator. The challenger. The imposter. The monopolist. Meet the characters in "Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History."

  • The Woman Behind Monopoly: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Woman Behind Monopoly

    S35 E3 - 4m 44s

    Monopoly might be America's favorite board game, but it has a surprising secret. The true inventor may be a woman you've never heard of: Lizzie Magie. In this episode of "What the History?!" we present the inside scoop of Monopoly's origins.

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