FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Charles darrow - The Untold Story

New Scottish play honours the woman who really invented Monopoly

IT’S ironic that a board game designed to challenge the evils of land monopoly resulted in the female creator being cheated out of the money it…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 26

90 years of Monopoly: how the ‘new craze’ morphed from socialist critique to capitalist dream

Monopoly is the best-selling licensed board game of all time, popular since its 1935 release when “the new craze” swept the world.

The Conversation · Oct 30, 2025

‘Ruthless’ doc gives credit to Monopoly’s true inventors

Fascinating film on PBS shows the classic game’s so-called creator Charles Darrow borrowed ideas from several other makers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 17, 2023