What The History Podcast

The Ultimate Drag Queen and Playing Games With History

In this episode Suzie investigates a very strange tale regarding Queen Elizabeth I and Trevor delves into the hidden origins of Monopoly.

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Sources:

THE BISLEY BOY

Jones N 2015, ‘Bram Stoker and the Legend of the Bisley Boy’ https://www.spookyisles.com/2015/01/bram-stoker-and-the-legend-of-the-bisley-boy/
Stoker B 1910, ‘Famous Imposters’ https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/stoker/bram/famous-imposters/chapter10.html
The Elizabeth Files 2009, ‘The Bisley Boy’ http://www.elizabethfiles.com/the-bisley-boy/3255/
Tudor History.org n.d, ‘Elizabeth I, Queen of England’ http://tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/
Tudor Place n.d, ‘Blanche Parry’ http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/BlancheParry.htm
White F 2015, ‘The Secret of the Virgin King: Was Queen Elizabeth I really a man?’ https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/kings-queens/the-virgin-king-was-queen-elizabeth-i-really-a-man/

THE LANDLORD’S GAME

6 Facts About Lizzie Magie: Monopoly’s Lost Female Inventor – biography.com

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Magie, Inventor of Monopoly – Mental Floss

Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism – BBC

The secret history of Monopoly: the capitalist board game’s leftwing origins  – The Guardian

Monopoly’s Inventor: The Progressive Who Didn’t Pass ‘Go’ – The New York Times

Monopoly Was Designed to Teach the 99% About Income Inequality – Smithsonian Magazine

Global MONOPOLY Celebration to Honor 75 Years of the World’s Favorite Family Game Brand – Hasbro press release 25 August 2010

Other stuff:

The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…

History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)

You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)

Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)

Fade out – Monopoly Commercial (year unknown)

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