How the Monopoly Board Game Became a World War II Escape Kit
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Monopoly is a pretty divisive game, and people tend to either love it or hate it. However, for hundreds of Allied POWs captured during World War II, Monopoly became more than a mere diversion -- it became, instead, their ticket to freedom. Join the guys as they explore the strange sequence of events that led the UK to turn Monopoly into a real-life escape kit.
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| 1:56.0 | If you're like millions of other people throughout history and around the world, then you have probably at least once played some sort of game with your friends, whether it's a game of dice, a game of cards, or important for our purposes today, a board game. |
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| 2:21.0 | My name is Nolan. I'm a fan of the old five finger filet. You know, where you take a blade and pop it real quick between the gaps between your fingers. |
| 2:29.0 | Uh-huh. Have you ever done that? Only in video game form. It's an available game in, I believe, Red Dead Redemption. |
| 2:36.0 | It's cool. I haven't found it yet in the new one, but hopefully it exists. But yeah, that's a pretty scary game. |
| 2:42.0 | I've played that game in real life before and I never went fast enough to actually cut myself seriously. |
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