The Throne

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In 1964, a landlord in Washington, DC, noticed that his tenant hadn’t paid rent and went to look for him. The tenant wasn’t in the building – but he’d left behind something strange – something that he’d been working on for 14 years. We have a small favor to ask! We’ve put together a survey about our shows – and our membership program, Criminal Plus – and it would mean a lot to us if you could fill it out. You can find it ⁠at ⁠thisiscriminal.com/survey⁠. Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get to listen to This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery without any ads. Plus, you’ll get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.6	In 1964, a man who owned a pawn shop and worked as a landlord in Washington, D.C., noticed that one of his tenants was behind on rent.
1:12.3	The rented building had originally been used as a stable.
1:16.0	It was about the size of a garage, and it had a dirt floor and doors that opened to an alley behind a church.
1:23.7	The man who rented it, James Hampton, lived in a room nearby.
1:28.3	He'd been renting the stable for 14 years and normally paid the rent on time.
1:34.3	The landlord, Meyer Wortlieb, went to look for James Hampton in the stable,
1:39.3	and what he found inside was a shining collection of altars and pulpits, something like a theater set.
1:48.0	In the center of it all was an empty throne.
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