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Scientology’s 2013 in review: The Super Power-ful finish to an eventful year

We’re finishing up our look back at 2013 as we prepare for tonight’s festivities.

November began with a fun reveal: We unmasked the master satirist behind OTVIIIisGrrr8!

The next day, we broke the news on the dates for Scientology’s big events: The Golden Age of Tech II and Super Power Building opening would be the weekend []

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Scientology’s 2013 in review: Courtroom antics reported live and on the spot!

We’re continuing our year in review here at the Underground Bunker and we’ve reached September and October, when legal matters really came to the fore — and sent your proprietor around the country for some eyewitness dramatics!

September started out with yet another surprise: Scientology leader David Miscavige filed a personal declaration in an attempt to []

Scientology’s 2013 in review: A summer of delicious scoops!

As 2014 approaches, we’re continuing our look back at the wild year that was. And now, we dive into the crazy month of August.

The month debuted with one of our most popular stories of the year — while everyone seemed to be asking if actress Leah Remini would suffer retaliation for defecting from Scientology, we []

Scientology’s 2013 in review: July fireworks, courtesy of an actress from Brooklyn

We’re continuing our year-in-review, and we’ve come to the explosive month of July. But before we get into the drama created by the biggest Scientology celebrity defection ever, a few other important things happened as the summer []

Scientology’s 2013 in review: The appeals of May and the blunts of June

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We now return to our annual year-in-review, and we hope you enjoy hearing about how busy we were this past spring here in the Bunker.

The month of May started out with a legal setback for Scientology: a California appeals court refused to consider the church’s attempt to hold onto []

Scientology’s 2013 in review: Madness set in as spring arrived!

We want to wish a happy Boxing Day to our Commonwealth friends as we continue our look back at the year that was.

On March 1 we launched SMERSH MADNESS — our very own tournament of champions. On that first day, we pitted L. Ron Hubbard against Australian journalist Steve Cannane, and Hubbard won by only []

Merry Christmas, and here’s your present! From the Underground Bunker, with feeling

While we continue our year in review, we have a great interruption that we weren’t expecting — a gift to the Bunker community from one of our best, The Hole Does Not Exist.

She sent us a sound file, and we threw together some familiar Bunker images for it that we hope resonate for our loyal []

The Underground Bunker Year-in-Review starts today: A January for the ages!

It’s that time of year, when we look back at the past twelve months and recount the highlights here in the Underground Bunker.

As you settle in for the holidays, we want to give a big thanks to our amazing commenting community, which grew exponentially this year, and day in and day out has made this []

Scientology’s mecca wants you to come to Florida and run circles around a pole

We’ve seen a lot of Scientology testimonials over the years. There’s something really interesting about the way Scientologists talk to each other in their jargon-filled language when they try to convince other members about their big “wins.”

But we don’t think we’ve ever seen quite the success story like the one that was published in the []

Sunday Funnies: Scientology sends us a letter!

On Sundays, we like to reveal to you the various things our tipsters have forwarded to us during the week — mailers and fliers that Scientology sends out to its members as the call for donations goes ever onwards.

This week, the world of Scientology is preparing for one its biggest days on the calendar. New []