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Scientology Admits Connection to Slimy Anonymous Attack Sites — Again

The Hollywood Reporter has a nice scoop today: An open letter from Crash director Paul Haggis about his friend Leah Remini’s defection from the Church of Scientology.

The world became aware of Haggis’s own departure from Scientology in Lawrence Wright’s epic February 2011 New Yorker profile, “The Apostate.” And as we reported when we broke the []

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DEATH AT SCIENTOLOGY MICHIGAN DRUG REHAB SPARKS WIDESPREAD INVESTIGATION

Amber Bullins

More than a year ago — on May 19, 2012 — a 22-year-old woman from North Carolina named Amber Bullins died at Tranquility Detox, a Scientology-based drug rehab facility in Battle Creek, Michigan associated with a man named Per Wickstrom.

Former employees of Wickstrom tell us that it’s only in the past few []

Scientology’s Needle Exchange: When David Miscavige Got Technical

Claire Headley is taking us on our journey to train as Scientologists. She and her husband Marc were Sea Org workers who escaped from Scientology’s International Base in 2005. She spent years working with Scientology’s “tech,” and was trusted to oversee the auditing of Tom Cruise. Go here to see the first part in this []

Jim Lynch, Scientology’s Shill, Dies at 59

Just last week, news organizations around the country (and overseas) reported that Scientology’s propaganda magazine, Freedom, had placed an ad for a new writer.

Now we have some idea why the magazine is hiring.

We have learned that on July 19, Jim Lynch, Freedom‘s main correspondent, died in Boca Raton, []

After Epilepsy Deaths, Scientology Website Still Extols Drug-Free Approach

We told you about Jonny Jacobsen’s latest investigative coup — a detailed story about a largely untold 25-year-old death at Scientology’s “Flag Land Base” in Clearwater, Florida.

Heribert Pfaff was only 31 when he died during an epileptic seizure while under the care of Scientologists, who had convinced him to go off his seizure medicine and []

With Leah Remini Under Attack on Twitter, TV Actor Christian Stolte Was a First Responder

For several days after the news of Leah Remini’s departure from Scientology broke, we watched other Scientology celebrities use Twitter to go on the attack.

But then, we noticed that another member of Hollywood was going against the grain. Christian Stolte is a familiar face for fans of Prison Break and Chicago Fire, and over []

Jon Atack: A Case of Scientology Fair Game Deflected with Disinfecting Sunlight

Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He now has a new edition of the book out, and on Saturdays he’s helping us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that tend to get hashed and []

Scientology, Your Proprietor, and the Airwaves

 It’s self-promotion day here on the fringes of the Internet!

We’re trying to get some big stories finished up here in the Bunker (as well as another chapter of the book, which is coming along nicely), so this morning we’re going to plague you with some examples of our recent appearances on local []

Scientologists Warned about Facebook “Entheta” After Leah Remini’s Departure

Run away! Leah Remini’s in your Facebook!

Oh, this is rich. One of our tipsters forwarded to us a message that has been sent to Scientologists about how to avoid all the “entheta” — negative press — that has enveloped Scientology, especially since the departure of Leah Remini.

Since the news of Remini’s defection broke []

DOX: Class-Action Plaintiffs Aim at David Miscavige’s Total Control of Scientology

Jeff Harris

Last week, we reported that Scientology’s drug rehab network, Narconon, had removed a class-action lawsuit filed against it in Georgia to federal court, and had filed multiple motions to dismiss it.

Now, the plaintiffs in that suit, led by their attorney, Jeff Harris, have hit back with a detailed briefing explaining why they’re []