July 2013 | The Underground Bunker

SHELLY SPEAKS: Scientology Leader’s Banished Wife Says She’ll Get Out “Only One Way”

[Never before published photo of Shelly Miscavige courtesy of Claudio and Renata Lugli.]

One of the most intriguing mysteries of the Church of Scientology is the disappearance of Shelly Miscavige, wife of the church’s leader, David Miscavige. A frequent refrain heard from critics of the church is “Where’s Shelly?” — and that question is also central […]

Claire Headley Wonders, Was Kirstie Alley Doing Scientology’s “Doubt Formula?”

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 […]

Scientology Celebrities Told Leah Remini is “Not in Good Standing,” Are Ordered to “Disconnect”

The Underground Bunker has learned that Scientology celebrities have received their marching orders from the Hollywood Celebrity Centre: They cannot be “in comm” with Leah Remini after we broke the news last week that she has left the […]

REVERSE WARRIOR: Brian Culkin Hires Ray Jeffrey, Blasts Scientology in Court Filing

Last week, the Church of Scientology claimed in a filing to federal Judge James Whittemore that it needed to depose Boston resident Brian Culkin in Massachusetts because the yoga teacher was too afraid to attend an evidentiary hearing scheduled for September 26 in Tampa, Florida.

Culkin feared for his life, the church said, because of nasty […]

Scientology’s Drug Rehab Fights Class-Action Lawsuit With Move to Federal Court

In June, Atlanta attorney Jeff Harris filed a class-action lawsuit against Scientology and its drug rehab network, Narconon, with seven named plaintiffs who are alleging fraud, deceptive practices, and negligence.

Harris had earlier handled a wrongful death lawsuit against Narconon Georgia following the 2008 overdose death of Patrick Desmond, a patient and employee of the Atlanta-area […]

LEAH REMINI BLOWBACK: Kirstie Alley Calls for Scientology Celeb Strategy Session

On Monday morning, we broke the news that Leah Remini was leaving the Church of Scientology over David Miscavige’s “corrupt management” of the organization.

It wasn’t until Thursday morning that the New York Post picked up the news and made it catch fire with the rest of the media.

But well before the Post printed its story, […]

Someone Apparently Forgot to Notify the VA that Scientology is a Religion

Our thanks to a sharp-eyed reader who brought to our attention an interesting page at the website of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

The page contains an eclectic rundown of all the religious symbols the VA recognizes and will put on grave markers in our national cemeteries. If you’ve ever been in one of our […]

Leaving Scientology: Jon Atack Navigates the Labyrinth of Paranoia

John McMaster

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 […]

Coming Soon to the Underground Bunker: PZ Myers!

Now that “Pharyngula” author PZ Myers has spilled the beans, we can reveal that the University of Minnesota Morris biology professor will be joining us here as we read through L. Ron Hubbard’s epic 1952 work, A History of Man.

As we were nearing the end of our series with Vance Woodward blogging Hubbard’s 1950 masterpiece […]

Hey, Tom Cruise, Why Weren’t You the One to Raise a Stink When This Woman Went Missing?

Dear Tom,

It’s been more than a year since our last open letter to […]

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