2020 | The Underground Bunker

California is going ‘Ideal,’ and Scientology is on fire about it

[Ventura’s new org, almost ready for its closeup]

On Saturday at 1pm, Scientology leader David Miscavige will preside over another “Ideal Org” grand opening, but this one is extra […]

Kansas justice, where an unpaid medical bill can get you thrown in debtor’s prison

[Judge David Casement]

Coffeyville, in the southeast corner of Kansas, is best known for a botched double bank robbery in 1892 which cost most of the Dalton Gang their […]

In Scientology’s Sea Org, the terror originates inside your own head

[Sunny and Big Blue]

“EVERYBODY GET OUT OF THE GALLEY!” She came at me, screaming. What was that smell? I started to choke. She grabbed me by the neck and pushed me towards the exit. Everyone was racing out of the galley, holding their hands over their mouths. What was going on […]

DRONE FLYOVER: Another look at Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s final hiding place

In 2016, we got our first close-up look at a rather legendary place, the final hideout for Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and the location where his thetan shuffled off this material plane for good on January 24, […]

Scientology and eyesight: The familiar totem of claiming clarity of vision to emulate Ron

After I completed the Purif I felt light, with a renewed source of energy, could focus more clearly and I’m more determined and excited for the future. My eyesight has improved slightly. I also feel very above and in control of my body. Thank you to the Purif staff and to […]

Protests in Iraq take a new turn, on gender issues

“Revolution is not nakedness!” is not the kind of slogan one would hear most places. But political protests in Iraq have taken an odd turn this […]

DRONE FLYOVER: First look at Scientology’s drug rehab at Larry Hagman’s estate

After three patient deaths in nine months at its flagship drug rehab clinic in Oklahoma that took place in 2011 and 2012, Scientology shifted gears with its “Narconon” system. […]

New Mars rover delivered to NASA for July launch, 2021 arrival

Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California (the institution founded by L. Ron Hubbard’s onetime colleague in magick, Jack Parsons) completed assembly of the newest Mars rover, provisionally designated “Mars 2020,” on […]

Masterson accusers in court today seek changes to deal with Scientology ‘arbitration’ motions

UPDATE: MOTION DENIED. However, there’s some encouraging news. See the update below.

In Los Angeles Superior Court this morning, attorneys for four women accusing actor Danny Masterson of rape have asked for an emergency hearing to convince Judge Steven Kleifield that they should have the right to research the religious contracts that the Church of Scientology […]

Those halcyon days when Roger Stone fronted for Donald Trump against Indian casinos

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

It’s worth recalling just how far back Roger Stone goes with Donald Trump. Back in the early 1990s, just as Trump’s casinos were emerging from bankruptcy, Indian casinos were sprouting up as a result to a change in federal law. Trump viewed […]

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