Yesterday we told you that we waded through the 2,079 individual videos that Scientology had posted at its website over the last 15 months that were submitted by their members around the world. The point of the videos was to help the Scientologists keep up their spirits during the pandemic, and to make sure they were still dutifully keeping up with their L. Ron Hubbard reading.
Although the videos only included the first names of the Scientologists (with some exceptions, and some like Jim Meskimen and Denice Duff we recognized anyway), we were more interested in the locations that each video listed.
We tabulated those, and yesterday showed you some of the initial data. It surprised us, for example, that after the United States the two countries that had the most Scientologists send in videos were Taiwan and Mexico.
We also cited some cities that performed particularly well, and some that didn’t. But we promised you that today we’d have the full breakdown of all the data, with all 2,079 videos listed.
This is a lot of data, but we hope we’ve come up with a format that isn’t too hard to read on whatever device you’re using.
Tell us what your thoughts are about how your local town performed! And unlike yesterday, if your city isn’t listed, this time it really means that no Scientologists there (if they exist) submitted videos that the church posted to its website.
OK, here we go. (And a footnote: Although Puerto Rico is part of the US, we listed it with other locations in the Caribbean, and Russia we divided into its European and Asian locations.)
UNITED STATES
Alaska: 1 (Anchorage 1)
Arizona: 12 (Phoenix 12)
California: 202 (Altadena 1, Anaheim 1, Bakersfield 1, Burbank 2, Carmichael 1, Compton 1, Diablo 1, Fair Oaks 2, Fountain Valley 1, Fullerton 2, Glendale 7, Gold River 1, Granada Hills 1, Humboldt County 1, Huntington Beach 1, Inglewood 5, La Canada Flintridge 1, La Crescenta 1, Lafayette 1, Loomis 2, Los Angeles 59, Malibu Canyon 1, Montebello 1, Montrose 1, Morgan Hill 1, Mountain View 2, North Hollywood 4, Oakland 1, Pasadena 8, Riverside 2, Rohnert Park 1, Roseville 5, Sacramento 9, San Carlos 1, San Diego 6, San Francisco 11, San Jose 11, Santa Ana 1, Santa Barbara 3, Santa Clara 3, Scotts Valley 1, Seal Beach 1, Shadow Hills 1, Sherman Oaks 1, Silicon Valley 4, Simi Valley 1, Sonoma 3, Studio City 1, Sunland 10, Sunnyvale 1, Sylmar 1, Tarzana 1, Tujunga 6, Tustin 1, Valley Glen 1, Van Nuys 1, Woodside 1, Yorba Linda 1)
Colorado: 3 (Denver 1, Fort Collins 1, Golden 1)
Connecticut: 3 (Cheshire 2, Litchfield 1)
Florida: 185 (Aventura 1, Bellair 5, Clearwater 114, Coral Gables 1, Dunedin 3, Largo 7, Lutz 1, Miami 17, Odessa 1, Oldsmar 2, Orlando 11, Palm Harbor 4, Safety Harbor 3, Tampa 14, West Palm Beach 1)
Georgia: 8 (Athens 1, Atlanta 6, Duluth 1)
Hawaii: 1 (Honolulu 1)
Idaho: 2 (Ketchum 1, Sun Valley 1)
Indiana: 1 (Indianapolis 1)
Kentucky: 6 (Florence 4, Louisville 1, Union 1)
Louisiana: 2 (Baton Rouge 2)
Maine: 1 (Farmington 1)
Maryland: 6 (Bowie 1, Fort Washington 1, Greenbelt 1, Silver Spring 1, Timonium 1, Upper Marlboro 1)
Massachussetts: 4 (Boston 3, Northampton 1)
Michigan: 10 (Ann Arbor 1, Battle Creek 2, Berkley 1, Clinton 1, Detroit 1, Fairview 2, Oxford 2)
Minnesota: 26 (Bloomington 1, Delano 1, Golden Valley 1, Little Canada 2, Loretto 2, Minneapolis 11, Minnetonka 1, Saint Paul 5, Shoreview 2)
Missouri: 43 (Kansas City 38, Mill Spring 2, St. Louis 3)
Nevada: 15 (Henderson 1, Las Vegas 13, Spanish Springs 1)
New Hampshire: 1 (Salem 1)
New Jersey: 6 (Hoboken 2, Jersey City 1, North Bergen 1, Passaic 1, Teaneck 1)
New Mexico: 2 (Mountainair 1, Santa Fe 1)
North Carolina: 3 (Charlotte 1, Gastonia 2)
Ohio: 15 (Cleveland 1, Columbus 11, Parma 1, Pickering 1, Westerville 1)
Oklahoma: 1 (Oklahoma City 1)
Oregon: 11 (Bandon 1, Beaverton 1, McMinnville 2, Portland 7)
Pennsylvania: 1 (Philadelphia 1)
Tennessee: 16 (Gallatin 1, McMinnville 2, Nashville 13)
Texas: 24 (Austin 3, Boerne 1, Dallas 3, Houston 5, Irving 12)
Utah: 11 (Kamas 1, Salt Lake City 9, West Jordan 1)
Virginia: 5 (Arlington 1, Reston, 1, Springfield 2, Triangle 1)
Washington: 2 (Issaquah 1, Seattle 1)
Washington DC: 5
Wisconsin: 1 (Colfax 1)
CANADA
British Columbia: 10 (Burnaby 1, Vancouver 9)
Nova Scotia: 3 (Halifax 3)
Ontario: 32 (Burlington 1, Cambridge 5, Georgetown 2, Hamilton 1, Merrickville-Wolford 1, Mississauga 1, Oakville 1, Ottawa 4, Toronto 14, Yarker 2)
Quebec: 16 (Mascouche 1, Montreal 8, Quebec 7)
EUROPE
Austria: 5 (Lieserbrucke 1, Wolfsberg 3, Vienna 1)
Belgium: 2 (Brussels 2)
Bulgaria: 2 (Sofia 2)
Cyprus: 1 (Limassol 1)
Czech Republic: 3 (Cimelice 1, Pelhrimov 1, Prague 1)
France: 17 (Bray-Sur-Seine 1, Colombes 1, Montmagny 1, Nice 1, Paris 9, Rouen 1, Saint-Maur-Des-Fosses 1, Treveneuc 1, Ville-D’Avray 1)
Georgia: 1 (Tbilisi 1)
Germany: 19 (Berlin 1, Blaustein 1, Dreieich 1, Duisburg 1, Filderstadt 1, Gauting 1, Hamburg 2, Maisach 2, Neuhausen 1, Stockstadt Am Main 1, Stuttgart 4, Ulm 1, Wiesbaden 2)
Greece: 5 (Athens 4, Elati Trikalon 1)
Hungary: 33 (Budapest 16, Csomor 1, Dunakeszi 1, Erd 1, Gyomro 2, Kozarmisleny 1, Mako 1, Nyiregyhaza 4, Szeged 3, Szolnok 1, Toalmas 1, Vacegres 1)
Ireland: 9 (Dublin 5, Kerry 1, West Region 1, Wicklow 2)
Italy: 85 (Agrate Brianza 1, Arizgnano 1, Bellinzago Lombardo 1, Bergamo 12, Bosiso Parini 2, Brescia 3, Busto Garolfo 1, Cassano D’Adda 1, Casteggio 1, Cervia 1, Cesano-Maderno 1, Chignolo D’Isola 1, Como 1, Cordignano 2, Cuneo 1, Forli 1, Lissone 1, Lomagna 1, Lonigo 3, Magre 1, Mantova 1, Mason Vicentino 1, Milan 2, Modena 3, Monza 1, Negrar 1, Noventa Padovana 1, Paderno Dugnano 1, Padua 13, Pisa 1, Prato 1, Prevalle 1, Ravenna 3, Rimini 1, Rome 2, Sassuolo 1, Seregno 2, Solbiate Olona 1, Veneto 1, Verona 1, Vicenza 5, Vidigulfo 2, Vittorio Veneto 2)
Latvia: 3 (Riga 3)
Liechtenstein: 1 (Triesenberg 1)
Moldova: 1 (Kishinev 1)
Netherlands: 7 (Amsterdam 5, Beek 1, Velsebroek 1)
Portugal: 1 (Lisbon 1)
Romania: 1 (Chendu 1)
Spain: 28 (Alicante 2, Barcelona 4, Burgos 1, Elda 1, Madrid 14, Torrent 2, Valencia 4)
Sweden: 11 (Arlov 1, Limhamn 2, Stockholm 8)
Switzerland: 9 (Basel 1, Geneva 1, Immensee 1, Lausanne 1, Melida 1, Morbio Inferiore 1, Sant’Antonino 1, Ticino 1, Zurich 1)
Turkey: 2 (Istanbul 2)
Ukraine: 3 (Kharkiv 1, Kiev 2)
UNITED KINGDOM
England: 128 (Birmingham 6, Bridgewater 1, Clevedon 1, East Grinstead 89, Felbridge 1, Forest Row 1, Gosport 1, Littlehampton 1, London 12, Manchester 2, Plymouth 1, Poole 5, Sharpthorne 1, Sunderland 2, Tilbury 1, Tunbridge Wells 1, Twickenham 1, Wimborne 1)
Scotland: 2 (Edinburgh 2)
ANZO
Australia: 132 (Ascot Vale 1, Avondale Heights 2, Benowa 1, Brisbane 1, Canberra 3, Chatswood 25, Croydon Park 1, Dundas Valley 1, Flemington 1, Fremantle 1, Glenwood 2, Greenacre 1, Hurlstone Park 1, Innisfail 1, Melbourne 28, Moss Vale 1, Newport 1, Perth 4, Sydney 56)
New Zealand: 12 (Auckland 11, Hamilton 1)
MIDDLE EAST
Israel: 30 (Herzliya 1, Kiryat Yam 2, Matan 2, Mazkeret Batya 1, Petach Tikva 4, Rehovot 1, Rishon Lezion 4, Savyon 1, Tel Aviv 13, Tzora 1)
United Arab Emirates: 2 (Abu Dhabi 1, Dubai 1)
AFRICA
Morocco: 1 (Casablanca 1)
Namibia: 1 (Windhoek)
Nigeria: 2 (Ibadan 1, Lagos 1)
South Africa: 89 (Cape Town 3, Durban 1, Gauteng 1, Johannesburg 62, Kensington 9, Kyalami 1, Midrand 3, Oakdene 1, Pretoria 5, Randburg 1, Sandton 1, Soweto 1)
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Argentina: 8 (Buenos Aires 7, Patagonia 1)
Aruba: 1 (Oranjestad 1)
Brazil: 11 (Gravata 1, Recife 1, Santo Andre 1, Sao Paulo 8)
Chile: 2 (Santiago 2)
Colombia: 42 (Bogota 39, Cali 2, Medellin 1)
Costa Rica: 31 (Alajuela 1, Heredia 3, La Fortuna 1, San Carlos 1, San Jose 24, San Mateo 1)
Ecuador: 18 (Guayaquil 1, Ibarra 1, Quito 15, Santa Cruz Island 1)
Guatemala: 2 (Guatemala City 2)
Haiti: 3 (Port-au-Prince 3)
Honduras: 1 (San Pedro Sula 1)
Panama: 4 (Panama City 4)
Peru: 1 (Lima 1)
Puerto Rico: 8 (Corozal 1, Dorado 1, Guaynabo 1, Isla Verde 1, San Juan 4)
Venezuela: 30 (Caracas 13, Coro 1, Maracaibo 11, Valencia 5)
ASIA
China: 1 (Tianjin 1)
India: 8 (Indore 1, Kolkata 1, New Delhi 6)
Japan: 35 (Ashiya 1, Chiba 2, Fukuoka 1, Hamamatsu 2, Hayama 1, Hitachi 1, Ibaraki 2, Kawasaki 5, Kobe 1, Miki 2, Osaka 2, Shizuoka 3, Tokyo 11, Tsukuba 1)
Kazakhstan: 8 (Almaty 2, Kostany 2, Nur-Sultan 4)
Malaysia: 3 (Ipoh 2, Petaling Jaya 1)
Philippines: 3 (Las Pinas 2, Manila 1)
Taiwan: 251 (Changhua 4, Changzhi 1, Chiayi 14, Fengyuan 1, Kaohsiung 88, Nantou County 2, New Tapei City 12, Pingtung 3, Taichung 59, Tainan 26, Taipei 32, Taitung 1, Taoyuan City 5, Yilan 2, Yunlin County 1
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Jon Atack and Karen de la Carriere
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“If we don’t know how to date accurately, we are soon going to have a case which isn’t producing any tone arm action. Well, there’s the importance of dating. The greatest importance of dating is accuracy. Now, this doesn’t mean accuracy down to the last microsecond. You can still do approximate dating. Of course, it makes my brains creek a little bit when somebody says 10.5 trillion trillion years to me. I can see this enormous span, don’t you see, of the life term of this planet, according to modern science, can be dropped into that date at random! Approximately 10.5 trillion trillion years ago. You could just drop this solar system’s whole history, you see, into that date several times and never miss it! Well, is it 10.51? 10.52? Oh, my God. Do you know what you’ve got there? The difference between 10.51 trillion trillion years ago, and 10.52 trillion trillion years ago? You go figure it out some time, and you see what I mean. That’s a lot of years. Vast panorama. And your brain will go ‘creak’ underneath this sort of thing.” — L. Ron Hubbard, July 17, 1963
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“The watches have been worrying about submarines and radio messages. The radio message was a call to all ships for weather data and barometer readings from Radio Marseille. The ‘sub’ seen on radar yesterday appearing at 5.5 miles, 15 minutes later vanishing at 6 and then much later reappearing at 15 miles and vanishing was probably a whale. They hang around here, what few there are left in the world.” — The Commodore, July 17, 1969
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“There is a three person team who are continually attacking productive people in the FreeZone. They know who they are. They feel like it’s productive to publicly attack and invalidate people who are productive and getting people up the bridge. Their only product is upset.”
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1999: U.S. Representative Mary Bono is speaking out about Scientology’s relationship with her late husband, Sonny Bono. From the Washington Post: “Since her election to the House, Rep. Mary Bono (R-Calif.) has gotten two visits from emissaries of the Church of Scientology, including one from well-known church adherent John Travolta. The California Republican’s late husband was a devotee of Scientology, but church officials did not find a receptive audience in Mary Bono. Bono tells George magazine that Sonny Bono ultimately became disenchanted with the church. ‘Sonny did try to break away at one point, and they made it very difficult for him,’ the congresswoman says. Bono says she told the Scientologists who visited her House office that she will deal with any ‘legitimate concern’ they have. A church official denied to the magazine that there had been any estrangement with Sonny Bono.”
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“When you get to the end of OT 8 he tells you that everything up until then was a BIG WHOOPS. Sorry kids, I had it wrong all along, but now I’m on the right road to total freedom. Wheeeeeeee!”
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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker
Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Next hearing set for August 9. Trial tentatively scheduled for early November.
— Jay and Jeff Spina, Medicare fraud: Jay sentenced to 9 years in prison. Jeff’s sentencing to be scheduled.
— Hanan and Rizza Islam and other family members, Medi-Cal fraud: Pretrial conference August 21 in Los Angeles
— David Gentile, GPB Capital, fraud: Next pretrial conference set for Sept 9.
Civil litigation:
— Luis and Rocio Garcia v. Scientology: Oral arguments were heard on July 30 at the Eleventh Circuit
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’ Petition to US Supreme Court submitted on May 26. Scientology responded on June 25.
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson: California Supreme Court granted review on May 26 and asked the Second Appellate Division to direct Judge Steven Kleifield to show cause why he granted Scientology’s motion for arbitration. Oral arguments scheduled for Oct 5.
— Matt and Kathy Feschbach tax debt: Eleventh Circuit ruled on Sept 9 that Feshbachs can’t discharge IRS debt in bankruptcy. Dec 17: Feshbachs sign court judgment obliging them to pay entire $3.674 million tax debt, plus interest from Nov 19.
— Brian Statler Sr v. City of Inglewood: Third amended complaint filed, trial set for Nov 9, 2021.
— Author Steve Cannane defamation trial: Trial concluded, Cannane victorious, awarded court costs. Case appealed on Dec 24.
Concluded litigation:
— Dennis Nobbe, Medicare fraud, PPP loan fraud: Charged July 29. Bond revoked Sep 14. Nobbe dead, Sep 14.
— Jane Doe v. Scientology (in Miami): Jane Doe dismissed the lawsuit on May 15 after the Clearwater Police dropped their criminal investigation of her allegations.
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THE PROSECUTION OF DANNY MASTERSON
We first broke the news of the LAPD’s investigation of Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson on rape allegations in 2017, and we’ve been covering the story every step of the way since then. At this page we’ve collected our most important links, including our four days in Los Angeles covering the preliminary hearing and its ruling, which has Danny facing trial and the potential sentence of 45 years to life in prison.
After the success of their double-Emmy-winning, three-season A&E series ‘Scientology and the Aftermath,’ Leah Remini and Mike Rinder continue the conversation on their podcast, ‘Scientology: Fair Game.’ We’ve created a landing page where you can hear all of the episodes so far.
LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH
An episode-by-episode guide to Leah Remini’s three-season, double-Emmy winning series that changed everything for Scientology watching. Originally aired from 2016 to 2019 on the A&E network, and now on Netflix.
SCIENTOLOGY’S CELEBRITIES, from A to Z
Find your favorite Hubbardite celeb at this index page — or suggest someone to add to the list!
Other links: SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Tom Cruise and dirty tricks. Scientology’s Ideal Orgs, from one end of the planet to the other. Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society. Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in a weekly series. How many have you read?
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THE WHOLE TRACK
[ONE year ago] Scientology’s antivaxx warrior Leigh Dundas unleashes another amazing Two Minutes Hate
[TWO years ago] Leah Remini’s ‘Aftermath’ nominated for another Emmy: Tell her your favorite scenes
[THREE years ago] In Colombia, Scientology’s ‘Casa Hubbard’ has a pretty interesting neighbor
[FOUR years ago] New book peels back the cover on Scientology celebs and their legendary acting coach
[FIVE years ago] VIDEO: A look inside Scientology’s program to rally Russian members after police raids
[SIX years ago] The Surviving Scientology podcast: Growing up in the Age of Miscavige
[SEVEN years ago] Texas appeals court gets Scientology leader David Miscavige out of testifying in harassment lawsuit
[EIGHT years ago] SHELLY SPEAKS: Scientology Leader’s Banished Wife Says She’ll Get Out “Only One Way”
[NINE years ago] Alexander Jentzsch’s Death Under Investigation After Unusual Responses from Scientology In-Laws
[TEN years ago] Scientology Blowout: Commenters of the Week!
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Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 2,364 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 2,869 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 2,389 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 1,409 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 1,300 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 4,607 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 2,475 days.
Carol Nyburg has not seen her daughter Nancy in 3,249 days.
Doug Kramer has not seen his parents Linda and Norm in 1,579 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 4,053 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 3,369 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 11,935 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 7,854 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 4,022 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 3,603 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 3,864 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 2,902 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 2,615 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 2,140 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 495 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 1,670 days.
Joe Reaiche has not seen his daughter Alanna Masterson in 6,221 days
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 3,370 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 3,690 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 8,545 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 3,664 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 2,020 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in 6,323 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 2,429 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 2,831 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 2,703 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 2,286 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 2,781 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 3,035 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 14,144 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on July 17, 2021 at 07:00
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