TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Could there be killer evidence proving what victims are saying about Scientology hiding in a Sci-Fi film that many Scientologists are familiar with? We were stunned when we learned the details from two people who worked on the movie. Someone get a subpoena ready! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“There are several cases on record of atheism having been altered to tolerance by dianetic processes and one case which joined a church after a release was effected. There are two cases of zealotism having abated to a sincere faith. Insanity has long constituted a considerable threat to religion. Religious terminology, when permitted to creep into the engram bank, particularly as blasphemy, causes various disturbances in the psyche, and the various religions have, throughout the duration of man as a rational being, been posed a difficult problem which can now be resolved. Dianetics not only pronounces but executes sentence upon insanity. It
makes man sane. What the world of man decrees about religion or what religion decrees about the world of man is well outside the regulation of Dianetics even though it is well within the province of dianetic studies of the activities of man.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1950
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“Apparently transfers from the Galley without apprenticeship or replacement and Quadruple hatting the food purchaser so he simply used the food chandler ashore are some of the obvious whys back of the sudden recent drop in food quality. The WHYs being advertised are the wrong whys — low allocation is a wrong why. The food isn’t kept to allocation and has become VERY expensive for very low quality due to using a chandler. This would not remedy the increased allocation as the allocation is already not followed. Advertising this as the why or remedying it will not restore food quality.” — L. Ron Hubbard, August 12, 1971
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“SURVEY: A great job was done in the E/R, by D/Capt, Ship’s Rep and 1st Mate and others in passing the survey. Possibly we even get our Lloyd’s Yacht Class. We are a yacht by registry. A Lloyds yacht class is different and useful. But true enough, in dismantling working installations for survey and reassembly, when we tried to start up one engine just wouldn’t start. A valve had been reversed! And an injector bleed valve was leaking. Two tugs were on hand as a precaution. Our E/R guys put it right quickly. Must have been an awful shock to push the starting lever and have nothing happen. That’s how it goes when working installations get dismantled!” — The Commodore, August 12, 1970
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“Currently, most of the world has been ordered to shut down. People are told to stay in their homes and no go out. Freedom curtailed. Told not to touch others. Told there is a pandemic and millions may die, Driving people down the tone scale to Fear. Deprived of income due to no work. Financial problems. Heavy fines (in some countries such as Australia) in the thousands if one is caught outside of home without a ‘justifiable’ reason. Penalty for Being. Media and news channels constantly emitting a barrage of bad news on deaths and how bad it is and the favourite phrase to imply agreement and stick all at the same level, ‘We are all in this together.’ Enforced agreement. These are the hallmarks of driving people PTS. This means that the driving force behind this must be an SP or group of SPs. Just knowing this can de-PTS someone who is familiar with the technology. One does NOT have to go into agreement with this socially enforced culture.”
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1997: Robert Vaughn Young posted a description of the harassing calls he has been receiving from Scientology recently. “‘Maureen’ She was a fascinating combo, saying she was calling from Connecticut. She said that she saw I was commenting on the rude calls and she wasn’t going to be rude (the voice had that reassurance of the nurse who tells you the shot won’t hurt just before she hits you with that horse needle) but she had been asked to call me. In that now-now voice, she reassured me she wasn’t afraid of me and that I shouldn’t be afraid of her but I should just calm down. She ended up telling me I sounded PTS III. An anonymous message from someone who talks through their nose with a twinge of New England accent, telling me something about committing overts. ‘Jerrod/Gerrod’ He calls me and says he used to work in the GO with me. I didn’t know no Jerrod/Gerrod. Where, I ask? When? No reply. He just goes into some spiel about my overts, talking as if he either has had too much to drink or didn’t put his teeth in his mouth. He mumbles on, in a pattern that is so routine now that it is apparent that the drilling is ghastly! So I tell him that if he is going to lie to me and not reply, no go, and I hang up. ‘Joe’ The guy calls up asking for Stacy and tries a local angle, wanting to talk to her. Oh, I say, where do you live? Uhhh….the Alki, he says quickly. (The Alki is a beach up the road.) Well, what’s your phone number so she can call you back? Uhhh…never mind! Hangs up. Anonymous – This guy left a message telling me to stop committing overts and something else but his TRs were so bad and it was such a bad connection that I didn’t even listen to the rest of it. ‘John Goddard’ Better but too rote and too arrogant. He obviously had been given a script and HE WAS GOING TO RUN IT! Oh, I could just see his report later how he delivered this scathing attack but you know what it sounded like? Some fast-talking late-night cable show where they are pushing make-money-easy schemes. ‘Allen/Alan’ – Now this guy was pretty good. We almost had a comm cycle! But he let me control it too much when we started to talk about the psych drug Vistaril found in LRH’s blood stream so he had to blow. I don’t remember his name but this one was so bad! He comes on and says how I said blah-blah in the SP Times. No, I didn’t, I say. Oh, you didn’t? Nope. Well, he said, then you said blah-blah. No, I didn’t, I said. Oh, you didn’t? Nope. Look, I said, why don’t you go get the paper and read what parts you want to talk about, okay? Oh, okay, he said. Never heard from him again.”
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“Refusal to accept one’s own mortality and a belief by humans that they are something more than just another species of animal is what drives this insanity.”
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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker
Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Sentenced to 30 years to life on Sep 7, 2023. Appeal now fully briefed, oral arguments scheduled for June 25. Masterson has also submitted a habeas corpus petition.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Pleaded guilty on Nov 10 to a 17-year prison sentence. Now serving time in state prison.
— Aaron Matthes charged for SA of child under 12 years old: OT Scientologist facing multiple mandatory life sentences. Next pretrial court hearing set for June 19.
Civil litigation:
— Leah Remini v. Scientology, alleging ‘Fair Game’ harassment and defamation: Some defamation claims were removed by Judge Hammock. Judge Hammock’s ruling is on appeal, which is now fully briefed. Oral arguments hearing set for July 23.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’ 15 days of arbitration completed, Val waiting for further word from the IJC.
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson. Judge Upindra Kalra’s ruling denying Scientology’s motion to strike upheld on appeal. Scientology expected to file additional petitions before case can return to Kalra’s court.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration. Trial has been set for January 10, 2028.
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Other links: The prosecution of Danny Masterson. Leah Remini’s Fair Game Podcast. Leah Remini’s A&E Series. Scientology’s Celebrities, from A to Z. Bryan Seymour’s suppressed series, 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] A new book about Scientology is coming, and we have the introduction
[TWO years ago] LA Mayor Karen Bass boosts Mr. Scientology, Tom Cruise, on world’s biggest stage
[THREE years ago] PODCAST: When the ‘Brothers Broken’ lured David Miscavige to their Hollywood celeb blowout!
[FOUR years ago] A shaky day handling life and death at Scientology’s Hollywood Celebrity Centre
[FIVE years ago] Scientology in England faces huge tax bills on its properties, and keeps failing to evade them
[SIX years ago] Valerie Haney’s suit against Scientology back to square one after court setback
[SEVEN years ago] My brother, the Scientologist: Trying to bridge the gap when Hubbardism is in the way
[EIGHT years ago] If Scientology is hurting, have its ‘expansion’ plans slowed down? Here’s our assessment
[NINE years ago] Garcia case update: Has Judge Whittemore managed to fill a Scientology arbitrating panel?
[TEN years ago] Former workers file EEOC complaints saying Grant Cardone forced Scientology on them
[ELEVEN years ago] Scenes from the increasingly desperate straits Scientology finds itself in
[TWELVE years ago] Mark Bunker: Clearwater is being pressured to knuckle under to Scientology (again)
[THIRTEEN years ago] THIS IS THE SOUND OF SCIENTOLOGY’S FORCED DISCONNECTION
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Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,718 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,222 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,728 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,278 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,654 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,149 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,455 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,104 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,322 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,876 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,217 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,788 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,704 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,871 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,457 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,716 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,464 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,033 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,344 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,519 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,201 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,538 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,391 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,507 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,869 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,668 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,552 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,127 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,628 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,888 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,992 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on August 12, 2026 at 07:00
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