TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Readers know that we enjoy plunging into founder L. Ron Hubbard’s voluminous Scientology lectures searching for treasure. And we wondered, what had Ron ever said about Halloween? We did a search and found paydirt: another one of those times when Ron really gave the game away. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“Where a preclear is getting no reality on mock-ups or blackness, he is most commonly stuck in that ParaScientological thing, that thing horribly abhorred by psychologists who have become Dianeticists, or by people who are just plain scared: a past death. If you wanted to convince somebody that past deaths exist, you would run End of Cycle Processing on them. This is a cousin process to the Remedy of Havingness. One could go a very long distance with this process and have the preclear mock up his mother dead, have her waste away to bones, and remedy havingness with the dust, or do this with the dust, or do this with the father or brothers, or grandparents, with a considerable change in the case.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1972
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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 as Danny faces a potential sentence of 45 years to life in prison. NOW WITH TRIAL INDEX.
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THE PODCAST: How many have you heard?
[1] Marc Headley [2] Claire Headley [3] Jeffrey Augustine [4] Bruce Hines [5] Sunny Pereira [6] Pete Griffiths [7] Geoff Levin [8] Patty Moher [9] Marc Headley [10] Jefferson Hawkins [11] Michelle ‘Emma’ Ryan [12] Paulette Cooper [13] Jesse Prince [14] Mark Bunker [15] Jon Atack [16] Mirriam Francis [17] Bruce Hines on MSH
— SPECIAL: The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see
[1] Phil Jones [2] Derek Bloch [3] Carol Nyburg [4] Katrina Reyes [5] Jamie DeWolf
— The first Danny Masterson trial and beyond
[18] Trial special with Chris Shelton [19] Trial week one [20] Marc Headley on the spy in the hallway [21] Trial week two [22] Trial week three [23] Trial week four [24] Leah Remini on LAPD Corruption [25] Mike Rinder 2022 Thanksgiving Special [26] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part One [27] Jane Doe 4 (Tricia Vessey), Part Two [28] Claire Headley on the trial [29] Tory Christman [30] Bruce Hines on spying [31] Karen de la Carriere [32] Ron Miscavige on Shelly Miscavige [33] Karen de la Carriere on the L’s [34] Mark Bunker on Miscavige hiding [35] Mark Plummer [36] Mark Ebner [37] Karen Pressley [38] Steve Cannane [39] Fredrick Brennan [40] Clarissa Adams [41] Louise Shekter [42] John Sweeney [43] Tory Christman [44] Kate Bornstein [45] Christian Stolte [46] Mark Bunker [47] Jon Atack [48] Luke Y. Thompson [49] Mark Ebner [50] Bruce Hines [51] Spanky Taylor and Karen Pressley [51] Geoff and Robbie Levin [52] Sands Hall [53] Jonny Jacobsen [54] Sandy Holeman [55] Mark Bunker [56] Trish and Liz Conley [57] Trish Conley [58] Alex Barnes-Ross [59] Alex Barnes-Ross [60] Alex Barnes-Ross [61] Alex Barnes-Ross [62] Alex Barnes-Ross [63] Alex Barnes-Ross [64] Tory Christman [65] Tammy Synovec [66] Dennis Erlich [67] Alex Barnes-Ross [68] Valerie Ross [69] Kat in Austin [70] Mark Bunker [71] Phil Jones
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“You got a pc who isn’t ARC breaky and you now feel happy about the thing and you can go on auditing and find out what is wrong. This is to get him back into the realm of the living. So you see, that’s a valuable thing to know. If that fails you, well, you’ve always got suicide. You could propose that to the pc. That would solve his problems. ‘R2-45’ by its various . . various other techniques. So don’t think that you just have this one technique to fall back on. Now, that’s a valuable thing to know, that you can probably desensitize the situation . . that is to say, you can resensitize the meter by running the goal.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 31, 1961
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“A person found on a post who is not fully hatted is liable to ethics action. Awareness of the scene does not seem to exist in the absence of hatting. Thus unhatted persons look sort of blind. Mystery on post equals mystery of environment. You see this as a sort of frightened no confidence. I think hatting even changes eyesight. We ought to test it out. We already know that unhatted people get hurt more than hatted people. We know overts stem from misunderstoods. And we know running overts changes eyesight. it then probably follows that unhatted people couldn’t see a tiger if it was biting them! So, how to be mystified by it all and afraid — remain unhatted. But leave that to the old Catholic Church. They wanted everyone ignorant. So they would be terrified and blind? It figures. So get hatted and see.” — The Commodore, October 31, 1971
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“If we don’t do something in an organized way, Scientology may become… another Religion. World going down, zombies is the end product of this civilization. Will you take it or allow it to happen? Live in a world full of Zombies? Imagine the ideal scene: Thousands working together, thousands of aware thetans like you and me. And they all have one thing in common: A strong conviction they are immortal beings. Those are the ones I want. Aware Thetans. The world is going down fast now. We have been losing all the way. There comes a guy, says: Admin is completely out. Too few get it. Other-intentiondess, a disease worst than COVID-19. As long as I am keyed out I am going to post so You, yes You, see this and Re-cognite! Maybe new people, fresh in mind and mental vigor need to get to know Scientology. At least You can help with that.”
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1998: The Detroit Free Press carried an article this week on the Germany/Scientology debate. “By her own account, Germany’s top Scientology hunter is doing a great job. She ran the Scientologists out of the real estate market in her hometown of Hamburg. She convinced the local banks to deny Scientologists loans. And this month, the Scientology school across the border in Denmark may finally shut down. Scientologists call her ‘the new Goebbels,’ after Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, and U.S. officials have criticized her tactics. But Ursula Caberta, director of Hamburg’s anti-Scientology task force, has no plans to back down. ‘We know people working in Scientology …intend to eliminate the German state. Here, we’re trying to stop it,’ Caberta said in an interview in her office earlier this month. She offered a sweet smile. ‘In America, they obviously are much farther along.’ Caberta is one of the most influential members of a growing battalion of German officials arrayed against the Church of Scientology, a Los Angeles-based spiritual movement founded in the 1950s by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. According to Caberta, Scientology is a blueprint for world domination. It calls for the creation of a new world order, she said, in which Scientologists alone would be permitted to marry, procreate and exercise other rights. As part of their plan to ‘clear the planet,’ Caberta said, Scientologists are even breeding something like a new race. ‘In America right now, you have the second and third generations of clear and pure Scientologists, brought up entirely in Scientology schools,’ she said. Scientologists call this analysis absurd and say Caberta is drawing conclusions about the church by reading Hubbard’s science fiction. ‘We have nothing to do with political games or purposes. Nothing,’ Hackenjos said. ‘Basically we’re no different from any other religion, except for the fact that we’re a very modern religion,’ said Mary Anne Ahmad, the church’s director of special affairs in Chicago, who was working in Ann Arbor last week. ‘We were the first major religion to come out of the 20th Century.'”
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“As Claire pointed out, the whole ‘What is true for you is what you have observed yourself’ is a circular logic conundrum. It should be ‘If something isn’t true for you it’s because you have a M/U.’ I recall reading a paper by Touretzky or Kent that explained how the ‘misunderstood word’ is what everything else in Scientology revolves around. It is the key.”
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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker
Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Found guilty on two counts on May 31, remanded to custody. Sentenced to 30 years to life on Sep 7.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Next pretrial hearing May 31, 2024.
— David Gentile, GPB Capital, fraud.
Civil litigation:
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to arbitration.
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson: motion to file new complaint, hearing on May 29.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration, on hold until appeal over new judge heard.
— Chiropractors Steve Peyroux and Brent Detelich, stem cell fraud: Ordered to mediation.
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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 attack on Leah Remini’s suit: How the church responds to claims of interference
[TWO years ago] This Halloween, Scientology is up to its old tricks again
[THREE years ago] Kirstie Alley, the Scientology Celebrity Centre, and that time we lost a teenager
[FOUR years ago] The Top 25 People Enabling Scientology, No. 10: Political shills
[FIVE years ago] How ‘The Kominsky Method’ nailed it: Writer Chuck Lorre’s secret Scientology past
[SIX years ago] On sale today: Battlefield Scientology — the best of the Bunker, with Paulette Cooper!
[SEVEN years ago] Garry Scarff, 1956-2017: A complex figure and dogged researcher
[EIGHT years ago] Leah Remini reveals that she’s been stalked during production of her new TV series
[NINE years ago] Jon Atack: The ‘Axioms’ — L. Ron Hubbard’s attempt to make Scientology sound ‘sciencey’
[TEN years ago] A reminder, this Halloween, that Scientology’s tricks tear families apart
[ELEVEN years ago] Honesty in Scientology: Jefferson Hawkins Helps Us With Another Ethical Quandary
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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.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,069 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 3,564 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,079 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 3,629 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 2,619 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,005 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 2,500 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 5,804 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 3,675 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,227 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 4,568 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,135 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,054 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,222 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 4,804 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,064 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 4,100 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 3,816 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 3,380 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 1,695 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 2,870 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 4,552 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 4,890 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 9,743 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 4,858 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,220 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in 7,523 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 3,629 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,027 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 3,903 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 3,468 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 3,980 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,235 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,343 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 31, 2024 at 07:00
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The Best of the Underground Bunker, 1995-2023 Just starting out here? We’ve picked out the most important stories we’ve covered here at the Underground Bunker (2012-2023), The Village Voice (2008-2012), New Times Los Angeles (1999-2002) and the Phoenix New Times (1995-1999)
Other links: BLOGGING DIANETICS: Reading Scientology’s founding text cover to cover | UP THE BRIDGE: Claire Headley and Bruce Hines train us as Scientologists | GETTING OUR ETHICS IN: Jefferson Hawkins explains Scientology’s system of justice | SCIENTOLOGY MYTHBUSTING: Historian Jon Atack discusses key Scientology concepts | Shelly Miscavige, 15 years gone | The Lisa McPherson story told in real time | The Cathriona White stories | The Leah Remini ‘Knowledge Reports’ | Hear audio of a Scientology excommunication | Scientology’s little day care of horrors | Whatever happened to Steve Fishman? | Felony charges for Scientology’s drug rehab scam | Why Scientology digs bomb-proof vaults in the desert | PZ Myers reads L. Ron Hubbard’s “A History of Man” | Scientology’s Master Spies | The mystery of the richest Scientologist and his wayward sons | Scientology’s shocking mistreatment of the mentally ill | The Underground Bunker’s Official Theme Song | The Underground Bunker FAQ
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