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Last month, Bruce Hines shared with us his gripping story of escaping from Scientology with a risky flight from New York. Today he takes us back a few years, to his lowest point in the Sea Org, Scientology’s dedicated corps that requires its members to sign billion-year contracts, and its notorious prison program, the RPF. We’ve heard about the Sea Org’s RPF before, but in this piece Bruce wants us to understand how Scientology’s policies work on the mind, and to help us understand how it can truly be a “prison of belief.” We hope you give it the attention it deserves. Continue reading How Scientology broke my spirit with its insidious methods of thought reform
Since Scientology’s private cruise ship the Freewinds had its wings clipped when the pandemic hit, the church has only increased the flood of propaganda being sent to Scientologists, begging them to come to the ship, which has been stuck in port in Aruba since March 2020. Continue reading Crazy fun on Scientology’s private cruise ship in the Caribbean, still tied to the dock
[Luis Garcia and his attorney Ted Babbitt]On November 2, a California appeals court will hear oral arguments in the lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s rape accusers, who allege that they have been subjected to years of harassment by Masterson and the Church of Scientology. Continue reading Luis Garcia steps in to help Danny Masterson’s accusers: Scientology ‘arbitration’ is corrupt
Chris Shelton continues his look into a new academic volume, an issue of the journal Implicit Religion dedicated to Scientology. Here’s his previous piece. Continue reading Is it really possible to study Scientology and ignore the people who were damaged by it?
[Kathleen Jenkins today]Late Friday night, a woman named Kathleen Jenkins made a startling claim on Twitter. Responding to a tweet that Bobette Riales had posted in 2017, Jenkins said that she too had been raped by Danny Masterson and had been too afraid to talk about it. Continue reading New allegation: Woman says she was raped by Danny Masterson at ‘Dracula 2000’ cast party
While we were tracking down a few L. Ron Hubbard references to put some finishing touches on last week’s piece about Scientology and astronomy, we ran into something kind of unusual that we thought we’d share with you. Continue reading When L. Ron Hubbard’s Scientology followers put him on the spot about space opera
[Video still from ‘The Right to Move’]On Monday, we showed you a flier that a tipster had forwarded to us, showing that not only had one of Scientology’s sneaky front groups, Youth for Human Rights, managed to infiltrate the public school district in Broward County, Florida, but that the school district was actively helping to round up kids to take part in a video project. Continue reading Our story about Scientology front group in Broward Schools kicks up a fuss
Hey gang, we thought we had better alert you that later today there’s going to be some big news about a new cryptocurrency, and the elements coming together to create this opportunity are really exciting! Continue reading Scientology and cryptocurrency: Has there ever been a better investment opportunity?
[Illustration by Observer]On May 9, 1950, L. Ron Hubbard began what would become the Scientology movement by publishing his bestseller, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. For the next three and a half decades he oversaw Scientology’s growth. Then, on January 24, 1986, Hubbard died in seclusion on a ranch near Creston, California. In the intervening time, Hubbard had been the absolute ruler of Scientology for 13,045 days. Continue reading 13,046 DAYS: David Miscavige goes ahead of L. Ron Hubbard as leader of Scientology
Scientology’s boarding school The Delphian in Oregon — where wealthy Scientologists send their kids for indoctrination in the L. Ron Hubbard way and also where the church recruits for the Sea Org — has been in the news here at the Bunker a couple of times recently. Continue reading He was a student and teacher at Scientology’s elite boarding schools: Now he’s dishing
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