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[Pat Broeker gives a lip-smacking performance]On Friday, January 24, 1986, L. Ron Hubbard, then 74 years old, went to his reward after suffering a stroke at the Creston, California ranch where he’d been hiding out for several years. Three days later, the top management of Scientology gathered Sea Org, staff, and public members of the organization at the Hollywood Palladium in order to announce the news of Hubbard’s death, which up to that point they had successfully managed to keep from the press. Continue reading 30 years ago today: ‘L. Ron Hubbard discarded the body he had used in this lifetime’
Australian television journalist Bryan Seymour posted something interesting to his Facebook page yesterday, so we asked him for the back story. Continue reading Bryan Seymour challenges Scientology’s ‘Freedom’ magazine to show itself
[Judge Edward Chen]In April, we told you that a new class-action lawsuit had been filed with two initial plaintiffs against Scientology’s drug rehab “Narconon” networks in California. Then, in August, we brought you a startling update — Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco had called for a trial to settle a disagreement in the lawsuit before it could go any further. Continue reading For a class-action lawsuit against Scientology’s rehab network, a setback in California
Thirty years ago today, this planet lost a singular individual to parts unknown. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard had lived one of the most unique lives in history. He had literally created his own personal navy from crew members who signed pledges to serve him for a billion years. He convinced thousands of people that they could become gods by paying him large sums of money and ridding themselves of invisible sentient entities. He had become fabulously rich at the same time that he had spent the last ten years of his life mostly in hiding and fearing that he’d be arrested or sued. Continue reading On the 30th anniversary of L. Ron Hubbard’s galaxial soul ejection, an obit by an old friend
One of our very helpful readers let us know that he had the new Impact magazine and wanted to let us in on this year’s parade of whales that we look forward to each year. Continue reading Whale watching, 2016 edition: Who’s keeping Scientology afloat?
We have some major stories coming for you soon. In the meantime, we wanted you to know that Scientology is having an open house! Yes, a week from today, our friends in Clearwater, Florida have the opportunity to visit the fastest growing church in the world to see how they do it. Continue reading Here’s your chance to meet the Sea Org at Scientology’s open house next week
We’re getting yet closer to that big anniversary — 30 years since L. Ron Hubbard shuffled off this mortal coil to surf the galaxy in thetan form — and so we’re still looking back through our files to remember the Great Thetan in his time. Continue reading When L. Ron Hubbard tried to convince the BBB that Scientology was raking it in
For a few years, we’ve been telling you that Scientology is in a poorly way. Many different sources of evidence suggest that the 65-year-old movement has been suffering from a mass exodus of longtime, loyal members. Many others remain in the group but hold back from participating as they react to leader David Miscavige’s ever-increasing desperation in the form of hard-sell begging for donations. Continue reading The Church of Scientology of Latter-Day Dolts: Video evidence of the fall
We’re nearing another big anniversary — 30 years since the Great Thetan, L. Ron Hubbard, dropped his material body — and so we’ve been looking through our files for material about the man that isn’t already picked over. We have something pretty nice and never posted online for the anniversary itself. But along the way we also found some items we thought you’d like to see. Continue reading When the feds tracked down L. Ron Hubbard’s boast about getting rich by creating a religion
With the hundreds of former Scientologist employees and Sea Org members who have come out and told their stories in recent years, you might think there was no one left who has ditched the organization and is still holding onto crucial information. There are, in fact, quite a few, and we keep an eye on them, hoping that they’ll get around to spilling their secrets. But these days, with social media, it’s getting hard for them to keep quiet, at least about their day to day activities. Continue reading Stalked in New Orleans cemetery: Scientology’s secretive defectors getting more open
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