Tony Ortega is a journalist who was formerly the editor of The Village Voice. He's written about Scientology since 1995, and in May 2015 released a book about Scientology's harassment of Paulette Cooper titled 'The Unbreakable Miss Lovely.' He continues to monitor breaking developments in the Scientology world from an undisclosed location in an underground bunker he shares with four cats and one of them wrinkly Shar Pei dogs. Despite his super-secret security protections, you can still reach him pretty easily by sending him a message at tonyo94 AT gmail.com (Drop him a line if you'd like to get an e-mail whenever a new story is posted.)
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[Get ready for young people having epiphanies on your TV]
It’s always fun, this time of year, to see the reactions when people unfamiliar with the idea of David Miscavige’s PR aspirations suddenly realize they’ve seen a Scientology ad on their television, and they take to Twitter to have the mother of all […]
We’re so glad to kick off 2018 with a new piece from historian Chris Owen. We think you’re really going to enjoy his look at L. Ron Hubbard’s family […]
It’s awfully cold here in New York for the new year, but we want you to start thinking about the summer solstice and consider joining us for our annual meet-up!
In 2016, we held our first “HowdyCon” meeting, and this June we’ll be going for convention number three in one of our favorite cities on the […]
Just a few hours remain in this wild year of 2017, and we have a lot to get through today before we welcome in 2018 tonight with the help of Observer and our HowdyCon poster for […]
We’re continuing to look back at 2017’s most significant stories here at the Underground Bunker and today it’s a flashback to October in our annual Scientology […]
[Eric Lieberman and Bert Deixler]
From the “you have to be kidding us” department, we have this last-minute 2017 news. A week ago, Scientology’s attorneys Eric Lieberman and Bert Deixler filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the Church of Scientology International in California.
The defendant? Laura […]
Scientology celeb Joy Villa is getting a ton of ink this week for her complaint that former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski slapped her butt inappropriately at a social gathering in November. […]
[Bob and Trish Duggan, their trophy, and David Miscavige]
We’re continuing to look back at 2017’s most significant stories here at the Underground Bunker and today it’s a flashback to July in our annual Scientology […]
[Claire and Marc Headley at HowdyCon 2017]
To our readers from the north, Happy Boxing Day! We’re continuing to look back at 2017’s most significant stories here at the Underground Bunker and today it’s a flashback to June in our annual Scientology […]
Merry Christmas! We’re continuing to look back at 2017’s most significant stories here at the Underground Bunker and today it’s a flashback to May in our annual Scientology […]
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