Tony Ortega | The Underground Bunker

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.) [Header image courtesy John Rickard]

Elisabeth Moss in this week’s ‘Handmaid’ sure sounded like FBI testimony about Scientology

Numerous outlets have raised questions about actress Elisabeth Moss, a born-in Scientologist, playing the character Offred in the Hulu television series adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale, which portrays an oppressive near-future dystopia. […]

To whet your appetite for season 2, A&E airing 2-hour ‘Leah Remini’ special on Memorial Day

Leah Remini and Mike Rinder are hard at work preparing season 2 of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. But in the meantime, A&E wanted to tide you over, and so the team has put together a 2-hour special that will look back at where Scientology has been and how it’s been exposed in the […]

San Diego on Saturday: Psych-busting and Scientology hip hop!

Hey, San Diego, the Scientologists are coming […]

As Leah Remini’s next season approaches, Scientology posts more videos saying she’s rude

[Scientology’s next set of meat shields]

Four years ago, Jenna Miscavige Hill published Beyond Belief, her book about growing up in the Church of Scientology and then leaving it, and what it was like to be the niece of Scientology’s dictatorial ruler, David Miscavige. […]

DRONE FLYOVER: An even closer look at where Scientology is keeping Shelly Miscavige

The anonymous drone pilot just had to go back for a closer look. […]

With its Mexico City project halted, Scientology fans out across town to promote its pablum

Scientology’s “Advanced Org” project in Mexico City was shut down by local politicians when neighbors complained. Rod Keller has been keeping an eye on developments for us […]

Scientology’s casting calls get nuttier all the time. Who would you hire to fill them?

From time to time, our tipsters send us casting notices for Scientology films and commercials, which never fail to make us […]

One of Scientology’s most secretive temples is offering a rare look inside on Monday

Scientology may be shrinking, and it may be having a harder time finding new celebrity members, but there’s one thing that the church is still the undisputed champion […]

On probation and his house of horrors shut down, Tennessee Scientologist talks up Mexico

[Marc Vallieres]

There’s been a lot of press coverage, much of it confused, about a collection of mental health facilities in Cannon County, Tennessee that was run by Scientologists and was housing people who were being held against their will. […]

Nazanin Boniadi’s FBI testimony: Cast as Tom Cruise’s girlfriend by Scientology

In Alex Gibney’s 2015 documentary Going Clear, the director narrates the story of Scientologist actress Nazanin Boniadi, who was selected in late 2004 by the church for a special project: To be girlfriend to actor Tom Cruise. As he begins that narration, Gibney says that the story is backed up by FBI […]

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