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On the 8th anniversary of the Anonymous protests, more signs of Scientology’s desperation

Eight years ago today, the Internet grew feet. We remember very well how surprising it was that Anonymous, which had vowed to bring down Scientology the month before over its attempt to censor a leaked Tom Cruise interview video, showed up in the form of young people wearing Guy Fawkes masks at Scientology orgs around […]

Here’s your chance to meet the Sea Org at Scientology’s open house next week

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 […]

Stalked in New Orleans cemetery: Scientology’s secretive defectors getting more open

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 […]

Scientology’s apocalyptic ‘expansion’: A hint at the real story in a Brighton shiny moment

A number of our readers noticed that Scientology has been putting out gushing news about its unstoppable “expansion” in press releases that show up in the oddest places, like in a piece masquerading as a story that showed up in Digital Journal and in Jim Cramer’s news website The Street. We have to wonder at […]

Strange scenes from the Moscow hearing that banned Scientology yesterday

Yesterday, some of our commenters seemed confused that your proprietor wasn’t celebrating the news coming out of Russia that a Moscow city court had called for Scientology to be banned and its Ideal Org in that city to be shut down within six months. (Scientology vowed to […]

Moscow orders banning of Scientology in ongoing dispute, church vows to appeal

We asked our man in Europe, British journalist Jonny Jacobsen, to make some sense of the news coming out of Russia today, where the government has repeatedly tried to ban or dissolve Scientology. But if anything, Scientology is dying less slowly in Russia than it is arguably anywhere in the world, and the government’s tactics […]

Scenes from the divorce of the second marriage that L. Ron Hubbard never had

As you can probably imagine, things here in the Underground Bunker are rather hectic, and in order for a new story to pop up every day, a lot happens behind the scenes that doesn’t necessarily get reflected in what we present to our […]

Up next for Scientology: Sending out Tom Cruise to put on a grand performance?

Former Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder has a great new post at his blog this morning, and in it he predicts what Scientology leader David Miscavige may do in response to “Hurricane Leah,” the media storm that is still raging after Leah Remini’s book Troublemaker was published on […]

Leah Remini dishes on Scientology — Live-blogging the ABC 20/20 special

What a day it’s already been as the community at the Underground Bunker prepares for tonight’s big event. As we wait for Leah Remini’s interview with ABC’s Dan Harris, bits and pieces have leaked out, only whetting our […]

Troublemakers: The women who won’t keep quiet about Scientology

We’re just back from what turned out to be an incredible day here in Adelaide. Not only was it a big day here at the Underground Bunker with our big Leah Remini scoop, but we also had an event to put on here in this South Australian capital, and it was great. Our thanks to […]

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