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Scientology tech experts review Lisa McPherson’s grim cycle of guilt and self-blame

[Claire Headley and Sunny Pereira]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Today in our lookback at Lisa McPherson 30 years later, our tech experts help us understand the bizarre Scientology exercises in self-blame she was forced to go through that helped []

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Lisa McPherson in Orlando: What her hotel roommate witnessed, and the Slaughter rule

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As we continue to look at what was happening with Lisa McPherson 30 years ago in real time, our sources help us understand why the pull her boss had as a major Scientology donor []

Tom DeVocht: Watching David Miscavige watch Lisa McPherson and her faulty ‘needle’

[Tom DeVocht, in Going Clear]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Continuing our look back at Lisa McPherson’s tragic story 30 years ago, today we have stunning testimony from Tom DeVocht, who witnessed Scientology leader David Miscavige personally intervening in Lisa’s []

Finally, free from space cooties: The new Scientology OT 7s are here!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology has put out the new list of OT 7 completions, the level that consists of you finding the last of the disembodied spirits clinging to you that are left over from a 75-million-year []

Why it was Scientology leader David Miscavige who declared Lisa McPherson ‘Clear’

[Miscavige, in 1998; photo by Robin Donina Serne]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As our lookback at Lisa McPherson’s death 30 years later continues, we examine one of the most important developments to come out about it: The direct link []

Countdown to Room 174: Remembering, in real time, Scientology’s grimmest scandal

[Lisa]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Through Dec 5, the 30th anniversary of Lisa McPherson’s tragic death, we’re going to be remembering in real time the many unusual and distressing details of her story, which remains today Scientology’s most awful []

How Scientology’s friend Pam Bondi made a problem for John Travolta go away

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: For months we’ve been pointing out how Scientology has interesting connections to the White House this term. But how does that actually benefit Scientologists? Well, we have an interesting example of that today, and []

Let them eat caviar: What Scientology’s big donors chowed down on at the IAS gala

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Alex Barnes-Ross keeps sending us good stuff from last weekend’s IAS gala, which took place at Scientology’s UK headquarters. On Saturday was the Patrons Ball, when only donors of at least $50,000 can get []

Scientology leaves Valerie Haney in limbo after 15th day of ‘arbitration’

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We told you that Valerie Haney would be going through a 15th day of ‘religious arbitration’ Friday, an unprecedented slog through this kangaroo court where Scientology sets all the rules. Now, after talking to []

Scientology piles on with amicus brief to punish Danny Masterson victims in AI mess

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology is getting some outside help with a ‘friend of the court’ letter to an appeals court weighing what to do about the AI blunder we’ve been telling you about in the lawsuit that []