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Scientology drug rehab policy: Get the sexual assaulter out of state before police arrive

 In the many lawsuits filed against Scientology’s drug rehab network Narconon in recent years, the allegation is often made that the facilities are not as safe as advertised. Not only have sexual assaults been reported, but some lawsuits have alleged that Narconon staff — who are often just recent “graduates” of the program themselves — []

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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 []

Five months later, Ponzi schemer and Scientologist Reed Slatkin is still dead

 In 2008, the website Business Pundit listed Scientologist Reed Slatkin’s Ponzi scheme as the 8th worst in all []

‘Babywatch,’ day one: Lisa McPherson raves out by Scientology’s holiest swimming pool

[The cabanas of the Fort Harrison Hotel facing Osceola Avenue]

After spending several hours at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Florida, Lisa McPherson arrived at the Fort Harrison Hotel late on a Saturday night, and already some questionable decisions were being made about her care. []

Lisa McPherson’s last opportunity for standard care ended 20 years ago today

 Joe McDonald was angry. A paramedic tried to calm him down, but he looked at the damage done to his boat’s motor and he stared menacingly at the woman who had been so oblivious that she’d driven her red Jeep right into it. []

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

Twenty years ago today, at three in the morning, Brenda Hubert woke up in her Orlando hotel room to find her roommate, Lisa McPherson, sitting on her, holding her arms []

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

 Lisa McPherson woke up the morning of November 16, 1995 looking like hell. She had hardly got any sleep overnight in her Orlando hotel room, which she was sharing with her friend and fellow AMC Publishing employee, Brenda Hubert. []

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

 Twenty years ago today, on Wednesday, November 15, 1995, Lisa McPherson and her friend Brenda Hubert drove from Clearwater, Florida to Orlando and checked into a hotel. Lisa had not slept much the night before, so she went up to her room for a nap while other employees of AMC Publishing were still []

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

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

 Marc Headley remembers where he was and what he was doing because David Miscavige, the leader of Scientology, was spitting obscenities about, of all things, the bad teeth belonging to Marc’s stepfather. []

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

 Right around this day twenty years ago, Dallas resident Fannie McPherson, who was then 70 years old, had her last telephone conversation with her 36-year-old daughter []