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Andreas Heldal-Lund, who stared down Scientology, now faces his own mortality

Several weeks ago, our old friend Andreas Heldal-Lund messaged us with some unpleasant news. A tumor in his brain turns out to be a particularly aggressive form of cancer. He has been told he has another year or two, depending on how treatments […]

Here are Scientology’s new motions to force arbitration in the Valeska Paris case

Once again, Scientology has filed its motions asking a federal court in Tampa to derail a major new labor trafficking lawsuit against the church by forcing it into Scientology’s own brand of “religious […]

The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see, Episode 3: Carol Nyburg

[Carol, when she was the friendly face at Flag]

In 2016, the A&E Network had filmed and edited an eight-episode series about Scientology that has never […]

Pete’s journey: The long, scary bus ride from active Scientologist to active protester

[Pete Griffiths, emceeing ‘Dublin Offlines 2012.’ Photo by Lisa Tiffany.]

The bus journey from County Mayo to Dublin takes about three and a half hours and I am on the back seat pondering my insane decision. What am I doing? What am I thinking? These people are dangerous. Scientology comes after its critics to lie about […]

Academics line up to help Scientology gaslight the US Supreme Court

On January 19, when a California appeals court stunned the Scientology-watching world with its ruling that restored Bixler v. Scientology, the lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s accusers, we spent considerable time reporting on how much the court’s ruling made a major distinction about how this case was […]

Elisabeth Moss declines Valerie Haney’s nomination as arbitrator, says Scientology

[Valerie Haney and Elisabeth Moss]

Valerie Haney has finally heard back from Scientology’s “International Justice Chief,” a Sea Org official named Mike Ellis, who has informed her that Elisabeth Moss has turned down the opportunity to serve as an arbitrator in Valerie’s “religious […]

PODCAST: Marc Headley answers the question, would a Scientologist lie about Xenu?

[Tommy Scherer and his old friend, Marc ‘Scientology Jesus’ Headley]

On August 8, we posted a couple of videos for your consumption. One of them featured some young kids showing off their Scientology indoctrination at the Dublin Ideal […]

Danny Masterson lawyers telling tales of woe ahead of October rape trial: Another strategy?

[Danny Masterson’s defense attorneys, Shawn Holley and Philip Cohen]

A week ago this morning, Danny Masterson’s criminal defense attorneys Shawn Holley and Philip Cohen went into the courtroom of Judge Charlaine Olmedo and told tales of […]

EXCLUSIVE: An eyewitness account of the place where Scientology is keeping Shelly Miscavige

[A drone’s-eye view of the Twin Peaks compound, first published here in 2017]

Bruce Hines has another terrific narrative for us, this time about his trip to a place very few people in Scientology ever got to visit. It’s a small compound in the San Bernardino Mountains where, years after Bruce’s visit, Shelly Miscavige was sent […]

The best TV show on Scientology you never got to see, Episode 2: Derek Bloch