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Why does Scientology lie about founder L. Ron Hubbard’s supposed war wounds?

 Veterans Day 2021 showed once again that Scientology spokespeople continue to lie about L. Ron Hubbard’s questionable war record. As the Bunker reported on November 30, Clearwater Scientology spokesperson Pat Harney put out a press release to mark Scientology’s involvement in a Veterans Day event in Clearwater. She claimed that Hubbard – a US Navy []

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Lose weight, regrow hair, and best of all, help an OT 8 donate to Scientology!

 One of our tipsters noticed that a Scientologist in Tampa was going on and on about a new business there, one that offered “body sculpting” along with some odd claims about regrowing hair. []

Scientology’s legendary ‘Liability Cruise,’ including color photos, like it was yesterday

 Janis Gillham Grady has graciously sent us an excerpt from Commodore’s Messenger, the first of her three-part history in the Sea Org as a child. (Part three is coming.) And we were pretty happy that she sent along some great color photos — they’re black and white in the book. Still looking for a gift []

Who will cry for ‘fallen artists’ like Elvis and Hemingway if not Scientology?

 We were shocked to learn that a monumental event held at Scientology’s Citizens Commission for Human Rights storefront in Clearwater, Florida — featuring an art show celebrating such major stars like Elvis Presley, Whitney Houston, and Michael Jackson — had resulted in a video that only had 31 views after nearly two []

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard in WW2: Notes from a prohibited war diary

[Shipmates: Hubbard and Nolan]

PickAnotherID is a member of the Underground Bunker community who is a veteran with expertise in military records. Previously, he documented more thoroughly than anyone ever has the extent of the Church of Scientology’s “stolen valor” concerning bogus claims about founder L. Ron Hubbard’s World War 2 record. Now he’s back with []

Irish courts issued 14,000 words on Narconon rehab: Not a single one was ‘Scientology’

 An appellate court in Ireland recently upheld a zoning decision that will allow Scientology’s Narconon network to open a new clinic it has spent millions on, rehabbing an old nursing home in the Meath County village of Ballivor. []

L. Ron Hubbard prepares his Scientology fans as he changes his ‘science’ into a ‘religion’

Looking back through Scientology’s history, as we do, we ran across an interesting announcement by L. Ron Hubbard in January 1954 that we were unfamiliar []

Before and after Jonestown Bob Dole looked into cults — so Scientology targeted him

 Former Kansas Senator Bob Dole died yesterday at the age of 98. He was a WW2 veteran, a respected lawmaker, and sought the presidency multiple times, becoming the GOP candidate in 1996, losing out to Bill Clinton’s re-election []

Twenty-six years ago today: The final hours of Lisa McPherson’s Scientology life

 We want to warn you the story we’re reprinting today is very disturbing and contains graphic descriptions that some may find difficult to deal with. Six years ago we marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Lisa McPherson by recording, in real time, the final weeks of her life. Today marks the 26th anniversary []

Scientology wants your feedback, thetan: ‘Who would you like to hear from?’

[We can’t get enough of these Scientology whales: Are they available?]

It’s your chance to help out Scientology again, dear readers. They have sent out another survey to members, asking for their feedback. And this time, it’s about who they want to see on []