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ABCMouse honcho gives Scientology another $10 million — for construction of ‘LRH Hall’

Scientology’s long planned L. Ron Hubbard Hall, an auditorium to join its ‘Flag Land Base’ in Clearwater, Florida, is still soaking up million-dollar donations from the church’s wealthy donors, and we get to see who they are in a new church []

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What Scientology doesn’t tell you about its ‘Bridge’ of courses until it’s far too late

 For some time now former Scientologist Doug Kramer has been making some very interesting videos about his experience in the church and posting them at his YouTube channel, “Dazed but not Confuzed.” []

It’s wedding bells for Scientology celeb and ‘The Walking Dead’ alum Alanna Masterson

 Just a few days ago we broke the news that Alanna Masterson had put her Los Angeles house up for sale, and now we have news of another milestone for the Scientology lifer and former The Walking Dead cast member. []

Clearwater City Council denounces ‘Cult City Tours,’ expresses shock at operator behavior

 Mark Bunker was clearly on the hot seat tonight at the Clearwater City Council meeting, and Scientology had to be loving []

Scientology’s Brent Jones & ‘Real Water’ horror: kids needed liver transplants, attorney says

 This story out of Nevada is much, much worse than you may have already heard.

We spoke with Will Kemp, the Las Vegas attorney who filed a lawsuit for a family whose child’s liver nearly failed, and they are accusing the makers of “Real Water,” an alkaline water we’ve told you about many times in the []

‘Cult City’ Ted takes a body blow from the Tampa Bay Times, but says it won’t slow him down

 We listened in on Saturday’s “Cult City” tour of downtown Clearwater over a phone line, and we enjoyed what we could hear. It was fun to hear Mike Rinder, for example, talk about what really went on inside the Clearwater Bank building, a noted Scientology []

Scientology goes after Mike Rinder with a document he gave only to Marty Rathbun

[Former pals, Mike Rinder and Marty Rathbun]

On Saturday, in anticipation of the L. Ron Hubbard birthday walking tour in Clearwater, we posted a letter from Scientology secretary Glen Stilo to show that the church was really panicking about the []

Scientology whistleblower Steve Fishman: Out of prison and getting younger every day

 The last time we checked on Steve Fishman, he was serving a 21-year prison sentence in []

Leah Remini spots Scientology’s best self-own in a long, long time

 Leah Remini spotted this item while she was on Twitter and brought it to our attention. Here’s what she told us about []

L. Ron Hubbard is 110 years old, and Scientology is ready for its close-up!

 Wherever he is off researching new auditing levels without a physical body, L. Ron Hubbard is 110 years old today, or at least the version of Hubbard that was born on March 13, 1911 in Tilden, Nebraska. []