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No, the National Enquirer has not ‘found’ Scientology’s Shelly Miscavige

When a cover like this shows up on the National Enquirer, we hear about it. Lots of people have been messaging us over the last few days, asking us what we thought about the National Enquirer’s claim that Shelly Miscavige has been “found” after 13 years.

Oh, […]

In Scientology, every dollar you own is under constant attack

Rod Keller has another lesson for us today about Scientology’s front groups and […]

Leah Remini pays for vexing Tom Cruise with Scientology’s ‘Truth Rundown’

[Leah Remini in 2006]

What a treat we have for you in this week’s Scientology Lit book excerpt. It’s from Leah Remini’s 2015 memoir, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology. The excerpt takes place in 2006, right after Leah had returned from the lavish Italian wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes when Leah had caused a […]

First AME Church & USC both disclaim letter Scientology using against Leah Remini

[Rev. Dr. Cecil ‘Chip’ Murray and David Miscavige]

On February 8, we told you about Robin Athlyn Thompson, a brand manager in Phoenix who made a few inquiries and discovered that her counterparts at USC believed a letter one of their own faculty members had supposedly written to Disney’s CEO, which was being featured by a […]

If you thought Scientology’s ‘Axioms’ were dumb, the ‘Logics’ are even dumberer

Chris Shelton had fun with L. Ron Hubbard’s ‘Axioms’ on Friday. Now, he takes another one for the team and tries to deal with the illogic of Hubbard’s […]

Tony Ortega: Musician, songwriter, and steel executive, 1938-2019

Yesterday morning, the Underground Bunker lost one of its most loyal and longtime readers. A resident of Redlands, California, he was fighting a recurrence of cancer after twice surviving the disease. His name was Tony Ortega. He was 80 years old. And he was my […]

Leah Remini accuses former Scientologists of sabotaging an episode of ‘Aftermath’

Leah Remini has accused two former members of the Church of Scientology of sabotaging an episode of her A&E series, Scientology and the Aftermath, linking to their Twitter accounts, calling them “Scientology Operatives” and encouraging them to “get […]

Is Beck divorcing Scientology along with his wife? Here’s the evidence for and against.

[Beck Hansen and Marissa Ribisi]

In 2016, with the help of our source at the Celebrity Centre, we put together a list of the 20 most important Scientology celebrities, and gave the list a unique twist: We ordered it by the likelihood that celebs might ditch the […]

Another Scientology monument to L. Ron Hubbard is going up in besieged Clearwater

Rod Keller has your first look inside the newest Scientology behemoth in […]

In homophobic Scientology, you are required to write up your sins or else

Sunny Pereira was going through some old things recently when she came upon a bit of a goldmine — some handwritten letters she had been required to pen while she was being punished in Scientology’s ‘Sea Org.’ We asked her to explain the significance of one forced confessional letter which we found particularly […]

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