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Tonight on ‘Leah Remini’: L. Ron Hubbard gets the Russell Miller treatment

[Russell Miller]

Leah Remini concludes her “special” episodes of Season Two tonight at 10 pm by having on two real experts on Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard: author Russell Miller and former “Deputy Commodore” Hana Whitfield. (One final show for Season Two is scheduled for next week, when Leah will answer viewer questions in a Reddit-sponsored […]

Sexual harassment allegations strike a blow against a Scientology political ally in Florida

Rod Keller has a fascinating piece for us today about a Florida political mini-dynasty.

The current climate of victims coming forward with long-suppressed accusations of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct has not only snared many Hollywood figures but also a politician whose family has long been friendly to the Church of […]

Tonight on ‘Leah Remini’: Scientology’s front groups, including Narconon, get a special look

[Quailynn McDaniel]

Hey, it’s Sunday, not Tuesday. Why is there a new episode of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath running tonight at 8 pm, and why is it running several days after the series […]

‘Scientology is dying’: John Brousseau on the decline of Int Base and fate of Shelly Miscavige

On Wednesday, Erin Hodges Plumb wrote up her visit to the San Jacinto City Council, which briefly considered the notion of closing Gilman Springs Road before approving a motion never to bring the subject up […]

If Trump is serious, he has a clear path to go at Scientology — through his Treasury Secretary

[Trump, Miscavige, Mnuchin]

Does Donald Trump really want to end Scientology’s tax exempt status? That’s the provocative notion that Yashar Ali floated Thursday at the Huffington Post, but Yashar included a lot of caveats about whether there was any truth to the idea, or whether a president even has the influence to make such a […]

French-kissing Wilt Chamberlain: Adventures of a teenager in the skeezy world of Scientology

[The Big Dipper, and Rebecca McKee at 16]

Last year, we told you a unique love story, about a 16-year-old girl, Rebecca McKee, who had to give up her boyfriend, Tom McCaffrey, because of her family’s involvement in the Church of Scientology. Some 43 years later, Rebecca and Tom finally got a chance to meet again. […]

Scientology plan to shut road through its secretive ‘Int Base’ in California foiled again

Once again, the enterprising Erin Hodges Plumb of Hemet, California, was on the scene for a Scientology Watching adventure, and we have her report. […]

Tonight on ‘Leah Remini’: ‘I just walked away from Scientology after seeing Leah’s show’

[Ramina Nunnelee]

Leah Remini’s A&E series ends its “regular” second season of episodes tonight with a dramatic and deeply satisfying segment as Chantal Dodson’s mother, Ramina Nunnelee, reveals that she has walked away from Scientology as a result of Leah’s […]

Tracking Scientology’s claims about membership — a new digital project with Jonny Jacobsen

While we were researching material for our book on Paulette Cooper a few years ago, we happened upon a 1969 New York Times article that quoted James Meisler, the PR man and “minister” for the New York org in those days. In 1972 Meisler become a key player in the plot to frame Paulette for […]

Shakeup at Narconon Arrowhead: Former worker dishes fresh intel on Scientology’s rehab flagship

Rod Keller has a dynamite new report on big changes that have been happening at Scientology’s flagship drug rehab facility in Oklahoma, where three deaths happened in a nine-month period about five years […]

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