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Scientology’s founder in King Arthur’s Court: When Ron ran for the hills!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It’s one of our favorite anecdotes about Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard from Russell Miller’s wonderful biography, ‘Bare-Faced Messiah,’ and now we have a fun bonus to go along with it. [What is this []

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Scientology encounters rough waters in northern seas

[The Naddoddur]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We hope our American readers are enjoying their long holiday weekend and will not mind too much if we bring your attention to another part of the Scientology world today, where the church []

New details have emerged of mass Scientology fraud, the ‘Chase Wave’

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In late 2021 we started to hear about a stunning fraud in Scientology, a method for obtaining multiple credit cards for Scientologists who had little or no credit. It even had a name: The []

Leah Remini announces divorce in the most Leah Remini way possible

[Remember the TLC series ‘It’s All Relative’?]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: After Leah Remini posted last night that she and Angelo Pagan were amicably divorcing, there were stories on every entertainment outlet possible. And what a Leah Remini move: []

He was in Scientology’s highest circles, but when he left he paid the price so many do

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: [What is this Substack thing, []

Scientology restarts ‘Celebrity,’ but spills underage confession in ‘Source’

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology has finally restarted its ‘Celebrity’ magazine, which was a victim of the pandemic. But we found an even more startling confession in another of its publications. ALSO: Bunker subscribers get first access to []

He was in on some of Scientology’s biggest intel operations: And now he’s talking

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The name may not be familiar, but he was a member of the inner circle around David Miscavige and had high levels of responsibility in both the Guardian’s Office and the Office of Special []

The Hubbard tapes: When Scientology was all about reeling you in

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Val Ross has another memory from her remarkable experience in Scientology, much of which is quite dark. But this time, she says, she wanted to give us a chuckle. [What is this Substack thing, []

Scientology party tents move from Clearwater to Los Angeles

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Last week Scientology threw a 3-day beach party in Clearwater, Florida. The timing suggested it might be some kind of ‘Sea Org Day’ celebration. Now, a reader in LA has sent photos showing similar []

Scientology school loses crucial ability to host foreign students after inspection

[Greenfields and its head teacher, Andrew Hodgson]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Thanks to an increased awareness of Scientology’s controversies, the UK government is taking a harder look at the organization and in particular its boarding school there. Now, in []