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In court today: Flop filmmakers who met in Scientology face 75 years for Ponzi scheme

[Michelle Seward and Dror Soref]

In Los Angeles Superior Court today, a preliminary hearing is scheduled in the criminal prosecution of two defendants with ties to Scientology who face 75 years in prison each for a bizarre illegal scheme to fund a failed 2009 Simon Baker film, Not […]

At an early age, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard learned how to captivate the press

[L. Ron Hubbard in Guam]

Our helper who tracks down newspaper clippings about L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology continues to find rare gems for us, and we thought we’d share another one with you today. […]

Scientology saw a tempting target in a Tampa pastor gaining fame for her compassion

Our man Rod Keller keeps his mindful watch on Scientology’s social media presence, and that’s once again netted him a dynamite story…

In July, Tampa minister Savanna Hartman became Internet famous when her Facebook video, apologizing through tears for her “white privilege,” went viral. It’s now been seen more than 17 million […]

Leah Remini schools us on what motivates Scientologists to toe the line

Last month, we found ourselves having dinner in some pretty special company. We had flown out to Los Angeles and sat down for a meal with BBC journalist John Sweeney, longtime Scientology critic Mark Bunker, former Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder, and the person who had brought us all together, actress, producer, and Troublemaker author Leah […]

Leonard Cohen: This awful year strikes again with the loss of a transcendent genius

You probably heard the news last night that Leonard Cohen died at 82. And today, you’ll be seeing some really great remembrances of him and the many different chapters of his life as an author, a songwriter, and a performer. (New Yorker editor David Remnick profiled Cohen in a brilliant piece just last […]

L. Ron Hubbard on the run: When the Daily Mail was hounding Scientology’s founder in ’66

Last week, we shared a treat with you that had been dug up by one of our helpful correspondents, a February 14, 1966 Daily Mail story that called Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s academic credentials bogus. […]

How a new independent ‘church’ is trying to wrestle away control over the word ‘Scientology’

We asked our attorney and webmaster, Scott Pilutik, to help us understand what’s going on with the “First Independent Church of Scientology” and its effort to get a trademark on its name. We reported recently that tax exempt status was granted to FICoS, which is made up of former Church of Scientology members who have […]

It’s Election Day, but screw that — Chick Corea is finally superhuman thanks to Scientology!

Our many international readers no doubt understand what an exhausting election season this has been. For nearly two years, the presidential election has torn us apart in ways we’ve never experienced before. The carnage on Facebook alone has been pestilential. We’ve never seen so much end-of-the-world prophesying and cutthroat denunciations, and that’s between […]

On the ballot tomorrow: The former lawman who let Scientology’s drug horror clinic off the hook

[Joel Kerns, when he was sheriff of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma]

We are so glad this election season is finally almost over. But before you go to the polls tomorrow, we wanted to bring up one local race that has a connection to stories we’ve done in the […]

After Scientologist is outed, leaders he fooled still stick up for his quack drug theories

Rod Keller’s story last week kicked up a bit of a fuss, and so he’s back with a […]

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