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After their daughter died at Scientology training, a friend makes off with the funeral money

Guy and Sheila Fauteux had insult added to injury when they found out that the young woman who started a GoFundMe page to raise money to help defray the costs of their daughter Tabatha’s funeral made off with the money […]

THE BILLBOARD IS UP: Scientology’s ‘disconnection’ on view in Los Angeles

After two previous companies turned them down, Phil and Willie Jones were successful today in Los Angeles with their plan to protest Scientology’s disconnection policy with a billboard asking Scientologists to call their loved […]

VIDEO: David Miscavige’s entire speech at Scientology’s Atlanta ‘Ideal Org’ opening

Thanks to smart planning by a couple of our readers, we have a complete video of Scientology leader David Miscavige’s speech Saturday as he opened the organization’s new “Ideal Org” in an Atlanta suburb. […]

David Miscavige and a bussed-in crowd cut the ribbon on Atlanta’s new Scientology ‘Ideal Org’

Time again for Rod Keller’s Scientology Social Media Review! Rod’s well known for his indispensable “ARS Week in Review,” which ran for nine years when ARS — the Usenet newsgroup alt.religion.scientology — was the most important daily source for Scientology news. More recently, Rod has made a specialty of hunting down the odd and wonderful […]

Scientology’s demonology: Where L. Ron Hubbard got the idea for your space cooties

Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He has a new edition of the book for sale, and for more than three years he’s been helping us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that tend […]

Augustine: One weird trick every Scientologist needs to learn for real ‘total freedom’

[Dear Scientology…]

Jeffrey Augustine is back, continuing on his investigation of Scientology’s governing documents and what they mean for members and ex-members. This time, Jeff tells us about the thing every ex-member of Scientology should do as soon as he or she has decided to […]

Reason Rally 2016 in Washington DC: The Underground Bunker wants to see you there!

[“Repent heretics or be devoured by Almighty Cthulhu” — from Reason Rally 2012]

We had so much fun at the Reason Rally in 2012 we had already planned on going again this year. But then, the organizers were kind enough to ask us if we’d give the event a plug. Why […]

Scientology leader David Miscavige in Atlanta on Saturday: Can you feel the excitement?

On Sunday, Rod Keller gave us the scoop: This coming Saturday at 2 pm, Scientology will open its newest “Ideal Org,” in the Atlanta area. […]

Scientology pampered some of its big donors with a trip back in time to Phoenix in 1954

As former Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder has pointed out numerous times, church leader David Miscavige can’t let up for one moment on the new projects and fundraising appeals. […]

Scientology at Comic Con: An attempt at a minor intervention, as told by Phil Jones

[Emily Jones with a Terl model at the Salt Lake City Comic Con this week.]

For several months we’ve been following the drama surrounding the Jones family, which has been ripped apart by Scientology’s policy of “disconnection.” Phil and Willie Jones are former members of the Church of Scientology, and they are prevented from seeing their […]

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