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Jon Atack: Scientology’s notion of ‘case gain,’ and how it reinforces the prison of belief

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 a year on Saturdays he helped us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that []

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DOX: Woman sues Pasadena company for forcing Scientology on her

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We have the legal complaint and some more details about the story that broke out of Pasadena, California yesterday: A woman named Annie R. Lee is suing a company after she refused to take Scientology classes she says were forced on her by her employers, resulting in her being terminated and []

Document leak: When the FBI investigated Scientology’s bizarre New Mexico vault

 We have a juicy document for you today, courtesy of our friend and dogged researcher, R.M. Seibert. []

Leaked Scientology video: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes front and center for ‘psych busting’!

 Our video source has come through for us once again. Cast your mind, Scientology watcher, back to October 2006. This was a year after Tom Cruise had made his weird splash as Scientology’s awkward ambassador on Today with Matt Lauer and as a human jumping bean on Oprah’s []

Jeffrey Augustine: Part two of his conversation with Jesse Prince

 We’re still recovering from our big series on Lisa McPherson. In the meantime, Jeffrey Augustine sent over a copy of his latest podcast, a continuation of his conversation with Jesse []

Postscript: How David Miscavige spun the death of Lisa McPherson

 We’re very glad to be done with our series about Lisa McPherson, who died 20 years ago yesterday. But after paying such close attention to Scientology’s grimmest of scandals, we thought we owed you a laugh []

Twenty years ago today: The final hours of Lisa McPherson’s Scientology life

 What Laura Arrunada, Lisa McPherson’s final caretaker, saw in Room 174 of the Fort Harrison Hotel in the last three days of Lisa’s life was so upsetting, Marty Rathbun made her reports []

How Scientology ‘caretakers’ could stand by and watch Lisa McPherson deteriorate

 Inside the room there was hardly anything other than a bed and the person being given the silent treatment. Outside the room, there was someone watching to make sure that the door stayed closed and the person inside didn’t get []

Augustine: How Scientology changes its story to fit what it’s trying to get away with

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 Frequent contributor Jeffrey Augustine is back, and this time he digs into the way Scientology changes its story, depending on who it’s trying to threaten or hoodwink. Take it away, []

Hey, Legoland: A former Scientology youth explains what your money will buy

 On Monday, the Legoland California theme park invited actress Jenna Elfman to preside over its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony and thanked her by donating $10,000 to the charity of her choice. Elfman, a longtime and ardent Scientologist, asked Legoland to donate the money to Youth for Human Rights, a Scientology front group that uses []