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More proof (from Scientology) that it’s never been a better time to be a Scientologist!

 We hope you had a relaxing Labor Day weekend. We combined our holiday with a little work, and the whole thing left us exhausted. But thankfully, our friend Karen de la Carriere came through for us yet []

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TEN YEARS GONE: Shelly Miscavige, the wife Scientology’s leader wants us to forget

 It was late summer 2005. That much our sources agree on. It might have been late August, or it might have been early September. But it was a full ten years ago, say our eyewitness sources, that Shelly Miscavige []

VIDEO LEAK: Rare look at Captain David Miscavige giving shipboard Scientology briefing

 On Friday, we showed you a wild five-minute Scientology testimonials video which featured actress Erika Christensen. The video included dozens of Scientologists gushing in rapid-fire manner about how some repackaged 1950s lectures by L. Ron Hubbard had changed their lives.

“It’s straight out of this universe,” Christensen said at the tail end of the video. []

Jon Atack: The mystery of mysteries that all Scientologists chase — and can never find

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 []

Actress Erika Christensen in unearthed video meant only for her fellow Scientologists

 If you thought it was fun to see Laura Prepon utter some strange Scientology lingo in a recent print interview, wait until you see actress Erika Christensen talk about the effectiveness of Scientology in a 2006 testimonials video that was only meant for other Scientologists to see.

“It’s straight out of this universe,” Erika says. “It []

It’s a video extravaganza as three former members tell us about life inside Scientology

 It’s a video extravaganza today as we received new recordings from three of our regular contributors. What they have in common is that they’re interested in a young person’s journey in Scientology. []

Why Scientology can never submit its drug rehab quackery to scientific review

We’ve been reporting in huge volumes about Scientology’s drug rehab system, Narconon, and the legal troubles it finds itself in for what is its essentially deceptive business model. Narconon promises individualized drug counseling by medical professionals in a safe, drug-free environment, and downplays its connections to the church. But none of that is true. Not []

Louis Theroux film — ‘My Scientology Movie’ — to premiere October 14 at the London Film Festival

 The BFI London Film Festival announced today that among the films it has selected for its 59th year will be My Scientology Movie, the highly anticipated BBC-backed Louis Theroux feature that will premiere on October []

Home, sweet ‘Freewinds’! We get a rare look inside a Scientology promotional seminar

For several years, we’ve posted fliers from Scientology’s many events that are put on by barnstorming “OT” ambassadors out to sell something to compliant church members. But it’s not very often that we get a report on what it’s like to attend such a gathering.

A couple of years ago, we were fortunate to hear from []

‘Miss Lovely’ in London: Paulette Cooper writes another chapter in her amazing story

 On Saturday, Paulette Cooper met a man named Peter de Hoo for the first time. Her husband Paul captured the moment in this photograph. For those of you who have read our book, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, you may already know what a significant meeting this []