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Scientology finally finds the right formula in stunning new video

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Sure, Scientology has struggled to recruit staff with so much bad press and all. But leader David Miscavige’s building projects need funding, and staffs need filling out! The enthusiastic team at Orlando has put []

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When Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard offered Polaroid his genius

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology’s encyclopedia about its founder includes a volume about what a master photographer L. Ron Hubbard was. And it reprints a 1964 letter Hubbard wrote to Edwin Land to inform him about a flaw []

Rebecca Minkoff says ‘No comment’ to Scientology questions in RHONY trailer

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Bravo viewers got a look at the upcoming ‘Real Housewives of New York City’ season with a new trailer, and it confirms that handbag designer Rebecca Minkoff will be a ‘friend’ to the cast. []

Scientology operatives and attorneys trying to end a medical industry

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Although our @thedailybeast piece about Scientology’s litigation war on the psychiatric profession was lengthy, there was even more we couldn’t fit in. And we figured Bunker readers would be interested, because it involves the []

LA Mayor Karen Bass boosts Mr. Scientology, Tom Cruise, on world’s biggest stage

[The chummy scene in Paris, with Simone Biles holding the Olympic flag]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: When we heard that Tom Cruise would be rappelling into the Stade de France to take the Olympic flag, we raised a question: []

Scientology staff is the best job ever: We have video to prove it!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: While we wait to see Tom Cruise rappel down in Paris today, we’ll catch up on items helpful readers have sent. In Orlando, the Scientology staff sent out a video about how fulfilling it []

French and English voices decry Tom Cruise stunt planned for Olympics

 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 ecstasy: When your space cooties finally get sober

[London staffers Glen Milton, Sandrine Mootoo-Hall, Nat Wakley whoop it up]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You may know about Scientology’s legendary ‘OT 3’ level which introduces the idea of ‘body thetans’ and Xenu the galactic overlord. But are you []

When Scientology’s founder, aboard his flagship, reported on his trip into time-travel

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Would you have been swayed when Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard claimed he had lived in ancient times and had tracked down details in ruins from his past life memories, and with his crew []

Tabs say John Travolta leaving Scientology, but only by ignoring evidence he isn’t

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Radar is the latest citing unnamed sources that say John Travolta is ditching Scientology. And we get it that tabloids stir the pot. But shouldn’t they at least acknowledge there’s hard, irrefutable proof that []