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Scientology’s 2014 in review: May your days be merry and bright!

Merry Christmas! We hope you’re having a lovely Saturnalia as we continue to look back at the most significant stories we covered here in the Underground Bunker in 2014. In this installment we’re looking at the stories we covered in May.

One of the things that characterized 2014 was the rising number of Scientology defectors prepared []

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As Luka Magnotta is convicted, questions about his Scientology involvement remain

Luka Magnotta was convicted of first degree murder yesterday after a 10-week trial in Montreal, and he was given an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years. News of the verdict gave media organizations another chance to tell the grisly details of the crimes Magnotta committed in 2012.

Magnotta []

Scientology hit with 25th lawsuit by Las Vegas attorney as he goes after Florida rehab

Ryan Hamilton has now filed his 25th lawsuit against the Church of Scientology’s drug rehab network, Narconon, and this time he’s opened up a new front — in the state of Florida.

Hamilton began filing his lawsuits in February, and limited them to cases in California, Nevada, and Colorado. They follow a pattern which grew more []

Scientology’s 2014 in review: In chilly February, Hambo began his onslaught

We’re continuing our countdown of the best stories we covered this year, and we’re looking at what happened in February.

The month started out with a new lawsuit, filed by an attorney in Las Vegas, Ryan Hamilton (a/k/a “Hambo”), who would become a very familiar name here in the Underground Bunker. []

The Underground Bunker’s 2014 Scientology year-in-review starts today!

We’re racing toward a new year again, and so it’s time to look back at the territory we covered in yet another twelvemonth here in the Underground Bunker.

As ever, we want to wish our commenting community a happy holidays and offer another big thanks for making the Bunker what it is. We hope our longtime []

Jon Atack looks back at his final Scientology auditing session — and how he broke free

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 []

Scientology’s Craigslist expert issues new instructions after so much ad flagging

Here’s a little treat we thought we’d put out before your holiday weekend kicks off. (Tap, tap. Is this thing on? Anyone there? Ha.)

Over at WhyWeProtest.net, and then here in the comments section of the Underground Bunker, there’s been a coordinated effort by folks who do their best to “flag” deceptive ads that Scientology posts []

Chris Shelton’s new video: Scientology is coming apart at the seams

Chris Shelton was a longtime Scientology Sea Org worker who only recently left the organization. Since then, he’s become one of the best former Scientologists at actually explaining what Scientology is and why it’s doomed.

It also doesn’t hurt that the man has some good video skills. We’ve posted a number of his great short films []

Rick Ross has a new book that will help you get someone out of Scientology

Back in the fall of 1995, we noticed an interesting letter to the editor in the Arizona Republic. It was from a man named Rick Ross who complained that the Republic‘s story about a lawsuit (which had gone against Ross) had failed to include the most important things about it — namely, that the newspaper []

New investigation of Scientology in France on criminal charges

Olivier Morice

We have a breaking news story from our correspondent in Paris, British journalist Jonny Jacobsen. What’s the latest, Jonny?

[UPDATED: See correction, below.]

A French investigating magistrate is pressing charges against Scientology’s Celebrity Centre after a long-running probe into the movement’s activities at a school here.

Also, Cabinet Morice, the law firm representing the plaintiffs, []