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Video Vault: Another dose of L. Ron Hubbard wisdom you aren’t supposed to see

We have another “quote video” that normally you can only see inside a Scientology “org.” In this case, it’s an excerpt that is used to entice church members to fork over $125 for a set of lectures that L. Ron Hubbard gave in Johannesburg in 1961.

The South African Anatomy Congress is described this way by []

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Scientology’s E-meter police, and the horse doctor of LaBelle, Florida

Last month we told you about Jillian Schlesinger, a young woman who escaped from Scientology’s “Sea Organization” and then, just weeks later, began telling her story for publication. We wondered if that short period between her dash for freedom and speaking out might be a sign of Scientology’s deepening crisis that is driving so many []

Scientology leader David Miscavige turns 54 today — Hip, hip, hooray!

On this special occasion, we’ll allow ourselves a little levity and congratulate Scientology leader David Miscavige on his 54th birthday with a humorous photo-illustration done by our old friend Jeffrey Augustine. []

Scientology’s ‘Hogwarts’ doesn’t want you to think it’s connected to Scientology

Back in 2011, when Rupert Murdoch was still paying for his iPad adventure, The Daily, a journalist named Benjamin Carlson did a really fine two-part series on the ultimate Scientology school, “Delphian” in Oregon. We thought it was clever that he referred to the high school as Scientology’s version of “Hogwarts.”

Although The Daily no longer []

Chris Shelton on the origins of Scientology’s notorious ‘Fair Game’ policy

We have Chris Shelton’s next video, and we really like the way he traces the origins of Scientology’s notorious retaliation policy of “Fair Game” back to L. Ron Hubbard’s 1959 “Manual of Justice.”

As usual, Chris does an excellent job connecting the dots to illuminate a subject we thought we already knew well. And he’s right, []

Scientology Sunday Funnies: More scenes from the End of Days

It’s that time of the week again, when we share with you the wacky fundraising mailers that the Church of Scientology sends out to its members around the world.

Our longtime readers have seen plenty of appeals for Ideal Org fundraising, and fliers urging Scientologists to hurry up and do their next course. But there are []

Selling out, and other strange side-effects of Scientology watching

We have a couple of really complex and lengthy stories working, but they take a lot of time to put together. In the meantime, we have some strange odds and ends that have been building up here in the Bunker and we thought we’d share some of them.

For example, a couple of weeks ago, we []

Video Vault: The universe is yours to duplicate, Mr. Hubbard!

Our video source came through again this week with another “quote video,” and this one goes way back, enticing you to buy an L. Ron Hubbard lecture from 1953 — Universe Processes Congress!

For only $150 from Bridge Publications, the full lecture series can be yours. As with our previous videos in this series, you normally []

Scientology’s drug rehab hit with another lawsuit; Laura D asked to turn over computer

Ryan Hamilton

We’re trying to catch up with all of the Scientology legal news happening around the country. Ryan Hamilton, the Las Vegas attorney who is turning suing Scientology’s drug rehab network into a cottage industry, filed his fifth federal fraud lawsuit this week with another complaint against Narconon Fresh Start/Rainbow Canyon Retreat in []

NARCONON EXPOSED: Scientology’s flagship drug rehab facility is struggling, records show

The Underground Bunker has obtained internal financial records from Scientology’s flagship drug rehab facility in Oklahoma — known as Narconon Arrowhead — which show the toll that recent deaths, multiple lawsuits, and a drumbeat of bad press has taken on the treatment center.

At its website, Scientology says that the Narconon network has 155 centers and []