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Another Scientology video you aren’t supposed to see: ‘The Command of Theta’

A couple of weeks ago we started a new series here featuring Scientology videos that a source is making available to us which demonstrate some of the nuttiness of L. Ron Hubbard and his “technology.”

This week’s offering should also get you scratching your head. It’s titled “The Command of Theta,” and it involves some []

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THE TOMMY DAVIS DEPOSITION: Scientology asks judge to reconsider forcing Miscavige deposition

Things are heating up again in Monique Rathbun’s harassment lawsuit against the Church of Scientology and its leader, David Miscavige.

Previously, Comal County Judge Dib Waldrip had granted Monique’s request for a continuance so she could have the time to depose Miscavige, who wants out of the lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds.

On Tuesday, Scientology filed a []

Scientology’s snitching culture: Jefferson Hawkins explains the ‘Knowledge Report’

Jefferson Hawkins was once the top marketing executive for the Church of Scientology and helped it reach its greatest extent with the famous “volcano” TV ads in the 1980s. He’s told his tale of getting into and out of the church with his excellent books Counterfeit Dreams and Leaving Scientology, and he’s helping us understand []

Scientology’s 2013 in review: The Super Power-ful finish to an eventful year

We’re finishing up our look back at 2013 as we prepare for tonight’s festivities.

November began with a fun reveal: We unmasked the master satirist behind OTVIIIisGrrr8!

The next day, we broke the news on the dates for Scientology’s big events: The Golden Age of Tech II and Super Power Building opening would be the weekend []

Scientology’s 2013 in review: Courtroom antics reported live and on the spot!

We’re continuing our year in review here at the Underground Bunker and we’ve reached September and October, when legal matters really came to the fore — and sent your proprietor around the country for some eyewitness dramatics!

September started out with yet another surprise: Scientology leader David Miscavige filed a personal declaration in an attempt to []

Scientology’s 2013 in review: A summer of delicious scoops!

As 2014 approaches, we’re continuing our look back at the wild year that was. And now, we dive into the crazy month of August.

The month debuted with one of our most popular stories of the year — while everyone seemed to be asking if actress Leah Remini would suffer retaliation for defecting from Scientology, we []

Scientology’s 2013 in review: July fireworks, courtesy of an actress from Brooklyn

We’re continuing our year-in-review, and we’ve come to the explosive month of July. But before we get into the drama created by the biggest Scientology celebrity defection ever, a few other important things happened as the summer []

Scientology’s 2013 in review: The appeals of May and the blunts of June

The mugshot of Denise Gentile

We now return to our annual year-in-review, and we hope you enjoy hearing about how busy we were this past spring here in the Bunker.

The month of May started out with a legal setback for Scientology: a California appeals court refused to consider the church’s attempt to hold onto []

Scientology’s 2013 in review: Madness set in as spring arrived!

We want to wish a happy Boxing Day to our Commonwealth friends as we continue our look back at the year that was.

On March 1 we launched SMERSH MADNESS — our very own tournament of champions. On that first day, we pitted L. Ron Hubbard against Australian journalist Steve Cannane, and Hubbard won by only []

Merry Christmas, and here’s your present! From the Underground Bunker, with feeling

While we continue our year in review, we have a great interruption that we weren’t expecting — a gift to the Bunker community from one of our best, The Hole Does Not Exist.

She sent us a sound file, and we threw together some familiar Bunker images for it that we hope resonate for our loyal []