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BBC Tracks Down Audio of 7-Year-Old Scientologist Neil Gaiman

A year ago, we told you about a surprising discovery made by Paulette Cooper when she was looking through Patty Moher’s collection of Scientology materials during a gathering at Patty’s house in Connecticut — Paulette stumbled on a pamphlet put out by the church in 1969 that featured an interview with a 7-year-old Neil Gaiman. []

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What the Daily News Left Out of its Story on Scientology in Harlem

We were amused to see the word “EXCLUSIVE” slapped onto the title of yesterday’s story in the Daily News about Scientology building a community center in Harlem.

Back in 2007, the Village Voice, where we worked, was one of several publications to write stories about Scientology spending millions to buy some properties on 125th Street, saying []

Scientology Legal Roundup: Per Wickstrom’s Fine Whine, And More!

As our readers can probably imagine, we’re pretty excited here in the Underground Bunker after getting yesterday’s news about Monique Rathbun’s hearing date for a temporary injunction on September 12. Scientology legal matters are definitely heating up, and so we thought it was time for a general roundup of the major cases being litigated around []

Monique Rathbun vs. Scientology: Temporary Injunction Hearing Set for Sept 12

The temporary restraining order that prevents Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige from surveilling Monique Rathbun has been extended to September 12, when a two-day hearing has been scheduled which could see dramatic testimony about electronic snooping, sexual taunting, and other alleged harassment by the church.

Monique is married to Mark “Marty” Rathbun, who was once []

The Dreaded “Joburg Sec Check”: Scientology Interrogations, Explained!

Claire Headley is taking us on our journey to train as Scientologists. She and her husband Marc were Sea Org workers who escaped from Scientology’s International Base in 2005. She spent years working with Scientology’s “tech,” and was trusted to oversee the auditing of Tom Cruise. Go here to see the first part in this []

ANETTE IREN JOHANSEN: “I Auditioned To Be Tom Cruise’s Wife”

Once again, The Underground Bunker has teamed up with Woman’s Day, Australia’s largest selling magazine, to bring you an exclusive story.

Anette Iren Johansen recently left the Church of Scientology and has been blogging about her experiences, citing “terrible abuses committed within the church.” But she saved until now her biggest secret: She was one of []

What Motivated L. Ron Hubbard? Historian Jon Atack Follows the Clues

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 on Saturdays he’s helping us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that tend to get hashed and []

Scientology Sunday Funnies: The All-Video Version!

Who said the Sunday Matinee was dead? We’re doing our best to bring it back today with an all-video edition of Sunday Funnies, when we show you the best that our Scientology tipsters have forwarded to us during the week.

And as with any great Sunday feature down at the Bijou, we have a main feature []

TONIGHT: LA Sheriff Lee Baca to Grace Scientology Gala, Days after “Celebrity Center” Employee Arrested for Planning to Kill a Cop

Lee Baca shilling for Scientology at an event in November

On Tuesday, Scientology’s Director of Public Relations for its Las Vegas “Celebrity Center,” Devon Newman, was arrested for her part in a bizarre plot to kidnap, try, and execute a local police officer to make a political point for the “sovereign citizens” movement.

Tonight, Scientology’s []

PR Director of Scientology’s Las Vegas Celebrity Center Arrested in Plot to Assassinate a Cop

NOW POSTED BELOW: We have the 20-page police report detailing what Brutsche and Newman told police during the undercover investigation of their plan to kidnap and kill a police officer. AND FINALLY — A STATEMENT FROM SCIENTOLOGY

ALSO: Devon Newman was once a tenant living in the home of Karen de la Carriere, former wife of []