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Will Shelly Miscavige Be Trotted Out at the Celebrity Centre Gala As a PR Stunt?

[Previously unpublished photo of Shelly Miscavige circa 1990 courtesy of Claudio and Renata Lugli]

Our celebrity sources in the Church of Scientology tell us that church leader David Miscavige is planning a bold stunt later this month at the 44th annual Celebrity Centre gala in Hollywood, []

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Sunday Funnies: Scientology Puts the Fun in Fundraising!

Ah, it’s Sunday, time to go through our mailbag and see what items our great tipsters have sent us during the week. We love to post the wacky mailers and fliers that Scientology sends out to its members, and we have a nice collection this time. But we wanted to start with this photo sent []

Scientology’s Crumbling: Can Gerry Armstrong Begin to Think of Crossing the Border?

Gerry’s passport photo, 1971

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 []

Underground Bunker Night at The TomKat Project — Get Your Tickets Now!

Hey gang, tickets are still available for The TomKat Project‘s first evening show at the NYC Fringe Festival, at 7 pm on Wednesday, August 21.

For only $15, you’ll get to see this smash new comedy that pokes fun at Tom Cruise and David Miscavige, and also meet the cast and crew for a drink afterwards []

Leah Remini Retaliation? Suddenly, Scientology “Fair Gaming” Of Critics Is Way Up

Claire Headley and the boys: Are these kids so threatening, they deserve to be stalked by Scientology’s private eyes?

Since it was revealed that Leah Remini was breaking away from the Church of Scientology, her family has been anticipating that Scientology will do its thing and go on the warpath.

Now, we have evidence that []

Scientology Admits Connection to Slimy Anonymous Attack Sites — Again

The Hollywood Reporter has a nice scoop today: An open letter from Crash director Paul Haggis about his friend Leah Remini’s defection from the Church of Scientology.

The world became aware of Haggis’s own departure from Scientology in Lawrence Wright’s epic February 2011 New Yorker profile, “The Apostate.” And as we reported when we broke the []

DEATH AT SCIENTOLOGY MICHIGAN DRUG REHAB SPARKS WIDESPREAD INVESTIGATION

Amber Bullins

More than a year ago — on May 19, 2012 — a 22-year-old woman from North Carolina named Amber Bullins died at Tranquility Detox, a Scientology-based drug rehab facility in Battle Creek, Michigan associated with a man named Per Wickstrom.

Former employees of Wickstrom tell us that it’s only in the past few []

Scientology’s Needle Exchange: When David Miscavige Got Technical

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 []

Jim Lynch, Scientology’s Shill, Dies at 59

Just last week, news organizations around the country (and overseas) reported that Scientology’s propaganda magazine, Freedom, had placed an ad for a new writer.

Now we have some idea why the magazine is hiring.

We have learned that on July 19, Jim Lynch, Freedom‘s main correspondent, died in Boca Raton, []

After Epilepsy Deaths, Scientology Website Still Extols Drug-Free Approach

We told you about Jonny Jacobsen’s latest investigative coup — a detailed story about a largely untold 25-year-old death at Scientology’s “Flag Land Base” in Clearwater, Florida.

Heribert Pfaff was only 31 when he died during an epileptic seizure while under the care of Scientologists, who had convinced him to go off his seizure medicine and []