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Lisa McPherson Day: Is Florida Ashamed Yet?

Last year on this day, we wrote this:

On December 5, 1995, a 36-year-old woman perished while several people were taking her to a hospital in Florida.

Within a few years, the mysterious and strange circumstances around the death of Lisa McPherson — who had been a Scientologist since the age of 18 — had the Church []

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Scientology Targeting Eagle Scouts In New Initiative

We have to hand it to Scientology. The church never gives up, and it never loses faith that its front groups will someday help L. Ron Hubbard’s church spread like wildfire.

Among the stealthy efforts to spread Scientology is a slim booklet of bland life advice that Hubbard penned in 1980, when the church was mired []

Miscavige Gets His Wish: Marty Rathbun Pulling Up Stakes?

UPDATE: See what we’ve learned about the Rathbuns’ new home so far, below.

We have to admit, this really took us by surprise.

Earlier tonight, Marty Rathbun posted what appears to be an announcement that he and his wife Monique are pulling up stakes and leaving Ingleside on the Bay, Texas.

For those of you who have followed []

Scientology’s Master Spies

For 24 years, they followed one man for the Church of Scientology. Then, for just over a single day, they came in from the cold.

By Tony Ortega

[Paul Marrick reunites with his old boss, Marty Rathbun]

 This week, we learned that a lawsuit filed against the Church of Scientology by two of its former private investigators was []

Fun New Video, But Is This IndieGogo Project Headed for Legal Trouble?

This new video by two people who call themselves “Pete” and “Hannah” popped up yesterday. It’s an awfully fun mashup of Scientology and old school video gaming, and the production values are very high.

The Church of Scientology is very clearly mentioned in it, and the church’s practices are solidly parodied.

But are Pete and Hannah pushing []

More McPherson Cover-Up Corroboration: “I Watched Them Drain $20 Million In Reserves”

New revelations in the 17-year Lisa McPherson saga keep coming as evidence mounts that the Church of Scientology spent tens of millions of dollars in an attempt to corrupt the investigative and judicial systems in the state of Florida.

Now, we have found more evidence from inside Scientology that tends to corroborate testimony given by Marty []

David Miscavige Tried to Meet with Judge in Lisa McPherson Case: Affidavit

“Hey, I was just in the neighborhood and thought I’d stop by…”

Ken Dandar continues on his quest to convince federal Judge Virginia Covington that he was the victim of a conspiracy by the Church of Scientology to corrupt Florida’s state court system.

On Sunday, Dandar filed an affidavit by Sue Rudd, the former clerk []

Stephen Kent’s New Article on Scientology’s War With Psychiatry

Professor Stephen Kent is one of our favorite voices on Scientology. The University of Alberta scholar has one of the deepest archives of material known to exist, he is unafraid to speak truth about such subjects as the Sea Org’s RPF prison program, and he has regularly testified in court cases about his research.

He let []

Florida Court Hears Scientology Testimony in Strict Secrecy

 After a long day of testimony in a Clearwater, Florida courtroom, Ken Dandar tells us that retired Judge Crockett Farnell has scheduled written closing arguments in his secret trial to be submitted by December 27.

Today’s proceedings, which involved Scientology submitting evidence to bolster its claim that it deserves to be awarded more than $1.1 million []

Sunday Funnies: Scientology Braces for the Holidays!

With Thanksgiving behind us, the rest of the year will, as usual, fly by with alacrity.

Scientologists, like the rest of us, are bracing for the final mad weeks of 2012, and we have some of their most recent fundraising mailers and other come-ons that have arrived in the inboxes of members.

As you ponder all []