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DONOR DRAMA: Stunning new data on the life cycle of a Scientology whale!

For years, we’ve been fascinated by the behavior of Scientology’s whales. These are the really big donors, the ones who give the church more than $1 million just in straight donations, above and beyond what they spend for courses, auditing, accommodations and the […]

Grant Cardone selling superhuman med beds to the wealthy sounds very Scientological

The person in the video you see below is Dana White. He’s president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts organization obsessively followed by its fans, who tend to be younger men. Dana has been dealing with some controversy since he was caught on tape on New Year’s Eve slapping his wife in […]

PODCAST: Karen de la Carriere on the ‘Ls’ — Scientology’s nuttiest ‘technology’?

On Wednesday, we showed you a new promotional video that Scientology has recently put out that is intended to lure its wealthier members to the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida for some arcane practices known as the “L […]

TODAY: Arguments on Scientology honcho David Miscavige being served in trafficking suit

[Attorneys Neil Glazer, left, and William Schifino]

There’s an interesting showdown happening in Tampa today, and we’ll have someone on the scene who will give us a report on […]

Tonight: Our conversation with Mike Rinder on ‘A Billion Years’ for Mark Twain House

Our first trip to the Mark Twain House in Hartford was with our friend Dan Perkins, the man behind Tom Tomorrow and the This Modern World comic strip. We got a special tour, and at one point found ourselves in Twain’s upstairs billiards room where his writing desk was tucked away in a corner. It […]

‘WHOA’: Scientology selling ‘Total Immortality’ in slick new video!

Yes, once again we have another of Scientology’s newer promo videos that encourage members to pay for expensive upper-level “technology,” and this one is selling total […]

Shelly Miscavige and her beagles: A Group Therapy podcast extra

A couple of weeks ago we started a new podcast for our subscribers that we call Group […]

Grant Cardone at Flag: Again, Scientology turns to its professional ham hock to fill seats

In 2019, we found out that Grant Cardone, professional ham hock, had pulled in a big crowd at Scientology’s Hollywood Celebrity […]

Chris Shelton talks again to the Masterson trial jury foreman — and his daughter

I first heard from a woman in Los Angeles named Nina in […]

PODCAST: Our never-heard 2021 interview with Ron Miscavige about daughter-in-law Shelly

[Shelly Miscavige and her father-in-law, Ron]

This week, a story we have been covering for a long time, the disappearance of Shelly Miscavige, suddenly became national news, thanks to a joke by comedian Jerrod Carmichael as he was hosting the Golden Globes […]

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