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Scientology’s $20 million hole in the ground: The secret vault to nowhere

 Over the years we’ve told you a lot of things about Scientology’s bizarre set of underground vaults, where it stores L. Ron Hubbard’s words and ideas for future generations in case of civilization []

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Scientology’s mystery sandwich: A ‘church’ where deception is a sacrament

 One of our readers forwarded an “FSM Newsletter” they received recently from the Church of Scientology. And reading it, we were reminded that Scientology is such a dishonest mess, we sometimes get inured to []

Scientology admits that it numbers ‘tens of thousands’ not millions, as we’ve been saying

[Miscavige and the RTC portal]

A reader pointed out something on one of Scientology’s websites that we have to admit is pretty []

Raising money in the time of the virus: Scientology will always find a way!

 We’re sure you can all conjure up plenty of things you miss while on lockdown. Restaurants. Movies. Concerts. Hell, just going to the grocery without taking your life in your []

Even a pandemic can’t stop Scientology from tracking you down, apostate!

 Phil Jones sent along a recorded phone message he received yesterday, as well as this explanation. Thanks, []

Ex-con who says he’s returned L. Ron Hubbard has an indie Scientology revolt on his hands

[Justin Craig]

Two years ago today, we published one of the most remarkable interviews that we’ve ever experienced here at the Bunker, a conversation we had with ex-convict Justin Craig, who had legally changed his name to “Lafayette Ronald Hubbard” in 2017. []

Scientology’s desperate response to pandemic is to let us see just how creepy it really is

 It’s been almost a month since Scientology canceled its L. Ron Hubbard Birthday Event in Clearwater, Florida on March 13 and church leader David Miscavige put out his secret “bulletin” responding to the coronavirus []

With Scientology largely shut down by the pandemic, the few remaining members reminisce

[Ah, back in the day…]

We’ve been telling you for years that Scientology is in trouble. From a height of about 100,000 active members around the year 1990 (Scientology has never had the “millions” it’s always claimed), that number has steadily decreased until our most recent estimate from a recent high-ranking defector is fewer than 20,000 []

In the pandemic epicenter, Scientology’s New York Org puts on a fab virtual ‘Sunday Service’

 We want to thank the tipster who sent us a link to this fabulous video put out by Scientology’s New York ‘Ideal Org.’ It’s pretty much everything we needed in this []

Scientology million-dollar donor on COVID-19: ‘Healthy people don’t get sick’

 For years we’ve kept tabs on Jim Mathers, a particularly high-energy Scientology gladhander, OT 8 parishioner, Gold Meritorious donor ($1 million) and all around globetrotting ambassador for []