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The time Scientology put in a whole new film around scenes of Isaac Hayes

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday we saw photos from former Scientology film director Mitch Brisker from a re-shoot of a movie that was necessary because a key celebrity had defected. Today, we have more of Mitch’s photos from […]

Scientology is hiding this film, but its director can show us photos from the set!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Last week we told you about a film Scientology has under lock and key that could be highly relevant to current litigation against the church. Its director told us we’d never see it, but […]

Scientology critic Mark Bunker qualifies for runoff in Clearwater city council race

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In 2020, Scientology’s pals in Clearwater politics were so offended that Mark Bunker had won a seat on the city council, they changed council election law. Yesterday, that new law benefited none other than […]

Read Scientology’s shrill demand that The Times remove its undercover investigation

[Graeme Wilson (inset) responds to The Times in a big way!]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It’s Scientology’s well-worn strategy to attack a reporter rather than address the problems exposed by their reporting. But you have to see this shrieking […]

John Travolta got his Cannes ‘look’ from a fellow Scientology member

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In May, John Travolta revealed a stunning new look at Cannes that he said evoked the great film directors of the past. But there was more to it than that, and it involves interesting […]

Val Ross: Leaving Scientology and accepting you’re a ‘namby-pamby panty-waist dilettante’

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Val Ross is back with another account of how she survived being a Scientology spy who infiltrated the FBI — and learned to thrive away from this organization! [What is this Substack thing, […]

Where is Scientology’s floating cathedral the ‘Freewinds’ today? We can tell you!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The final fleecing that members of Scientology go through to complete the ‘Bridge to Total Freedom’ takes place not in a ‘church’ or an ‘org,’ but on a dilapidated and compact cruise ship called […]

California Supreme Court denies Scientology’s petition in Danny Masterson civil lawsuit

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The California Supreme Court denies Scientology’s petition to review a ruling that handed Danny Masterson’s victims a huge victory. Will the church go to the US Supremes next? ALSO: Bianca Latvala accuses Scientology of […]

Scientology targeting vulnerable children for staff, UK media investigation finds

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The Times of London revealed that a reporter spent months at Scientology’s Edinburgh ‘org’ in an undercover investigation, documenting that children as young as 13 are being recruited to become poorly paid workers. We […]

Scientology hiding Sci-Fi film that confirms it blames victims and coddles criminals

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Could there be killer evidence proving what victims are saying about Scientology hiding in a Sci-Fi film that many Scientologists are familiar with? We were stunned when we learned the details from two people […]

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