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Former Scientology titan Kurt Feshbach in bankruptcy, blames Google

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Big donors. Super Scientologists. Market mavericks. At one time the Feshbach brothers were legends in Scientology with a reputation for profiting on the misery of others. But more recently they’ve hit hard times. The []

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An OT Scientologist is in Pinellas County Jail for a truly awful reason

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard said every person is actually trillions of years old, and over that many lifetimes has committed every horrific crime possible. Maybe that explains why there’s an OT Scientologist in []

Trump frees Scientologist fraudster, doesn’t free non-Scientologist crime partner

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Only days into a 7-year sentence, convicted fraudster and longtime Scientology donor David Gentile was freed from custody Wednesday. The White House didn’t grant clemency to Gentile’s non-Scientologist crime partner, the latest sign of []

Scientology’s IAS trophy winners part two: The big whales keeping Dave afloat in 2025

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Today we present Scientology’s really big whales, the megadonors who have given at least $1 million each to church leader David Miscavige’s legal slush fund, with the trophies they were given at this year’s []

It’s here! Scientology’s list of trophy-winning donors from 2025’s Patrons Ball!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The Patrons Ball at this year’s IAS gala was held less than 4 weeks ago, but Scientology has already put out our favorite, Impact magazine, and you know what that means: Scientology whales and []

Thanksgiving 2025 is here and it’s time to pass the Source again!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The Underground Bunker wishes its American readers a very happy Thanksgiving. Once again, we return to our tradition of asking readers to tell us what they’re thankful for as we enjoy one of Scientology []

Holy Xenu’s sleigh bells: The 2025 Scientology holiday catalog is here!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology has put up its holiday catalog again, with images to prove how much L. Ron Hubbard’s church cares about this treasured day of the year. What’s that? Ron said Jesus was a figment []

Lisa McPherson and the doctors: Hamstrung by the ‘spiritual’ needs of a thetan

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Looking back 30 years later, it’s incredible to think that three medical professionals who were trying to prescribe something for Lisa McPherson were overruled by her Scientology ‘spiritual’ adviser. ALSO: Danny Masterson’s habeas petition []

Scientology IAS gala photos: Nancy Cartwright gets her Freedom Medal!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology has posted its photos from this year’s big IAS gala at its UK headquarters, and we have the highlights for you. One surprise: voice of Bart Simpson actress Nancy Cartwright finally got her []

Court rejects brief from Danny Masterson victims intended to fix Boies Schiller AI blunder

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Bad enough that the Boies Schiller firm blundered with AI errors in a filing that Scientology pounced on in the Danny Masterson civil lawsuit, but now the court has rejected a make-up brief that []