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VIDEO: Russell Miller on how he was targeted by Scientology for his Hubbard biography

If there is only one book you are going to read about Scientology, let it be Russell Miller’s epochal biography of L. Ron Hubbard, Bare-Faced […]

PODCAST: This week’s sentencing and letters drama left us needing some group therapy

The gang is back together this week for some Group Therapy, but given the magnitude of this week’s Scientology news, we thought we’d make this episode available to […]

Indie Scientologists go on the attack: Victoria Palmer plans Sep 23 protest at Big Blue

[Victoria Palmer at the Reno gathering last month]

From the very beginning, in the early 1950s, there have always been adherents of L. Ron Hubbard’s “technology” who broke away from his official movement to practice his ideas on their […]

How Scientology lured a Sci-Fi fan, but drove him away with its lack of imagination

[Ron Kasman, young Scientologist SF artist]

I first heard about Scientology from a cousin at my mother’s kitchen table. From that introduction, I entered the Church of Scientology on Sunday, December 27, 1970 to attend a Sunday service. I wrote about that experience here previously. That story was written fifty years to the day after that […]

PODCAST: Apollo crew member Sandy Holeman on serving L. Ron Hubbard and fleeing Scientology

We’ve been talking to Sandy Holeman for years, and we should have introduced you to her long ago. And when she told us that she had attended the San Jose world premiere of ‘Brothers Broken’ last month, we decided to make up for lost […]

A 2017 flight suggests that Scientology leader is still canoodling with his ‘communicator’

[Dave, Lou, and a private jet cabin]

It’s one of the most important and telling details from Leah Remini’s bestselling memoir, Troublemaker, a moment that helped begin her journey out of […]

Before Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard wanted to be thought of like one of his pulp fiction heroes

In 1938, L. Ron Hubbard was a 27-year-old budding celebrity living in Bremerton, Washington, across the Puget Sound from Seattle, and in relative […]

Stan Lee* helps Scientology raise money from beyond the grave!

[*Stan Lee is dead. This is Jim Meskimen, Scientology’s most loyal clown.]

We know this to be true: Scientology wants every last one of your dimes and pennies, even after you’ve gone to your great […]

We asked Mark Bunker about Scientology developer’s high rise plans for Clearwater

[Clearwater, 2525]

Tampa Bay Times reporter Tracey McManus had another major scoop this weekend when she revealed that Scientologist developer Moises Agami has filed plans to build two towering condo buildings in downtown Clearwater, Florida that will be the new tallest structures in the […]

The delightful result when Scientology was infiltrated by a reporter — in Hawaii

[Intrepid reporter Bob Jones]

We have been stunned to see the devastation on Maui from wildfires, and we assume you probably have been as well. If you are interested in sending aid, the New York Times put together a handy guide to where to send your donations so that it has the most impact as the […]

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