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Jeffrey Augustine: Part two of his conversation with Jesse Prince

We’re still recovering from our big series on Lisa McPherson. In the meantime, Jeffrey Augustine sent over a copy of his latest podcast, a continuation of his conversation with Jesse […]

Augustine: How Scientology changes its story to fit what it’s trying to get away with

[David Miscavige, captain of a legal fiction]

Frequent contributor Jeffrey Augustine is back, and this time he digs into the way Scientology changes its story, depending on who it’s trying to threaten or hoodwink. Take it away, […]

Where it all began for us: Rick Ross, David Koresh, and the Church of Scientology

Twenty years ago today, the new weekly edition of the Phoenix New Times featured a man named Rick Ross on its cover, and a byline that was printed there for the first time: “By Tony […]

Jonny Jacobsen: Why the Moscow ban on Scientology may be built on shaky foundations

Our man in Europe, Jonny Jacobsen, finally found some time in his busy schedule covering the Scientology prosecution in Belgium to give us his thoughts about the other big story this week — the Moscow court’s decision to ban the church. Like us, Jonny has his concerns about the way Russia goes about its opposition […]

Five months later, Ponzi schemer and Scientologist Reed Slatkin is still dead

In 2008, the website Business Pundit listed Scientologist Reed Slatkin’s Ponzi scheme as the 8th worst in all […]

Jeffrey Augustine: Just a friendly reminder — Scientology prices are outrageous

Frequent contributor Jeffrey Augustine is back with another look at Scientology and money. Recently, the Netherlands upheld a legal decision to deny Scientology tax exempt status, and one of the reasons given was that it made no sense to the Dutch that a “church” would be charging such exorbitant rates. Can you imagine a court […]

Scientology on the high seas: When L. Ron Hubbard was still making tech ‘breakthroughs’

We have something of a cryptic story this morning. Some months ago, we were asked a question by a researcher and we didn’t have access to the answer at the time. Now we’ve stumbled upon it, and we thought rather than just email that person, we’d post the answer publicly for the heck of it. […]

Desperate to hurt Going Clear‘s Oscar chances, Scientology goes down a dangerous path

We’re still jonesing for the next issue of Scientology’s propaganda magazine, Freedom, which completely missed putting out an issue in October. The magazine had been chugging along with monthly issues after it was retooled and relaunched in July 2014 with a new, very earnest focus on issues of the day rather than goofy attacks on […]

Jefferson Hawkins: What those Scientologists in yellow T-shirts at a disaster scene really want

Jefferson Hawkins was once the top marketing executive for the Church of Scientology and helped it reach its greatest extent with the famous “volcano” TV ads in the 1980s. He’s told his tale of getting into and out of the church with his excellent books Counterfeit Dreams and Leaving Scientology, and he’s previous written a […]

Hey, Miscavige, quit calling Leah Remini names and produce your wife already

[Leah Remini, Lt. Andre Dawson, Shelly Miscavige]

“Hurricane Leah,” former Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder has dubbed it, and as the Leah Remini media storm continues, we’re just trying to keep up with all of the reactions to her landmark book, […]

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