Scientology Studies | The Underground Bunker

A grim anniversary that should remind us Scientology has no business ‘testing’ anyone

[Vitkovic, mid-massacre]

On December 8, 1987 — 30 years ago today — a 22-year-old man named Frank Vitkovic went looking for a former friend he wanted to kill. […]

Yes, L. Ron Hubbard wrote even more about children and sex, and we need to talk about it

We continue to explore L. Ron Hubbard’s statements about sex and children since Leah Remini made that subject such a part of the second season of her series, Scientology and the […]

DOX: Scientology’s pricey Florida ‘spiritual mecca’ keeps up its value in latest tax records

Jeffrey Augustine is once again keeping us up to date on Scientology’s financial documents. In this case, he has new figures on how much just one of many Scientology’s entities is worth, according to newly available tax […]

How L. Ron Hubbard used ‘past lives’ to set a trap for Scientologists

On Tuesday, we told you about a very disturbing 1952 L. Ron Hubbard lecture where he described, in strange Scientology jargon, the sexual abuse and killing of young boys that a Scientologist might be hiding in his […]

Ugh. We just found a troubling L. Ron Hubbard Scientology lecture about little boys and sex.

You have to understand something, dear reader. L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, used to give lectures on practically a daily basis — and sometimes more than one a day — for decades. This character could talk and talk about anything for hours and hours, and his followers giggled and applauded their way through […]

Don’t give short shrift to one of Scientology’s most defining qualities – its arrogance

You can’t really begin to understand why it’s so difficult for Scientologists to rejoin the outside world unless you keep in mind that throughout their time in the church, they’ve had it pounded into their heads that Scientologists are superior to the rest of us, who are considered “degraded […]

After a landmark court case, Scientology watchers should be celebrating, not sniping

[Pete Griffiths, John McGhee, and John Duignan in happier days]

Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He has a new edition of the book for sale, and for more than four years he’s been helping us sift through the […]

We’ve cooked up for you a special Scientology Thanksgiving — so pass the Source!

[Marcabian race car, maybe]

Here in the United States, we’re celebrating Thanksgiving today, and at the Underground Bunker we sure have a lot to be thankful for this year. […]

If Trump is serious, he has a clear path to go at Scientology — through his Treasury Secretary

[Trump, Miscavige, Mnuchin]

Does Donald Trump really want to end Scientology’s tax exempt status? That’s the provocative notion that Yashar Ali floated Thursday at the Huffington Post, but Yashar included a lot of caveats about whether there was any truth to the idea, or whether a president even has the influence to make such a […]

Scientology plan to shut road through its secretive ‘Int Base’ in California foiled again

Once again, the enterprising Erin Hodges Plumb of Hemet, California, was on the scene for a Scientology Watching adventure, and we have her report. […]

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