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Scientology’s beach party goes into a third day in Clearwater

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The Scientology party at Sand Key Park in Clearwater that started on Saturday continued into its third day yesterday, and we’ve been checking with experts about what it could be all about. ALSO: Doctors []

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Scientology’s greatest ever justification for its expensive TV channel 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: If you’ve ever tried to view Scientology TV, you know it’s unwatchable propaganda. But David Miscavige has to prove it’s been worth the millions to produce all that wretched content. So now, the best []

Ready for OT superpowers, pilgrim? Scientology is waiting for you to come aboard!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A reader has sent us a complete new marketing pitch designed to get Scientology members out to the ship Freewinds so they can gain superhuman OT abilities in an adventurous setting. Avast there, pilgrim! []

Scientology staff is the best job ever: We have video to prove it!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: While we wait to see Tom Cruise rappel down in Paris today, we’ll catch up on items helpful readers have sent. In Orlando, the Scientology staff sent out a video about how fulfilling it []

French and English voices decry Tom Cruise stunt planned for Olympics

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: [What is this Substack thing, []

Scientology ecstasy: When your space cooties finally get sober

[London staffers Glen Milton, Sandrine Mootoo-Hall, Nat Wakley whoop it up]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You may know about Scientology’s legendary ‘OT 3’ level which introduces the idea of ‘body thetans’ and Xenu the galactic overlord. But are you []

Why a troubled VP bid has us recalling a bizarre 1980 Scientology extortion attempt

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Some media hand-wringing over the GOP’s VP choice has some thinking back to 1972 and the spectacular flameout of VP candidate Thomas Eagleton. But the Missouri senator is also of interest for us for []

New York Scientology donor David Gentile convicted in federal fraud case

[David Gentile and the New York Scientology “Ideal Org”]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Jeffrey Augustine has been on the story of wealthy Scientology donor David Gentile from the beginning. So we asked him to summarize yesterday’s big result in []

The secret plan to produce a Scientology social media star

[Charlie Wakley, when he was emerging as the face of Scientology London]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Over the years, we’ve noted how different Scientology in London has seemed. The staff there was savvier about social media and even produced []

Miss Lovely is still dishing on Scientology: It’s Paulette Cooper’s birthday!

[Paulette and her husband, Paul Noble]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Every year, we celebrate the birthday of the woman who is the reason we started the Underground Bunker in the first place, to support our book about her, ‘The []