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The chilling coda to one of Scientology’s most notorious deaths

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Wednesday, Claire Headley and Tom DeVocht marked the 25th anniversary of a grim event in Scientology history: The death of Stacy Moxon Meyer. There’s a strange coda to this terrible story we learned covering […]

Another ‘Ideal’ grand opening for Scientology! This time, a mission in LA County

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 quietly been adding more ‘Ideal Missions’ in recent weeks, along with David Miscavige’s other ribbon-cutting ceremonies this year. But does it represent real expansion? [What is this Substack thing, […]

SCIENTOLOGY BLINKS AGAIN: Tries to withdraw before embarrassing ‘no’ vote

[David Miscavige changes his mind about banning protests at Saint Hill]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: For the second time in a month, Scientology has withdrawn a petition before suffering an embarrassing no vote from a local political body. But […]

The Holocaust deniers and Scientology: Lingering questions about a connection

[Notorious antisemite Willis Carto spun wild theories about L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: From time to time, we get asked about a curious historical nugget: In the middle of a wild 1990s fight between Holocaust […]

Scientologists behaving badly: A legal rundown

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Longtime Scientologist and Cobra Kai actor Martin Kove is in the news for some very questionable behavior. And speaking of dubious behavior by Scientologists, we thought we’d update you on some of the court […]

After ditching Scientology: Joy Villa on hanging with the Cruise and Travolta kids

[Joy Villa, right, with reclusive Scientology celebrity Connor Cruise]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: On May 14, Joy Villa announced publicly that she’d left Scientology and was turning her attention to exposing the organization’s abuses. She also had access to […]

Scientology documents: Church freakout over the Tom Cruise-Brooke Shields feud

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Previously unpublished internal Scientology documents give us a new glimpse behind the scenes as church leaders were freaking out over the Tom Cruise-Brooke Shields feud. And wait until you hear who they sent to […]

Now that Scientology has lost, here’s the case it made for a UK protest ban

[Scientology’s solicitor Peter Hodkin really didn’t like protesting being done by the likes of Martin Padfield outside Saint Hill Manor]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It’s official: A regional council is recommending that a protest ban outside Scientology’s UK headquarters […]

The world is on fire, but Scientology is here to make everything OK!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The news coming at us is pretty distressing, but at least we can take a brief break from the latest apocalypse to enjoy just how ridiculous the Church of Scientology is as it prepares […]

Saying goodbye is hard. Scientology makes it so much harder.

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Valerie Ross has another meaningful piece for us today, and our thanks for the job she does tackling a difficult subject. It’s never easy to lose someone in your life. But Scientology, she explains, […]

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