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The Underground Bunker’s 2015 Scientology year-in-review starts today!

 And here we are again! Wow, this has, without a doubt, been the best year of Scientology watching that your proprietor has ever experienced. We hope 2015 was as eventful and fulfilling for you as it was for us. It felt like we never got a chance to catch a breath this year, but we []

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Scientology’s 2014 in review: So long to another great year in the Bunker!

We hope you have something fun planned for tonight as we welcome in 2015. Whether it’s a wild party or just staying home with loved ones, enjoy yourselves and be safe.

We’ll always be a little on edge as the clock strikes midnight after what happened three years ago — we had put a lot of []

Scientology’s 2014 in review: Our October surprise was all about the Duggans

Bob Duggan

We’re nearly done with our year-end look back at the most significant stories here in the Underground Bunker.

And now we’re looking at October, when we released our biggest investigative story of 2014. But first, there was a mess at PAC base that we needed help []

One Scientologist is out to teach HBO a lesson for its upcoming documentary

Myles Binford

The last time we checked in on Myles Binford, the Orange County, California businessman was organizing a running race in order to benefit a couple of Scientology’s front groups.

Binford is an OT 8 — the highest step on the Bridge to Total Freedom is Operating Thetan Level Eight, and the people who []

Scientology’s 2014 in review: New lawsuits and a house for sale in August!

With the new year only days away, we’re still looking back at the most significant stories we covered at the Bunker in 2014.

Join us as we look through the best stories of []

Scientology’s 2014 in review: For July, a stunning story of independence

We’re still looking back at the most significant stories we covered here at the Bunker this year as we get ready to welcome in 2015.

Today, we’re looking at the stories of July, and once again we had some real fireworks lighting up the summer.

And wow, what a surprise we had for readers on Independence []

Give Scientology $1,000 and all you’ll get is this lousy T-shirt

We’ve mentioned in the past that Scientology is not finished with its “Mecca” in Clearwater, Florida. Despite the completion of its city-block-sized “Flag Building” (a/k/a “Super Power” building), the church is still raising money for yet another building that will go next door: The L. Ron Hubbard Hall.

For years, Scientology held its big annual Clearwater []

Scientology’s 2014 in review: May your days be merry and bright!

Merry Christmas! We hope you’re having a lovely Saturnalia as we continue to look back at the most significant stories we covered here in the Underground Bunker in 2014. In this installment we’re looking at the stories we covered in May.

One of the things that characterized 2014 was the rising number of Scientology defectors prepared []

As Luka Magnotta is convicted, questions about his Scientology involvement remain

Luka Magnotta was convicted of first degree murder yesterday after a 10-week trial in Montreal, and he was given an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years. News of the verdict gave media organizations another chance to tell the grisly details of the crimes Magnotta committed in 2012.

Magnotta []

Scientology hit with 25th lawsuit by Las Vegas attorney as he goes after Florida rehab

Ryan Hamilton has now filed his 25th lawsuit against the Church of Scientology’s drug rehab network, Narconon, and this time he’s opened up a new front — in the state of Florida.

Hamilton began filing his lawsuits in February, and limited them to cases in California, Nevada, and Colorado. They follow a pattern which grew more []