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Tony Ortega is a journalist who was formerly the editor of The Village Voice. He's written about Scientology since 1995, and in May 2015 released a book about Scientology's harassment of Paulette Cooper titled 'The Unbreakable Miss Lovely.' He continues to monitor breaking developments in the Scientology world from an undisclosed location in an underground bunker he shares with four cats and one of them wrinkly Shar Pei dogs. Despite his super-secret security protections, you can still reach him pretty easily by sending him a message at tonyo94 AT gmail.com (Drop him a line if you'd like to get an e-mail whenever a new story is posted.) [Header image courtesy John Rickard]

Another crucial Scientology eyewitness coming forward, starting today at the Bunker

Louise Shekter is a well known name to Sea Org members who sailed with L. Ron Hubbard. Her career in Scientology is rather astounding, from serving on the Apollo, to a stint in the Guardian’s Office, and much more. She’s never spoken publicly about her experiences before, but we’re incredibly excited that she’s beginning to […]

This document really captures what it’s like to be a Scientology indentured servant

[The London staff (not the source of today’s document)]

One thing that’s consistent about the accounts by former Scientology staffers and Sea Org members is the feeling of being utterly trapped that they […]

Scientology is begging members to download the new Freewinds app, and we’re green with envy

We’ve been hearing from several of our sources who tell us they’re getting sent these slick come-ons for the new Freewinds app. How exciting!

Who needs a new ship to replace the bucket of bolts that spends (almost) all of its time tied to a dock in Aruba when you can repackage it with a sweet […]

PI stalking Leah Remini for Scientology was unlicensed, it turns out

Last June we brought a big scoop to the Daily Beast: We’d got our hands on some remarkable text messages between private investigators stalking Leah Remini and Jennifer Lopez on behalf of the Church of […]

Scientology’s 2021: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!

Another year of the damn pandemic, and another year without a Howdycon. Yes, we have reasons to be glad to see the last of 2021. But on the other hand, this was a particularly strong year here at the Underground Bunker in terms of new sources, new leaks, and fascinating new […]

Juliette Lewis tells the NY Times she doesn’t identify as a Scientologist: What gives?

[Juliette Lewis and her late father, actor Geoffrey Lewis]

We heard from a lot of readers who noted that Juliette Lewis, in a new interview at the New York Times this week, seemed to distance herself from Scientology, which she grew up […]

Scientology is trying hard to make 2022 the year America goes ‘Ideal’!

After the series of disclosures coming from our new inside source (and there’s more coming tomorrow!), we can’t help looking at this “Ideal” malarkey coming from Scientology in a different […]

Scientology’s 2021 was a leaky one, including new data about its dirty tricks

This has been a year of startling reveals here at the Underground Bunker, and February certainly continued that momentum as we unmasked one of Scientology’s most notorious “bag […]