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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]

Scientology’s legendary ‘Liability Cruise,’ including color photos, like it was yesterday

Janis Gillham Grady has graciously sent us an excerpt from Commodore’s Messenger, the first of her three-part history in the Sea Org as a child. (Part three is coming.) And we were pretty happy that she sent along some great color photos — they’re black and white in the book. Still looking for a gift […]

Scientology wants your feedback, thetan: ‘Who would you like to hear from?’

[We can’t get enough of these Scientology whales: Are they available?]

It’s your chance to help out Scientology again, dear readers. They have sent out another survey to members, asking for their feedback. And this time, it’s about who they want to see on […]

A triple BONANZA of Scientology vids promoting its rockin’ cruise ship, the Freewinds!

Now this is a great way to keep our Thanksgiving weekend vibe going! […]

Luis Garcia steps in to help Danny Masterson’s accusers: Scientology ‘arbitration’ is corrupt

[Luis Garcia and his attorney Ted Babbitt]

On November 2, a California appeals court will hear oral arguments in the lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s rape accusers, who allege that they have been subjected to years of harassment by Masterson and the Church of […]

Academics who ignore defectors as ‘apostates’ will never see Scientology for what it is

The Underground Bunker asked former Sea Org official Chris Shelton to dig into a new academic paperback about Scientology, which is the latest issue of a journal called Implicit Religion. We think you’ll find Chris’s take in this first piece, which he comes at admitting his own personal biases, fascinating.

In my limited experience with the […]

Danny Masterson’s civil attorney adds Prince Andrew as a client and Twitter loses its mind

[Danny Masterson, attorney Andrew Brettler, and Prince Andrew]

If you saw the 2020 Netflix documentary Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, you learned that one of the more sordid chapters of the Epstein saga involved one of his alleged victims, Virginia Giuffre, and her claims about having been set up by the financier as an underage treat for […]

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Scientology’s legendary ‘Liability Cruise,’ including color photos, like it was yesterday

Scientology wants your feedback, thetan: ‘Who would you like to hear from?’

A triple BONANZA of Scientology vids promoting its rockin’ cruise ship, the Freewinds!

Luis Garcia steps in to help Danny Masterson’s accusers: Scientology ‘arbitration’ is corrupt

Academics who ignore defectors as ‘apostates’ will never see Scientology for what it is

Danny Masterson’s civil attorney adds Prince Andrew as a client and Twitter loses its mind

Scientology sends out creepy letters to lure you back in, and other gems from our mailbag

Scientology’s new campaign to get you to sign its billion-year contract is here!

After Scientology’s 9-11 fakery, a Sea Org slave makes his dicey run for freedom

Why isn’t Scientology promoting the Covid-19 vaccines like it did hand-washing and masks?

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