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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]

PODCAST: Apostate Alex helps us deconstruct David Miscavige’s recent speeches

Twice now, we’ve partnered with “Apostate Alex” Barnes-Ross to bring you the speeches of Scientology leader David […]

Scientology propaganda is the best thing ever, and we are here for it

We’ve had a big week of hard-hitting stories here at the Underground Bunker. But we’re always happy to pause for a cool, refreshing taste of Scientology […]

PODCAST: Bruce Hines on what it was like to spy for Scientology

Once again this week we received a timely and terrific narrative from Bruce Hines, a former top auditor in Scientology whose involvement in the church went back […]

Need last-minute gifts for the Scientologists on your list? We got your back, Santa!

We’ve seen a number of Scientology holiday catalogs over the years, and this year’s edition didn’t fail to give us a chuckle. So we thought we’d share some of the images from it while you prepare for your own […]

October showdowns: After years of delays, Scientology-related trials are looming

[Rizza Islam and Danny Masterson: Trials and tribulations]

Way back in 2015, we told you that a Compton, California family had been charged with Medi-Cal fraud for sending the state insurance program fake reports of treatment from a jackleg Scientology “Narconon” rehab working out of the notorious World Literacy […]

She used a Scientology rehab for fraud. Then she died. Now she’s wanted for arrest.

[Rizza and Hanan Islam]

On March 31, we reported the startling news that Hanan Islam, 62, had died of cancer, which also happened to end the prosecution against her for stealing about $4 million from the state of California through Medi-Cal fraud, and with the use of a Scientology rehab […]

Scientology celebrates new staff as everything is really going gangbusters

Although the pandemic put a hold on Scientology’s major events and its ‘Ideal Org’ grand openings, leader David Miscavige is still pushing his troops to staff up orgs that were about to open before the […]

INSIDER: David Miscavige has one more trick planned to disguise Scientology’s sad state

Our new inside source is back with another startling assessment of the state of Scientology right at this minute. He says David Miscavige is desperate after the attrition of two years of the pandemic, and now has one more Hail Mary to keep things going in 2022. This is fascinating […]

Ten Days That Shook The (Scientology) World: Dave and Danny’s very bad predicament

[Stuck in a leaky boat together: Danny Masterson and David Miscavige]

Our loyal readers know what a daily slog it’s been for the last nine years at this website as we’ve covered Scientology as a daily news beat. You’ve been with us as remarkable stories about the church and its controversies have produced winners and losers, […]

ABC gives platform to Scientologist named one of 12 biggest sources of vaccine disinfo

We’ve been telling you for years that Rizza Islam is a menace. And now it’s […]

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