TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Danny Masterson completes his criminal appeal with his ‘appellant’s reply brief,’ which answers the arguments of the state AG, who wants him to stay right where he is. We have the entire thing for you, and yes, this is separate from the habeas petition he also filed this week. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Thirty years ago today, Lisa McPherson’s tragic Scientology nightmare really kicked into gear with her first day on the ‘Introspection Rundown’ out by the pool at the Fort Harrison Hotel. ALSO: Another new superhuman Scientology success story! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Thirty years ago today, Lisa McPherson’s Scientology life reached a bizarre breaking point. In our continued look back at her final weeks in real time, we reach the moment when she had her last chance for real mental health care. ALSO: A new Sea Org recruiting video! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Today in our lookback at Lisa McPherson 30 years later, our tech experts help us understand the bizarre Scientology exercises in self-blame she was forced to go through that helped set up her tragedy. ALSO: Photo evidence of light attendance at the IAS! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Scientology tech experts review Lisa McPherson’s grim cycle of guilt and self-blame

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As we continue to look at what was happening with Lisa McPherson 30 years ago in real time, our sources help us understand why the pull her boss had as a major Scientology donor played an important part in how Lisa was being pressured to succeed despite her obvious mental health issues. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Lisa McPherson in Orlando: What her hotel roommate witnessed, and the Slaughter rule