TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Continuing our look back at Lisa McPherson’s tragic story 30 years ago, today we have stunning testimony from Tom DeVocht, who witnessed Scientology leader David Miscavige personally intervening in Lisa’s ‘case’ just weeks before her death. ALSO: Alex goes to Parliament [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Tom DeVocht: Watching David Miscavige watch Lisa McPherson and her faulty ‘needle’

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology has put out the new list of OT 7 completions, the level that consists of you finding the last of the disembodied spirits clinging to you that are left over from a 75-million-year old genocide! ALSO: The appeal in the Masterson civil suit has a date for oral arguments [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Finally, free from space cooties: The new Scientology OT 7s are here!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As our lookback at Lisa McPherson’s death 30 years later continues, we examine one of the most important developments to come out about it: The direct link between Scientology leader David Miscavige and her ordeal. ALSO: Leila Mills settles lawsuit with Scientology defendants [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Why it was Scientology leader David Miscavige who declared Lisa McPherson ‘Clear’

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Through Dec 5, the 30th anniversary of Lisa McPherson’s tragic death, we’re going to be remembering in real time the many unusual and distressing details of her story, which remains today Scientology’s most awful scandal and a reminder of how this organization still operates. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Countdown to Room 174: Remembering, in real time, Scientology’s grimmest scandal

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: For months we’ve been pointing out how Scientology has interesting connections to the White House this term. But how does that actually benefit Scientologists? Well, we have an interesting example of that today, and it involves one of the most famous Scientologists of them all. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading How Scientology’s friend Pam Bondi made a problem for John Travolta go away