TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Patty Moher is a great addition to our Group Therapy podcast, and we’ve dived into her history as a Scientology spy. But she also was lured into the church’s promises of spiritual power, and she’s distilled it into this narrative to help us understand the trap she walked into. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Scientology sells spirituality, but delivers crushing debt: A case study

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology completed its triple-play of grand openings it planned this year for new holy shrines to its god, er, founder L. Ron Hubbard. This time a house in a country (which no longer exists) that Hubbard had plans of taking over and turning into the first Scientology country. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Scientology opens shrine to L. Ron Hubbard in country he wanted to take over

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One thing we have learned is that there are two words you never want to see one after the other: ‘Scientologist’ and ‘chiropractor.’ Now, two Scientology chiro grifters we’ve watched over the years are suddenly in a LOT more trouble after thumbing their noses at court. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Scientology grifters defy court and find themselves in a lot more trouble

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As usual, we mark Independence Day here at the Underground Bunker by asking readers to tell us about their own declarations of freedom from Scientology indoctrination. What led you to dissolve the political bands which connected you to David Miscavige and his tyrannical cabal? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Independence Day 2025: Tell us about your fight for freedom from Scientology

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Although Scientology expends enormous effort to keep leader David Miscavige out of court, he did have to sit for depositions at least twice in 1990s lawsuits. We obtained a full copy of the first of Dave’s depositions and we’re presenting the entire thing (83K words!) today. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading The David Miscavige deposition, in all of its surprising (and infuriating) detail