TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday #Scientology members were asked to come down to their local ‘orgs’ to watch video of the L. Ron Hubbard birthday event filmed the week before in Florida. We have a couple of eyewitness reports from those local celebrations of the 114th birthday of Scientology’s founder. [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: Geoff Levin was close with actor Wings Hauser for more than 50 years, and they met in Scientology. With news of Hauser’s death at 77, Geoff shares details of their friendship in and out of the church, and the moment when Wings dared to speak up like no celebrity before or since. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading When my friend Wings Hauser stunned Scientology about its high prices

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Scientology has not yet sent out a press release about its annual birthday bash for founder L. Ron Hubbard, but already one secret from it has leaked out, and it’s a detail with some profound evidence about the state of the church, and San Francisco’s moment in the sun! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading San Francisco rules the Scientology universe — for this week, at least

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Civil suits are still spinning out from the Jan 6 insurrection, and an odd result is that the White House’s Dan Scavino is fighting to keep records of his work for Donald Trump sealed, and he’s citing Scientology’s historical fight to keep its records secret. Say what? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Why Scientology’s fight over ‘Snow White’ files is coming up in Trump civil lawsuit

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Readers have been messaging us in regards to a story about a missing sportfishing diver who didn’t surface last Thursday about 65 miles off the coast of Naples, Florida. He was a Scientology member, and the outpouring of support for his family has been very interesting to see. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Missing Clearwater diver has Scientology community (and exes too) distraught