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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: We’re glad to be done with our series about Lisa McPherson, who died 30 years ago Friday, and we thought we owed you some comic relief, namely, Scientology leader David Miscavige spinning conspiracies about it. ALSO: Do you recognize this get-rich author and Scientology hound? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Postscript: How David Miscavige spun the death of Lisa McPherson
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 updated its plans to pave over fields near its UK headquarters for its once-a year gala, and is seeking council approval. And what of the poor protected amphibians in the way? Alex Barnes-Ross takes a look at the new proposal. ALSO: The toddler who just donated 50 grand! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology’s new plan for Saint Hill’s newts: If they die, they die
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As a former London staffer and with his annual protests of the IAS gala at Scientology’s UK headquarters Saint Hill Manor, Alex Barnes-Ross is uniquely positioned to judge the severity of the ransomware breach of Saint Hill that emerged this week. He has some great insights. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology ransomware data breach: Alex Barnes-Ross on how bad it really is
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The Church of Scientology has filed an amicus brief in support of Danny Masterson’s attempt to overturn his conviction that has him serving 30 years to life. This is the most definitive evidence yet that Scientology has not dropped its support of the ‘That ‘70s Show’ actor. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology trying to intervene with court to help Danny Masterson get out of prison
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: And so we reach the 30th anniversary of Scientology’s grimmest scandal, the tragic death of Lisa McPherson. We conclude our series about her final days with the truly disturbing details about her final hours. ALSO: Scientology’s UK headquarters hacked by ransomware criminals! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Thirty years ago today: The final hours of Lisa McPherson’s Scientology life
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Day after day, Scientology’s ‘caretakers’ stood by and watched Lisa McPherson deteriorate. How could they do that and not get her real care? Just a day before the 30th anniversary of her tragic end, we look back at the underlying Scientology concepts that created this horror. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading How Scientology ‘caretakers’ could stand by and watch Lisa McPherson deteriorate
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology calls itself the world’s fastest growing religion without a shred of evidence. It’s always fun to examine actual facts and figures that expose this lie whenever they’re available. And thanks to some hard work from one of our podcast stalwarts, we have some! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology says it’s the world’s fastest-growing religion, but its own stats say otherwise
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Big donors. Super Scientologists. Market mavericks. At one time the Feshbach brothers were legends in Scientology with a reputation for profiting on the misery of others. But more recently they’ve hit hard times. The latest setback is a bankruptcy with a surprising explanation. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Former Scientology titan Kurt Feshbach in bankruptcy, blames Google
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard said every person is actually trillions of years old, and over that many lifetimes has committed every horrific crime possible. Maybe that explains why there’s an OT Scientologist in Pinellas County Jail right now accused of truly awful things. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading An OT Scientologist is in Pinellas County Jail for a truly awful reason
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Only days into a 7-year sentence, convicted fraudster and longtime Scientology donor David Gentile was freed from custody Wednesday. The White House didn’t grant clemency to Gentile’s non-Scientologist crime partner, the latest sign of Scientology’s in with this president. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Trump frees Scientologist fraudster, doesn’t free non-Scientologist crime partner
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