Here’s proof that David Miscavige’s real estate approach to Scientology leadership pays

Back in 2014 we provided a jolt to Scientology watchers when we got a look at some actual figures representing the amount of money that Scientology is worth, and all tax-free.

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PI stalking Leah Remini for Scientology was unlicensed, it turns out

Last June we brought a big scoop to the Daily Beast: We’d got our hands on some remarkable text messages between private investigators stalking Leah Remini and Jennifer Lopez on behalf of the Church of Scientology.

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Scientology’s global conquest: Founder L. Ron Hubbard stressed ‘put in ethics’ to foil enemies

We were going through a pile of early Scientology materials and ran across a 1966 account of his African travels from L. Ron Hubbard that we found particularly entertaining. It has been posted to the Internet before, but we don’t think we’ve discussed it here at the Bunker. We do remember a few years ago reacting to an account of Hubbard’s time in Rhodesia as told by his official biographer, Dan Sherman, and that was a riot. But this is Hubbard’s own version of his time there, and it is filled with howlers. But aside from his tall tales, we find it a striking assertion by Hubbard, that the way to foil enemies was to “put in ethics” — in other words, establish Scientology control through intimidation. We’d like to get your thoughts on Hubbard’s assertions in this piece.

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TODAY: Scientology wants you to make a resolution to fork over every penny in 2022

This new flier from Scientology was just too good not to share with you all this New Year’s weekend.

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Ten years later: Debbie Cook’s indictment of Scientology under David Miscavige, annotated

Ten years ago, a little after midnight as 2012 had just begun, we started to get emails.

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Scientology’s 2021: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!

Another year of the damn pandemic, and another year without a Howdycon. Yes, we have reasons to be glad to see the last of 2021. But on the other hand, this was a particularly strong year here at the Underground Bunker in terms of new sources, new leaks, and fascinating new stories.

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INSIDER: David Miscavige has one more trick planned to disguise Scientology’s sad state

Our new inside source is back with another startling assessment of the state of Scientology right at this minute. He says David Miscavige is desperate after the attrition of two years of the pandemic, and now has one more Hail Mary to keep things going in 2022. This is fascinating stuff.

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Juliette Lewis tells the NY Times she doesn’t identify as a Scientologist: What gives?

[Juliette Lewis and her late father, actor Geoffrey Lewis]

We heard from a lot of readers who noted that Juliette Lewis, in a new interview at the New York Times this week, seemed to distance herself from Scientology, which she grew up in.

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Scientology is trying hard to make 2022 the year America goes ‘Ideal’!

After the series of disclosures coming from our new inside source (and there’s more coming tomorrow!), we can’t help looking at this “Ideal” malarkey coming from Scientology in a different light.

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After leaving Scientology, the 1960s band People! has a new album out!

Now here’s a comeback we’ve been looking forward to.

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