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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: Yesterday Scientology issued a press release announcing that it had opened a brand spanking new ‘Ideal Mission’ in McMinnville, Oregon, and with the whole nine yards — giant bow and ribbon, balloons, and local shills making speeches. And this place has an interesting history! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology opens ‘Ideal Mission’ in hotspot where it ran city council candidate
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Another winter solstice has sneaked up on us here in the northern hemisphere, and to our antipodean friends, enjoy your summer! Once again it’s time to take stock of the year just past with our annual review of Scientology news, which begins today. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading The Underground Bunker’s 2024 Scientology year-in-review starts today!
[Judge Upinder Kalra and Danny Masterson]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday Danny Masterson’s attorneys posted their appeal brief as they try to overturn his prison sentence. But even before Masterson was charged criminally, he and the Church of Scientology were sued civilly in 2019 by his victims. And it’s been slow going ever since. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology granted delay in the Danny Masterson 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: Danny Masterson’s appellate attorneys turned in their appeal brief a couple of days early, and we knew you’d want to dig into it and give us your thoughts. So here’s the whole enchilada. It’s too big to fit in an email, so please come to tonyortega.substack.com to see the whole thing. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Here’s Danny Masterson’s entire appeal brief
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Christian missionaries, lured in by a restored L. Ron Hubbard property, put through staring exercises at the Harlem org, some books taken home, some restless leg cured. This is the way Scientology recruitment is supposed to work, people! ALSO: Tom Cruise gets a new medal! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Miracle on 125th St: Christian missionaries provide Scientology a holiday PR victory!
[Ron had his eyes on Target Two] TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A question from a reader sent us on a wild goose chase into Scientology’s dim past in search of something L. Ron Hubbard supposedly said about his future in this galaxy. Finally, we retrieved it, and we know you’re going to want to see it! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Why Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard isn’t coming back to Earth
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Another Scientology Christmas memory, this time thanks to ‘Apostate’ Alex Barnes-Ross, who tells us what happened one year when he tried to bring some holiday cheer to the London center where he worked, and ran into some Scientology bah humbug! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading O Christmas Tree: A Scientology yuletide miracle in Merry Old England
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You thought Scientology was going through a rough time? Think again, you doubter. We nearly overlooked it, but in the new issue of Impact magazine, there’s a bold recounting of the IAS’s history, and how Scientology has vanquished all of its foes. You have to see this thing. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology issues stunning declaration of victory over global critics
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Five years ago we were leaked a Scientology survey that suggested the church had plans for new books aimed at kids. Then we heard about a ‘first ever’ graduation for children held last night at the Fort Harrison Hotel, Scientology’s most holy site in Florida. Is it a new push? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology making a new effort to get its clutches on your kids?
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’ve been meaning to check Trish Duggan’s financials for some time now, and when we saw that she was once again Scientology’s number one trophy winner at this year’s IAS gala, we figured it was the right time. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading What Trish Duggan is worth annually to Scientology leader David Miscavige
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