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[Sea Org member Marion Pouw, 1953-2025]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Janis Grady and Mark Fisher recently reported that longtime Sea Org member Marion Pouw had died. Daily Mail Australia followed with a good piece about her history in Scientology. But what did this woman Ron Miscavige called a ‘henchman’ actually do? We have an interesting witness. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology loses an ‘enforcer,’ but what work did Marion Pouw actually do?
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You’re 76 trillion years old, and you have countless more lifetimes to come. Thetan, we know you’re out of ideas what to do these sweltering summers. When it’s this hot, it’s not easy getting your meatsack out to do anything. But that’s where Scientology has your back, pilgrim! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology has your summer fun lined up: Three parties with Ron!
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The tabs are losing it now that Scientology icon Tom Cruise was spotted holding hands with actress Ana de Armas in Vermont. What is she in for? We figured the best way to answer that is go over Cruise’s previous relationships, and with help from Nicole Kidman’s former auditor! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Nicole Kidman’s Scientology auditor: What Ana de Armas is in for with Tom Cruise
[A Scientology rendering of how neat their new Hubbard Hall is going to be inside]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You know Scientology is gearing up for a serious fight when it pulls out the language of righteous religious indignation. It’s getting biblical in the fight between the church and the city of Clearwater over leader David Miscavige’s plans for completion of his Florida Vatican! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology warns Clearwater that delay of Hubbard Hall project is a ‘spiritual burden’
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: John Sweeney called Scientology ‘The Church of Fear.’ And former Scientologist Phil Jones has been detailing how fear rules life in the church. He told us about the fear of yawning, and the fear of being called for briefings. And now, he tackles the dreaded Knowledge Report. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading This is going on your permanent record: Why Scientologists fear being written up
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Once again, Patty Moher takes us into her time as a Scientology spy, and explains the surprisingly complex ‘tech’ of stealing the trash of people the church wanted kept under watch! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Coming clean: ‘I stole trash for the Church of Scientology’s spy wing’
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We have a fun trip down memory lane today. We’ve found a letter that Mike Rinder wrote to the LA Times in 2005, when it was his job to convince the newspaper there was nothing unusual about the relationship between Scientology leader David Miscavige and Top Gun star Tom Cruise! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading When Scientology tried to convince the LA Times that Tom & Dave were just regular dudes
[The giant tent, or marquee, for the IAS event in 2014]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Alex Barnes-Ross has a surprising report: After he pointed out that Scientology did not apply for a permit for its massive tent that houses its annual IAS gala, the church tried to claim it was a permanent structure and should be allowed. But local pols aren’t buying it. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology denied permit after claiming temporary IAS tent is a permanent structure
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: There was a time when John Alex Wood was the main online attack dog for Scientology, fighting daily at places like Twitter against church critics. Long an Underground Bunker favorite, he’s now turned up in a UK success story as he finally, after more than 30 years, goes OT! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Onward, Scientology soldier! John Alex Wood is finally going OT
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A month from today, a well-known Haunted House complex north of Tampa will open for its 2025 season. And Florida Halloween fans may not know it, but their scare dollars will be helping Scientology build its massive new shrine to founder L. Ron Hubbard in Clearwater! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading How your haunted house dollars are helping build Scientology’s new Vatican
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