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We’re premiering another video by the “Reckless Ben” team today, their fourth installment of short films about the infiltration of Scientology they recently pulled off. Continue reading Scientology auditing, infiltrated and explained: The ‘Reckless Ben’ team’s 4th video
Scientology has two main awards ceremonies per year. Donors to the IAS draw attention for the huge trophies awarded at an October event at Saint Hill in East Grinstead, England that mirror their millions in donations that keep the organization going. The other awards are made during the New Year’s event in Los Angeles where Power FSMs are recognized. We count 26 in this year’s photo with Scientology leader David Miscavige, but there are many more that didn’t make the trip. Field Staff Members (FSMs) keep Scientology going by bringing in new members, and work to encourage current members to pay for more courses. Continue reading Scientology honors its bodysnatchers with stars on its Xenu-rrific walk of fame
Sonya Adelaide Bianchi Hulswit, a woman L. Ron Hubbard presented at an August 1950 presentation at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles as the first example of a Scientology “Clear,” died last night in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her son Chris Hulswit tells us that she was 92. Continue reading Sonya Bianchi, 1927-2020: Hubbard’s first ‘Clear’ who vanished from Scientology history
[Gloria Lopez]Activists have tracked down a woman French police tried for years to question about the 2006 suicide of a Scientologist — and she’s still working for the movement. Continue reading Activists find Scientologist French police tried for years to question about 2006 suicide
[Bobette Riales and the Hollywood Celebrity Centre]Back on December 13, we broke the news that Scientology was planning to force some of the former Scientologists suing Danny Masterson into “religious arbitration” as a way of killing their lawsuit. Continue reading MASTERSON: Scientology wants Bobette Riales dismissed, others forced into arbitration
[Attorney Steven L. Murray]Back in December 2018, we posted a federal complaint filed by a woman in Wyoming named Julie L. Rohrbacher, who was suing her former employer, Teton Therapy, for trying to force her into Scientology courses. Continue reading Wyoming employer settles to prevent trial on forcing worker into Scientology
[Phil Jones and his son Mike]On Saturday, we posted Skip Young’s update about how he tried to defy Scientology disconnection by flying across the country to see his two grown daughters. It didn’t go well. We got a couple of interesting responses to that, and we wanted you to see this one today. It was submitted by Phil Jones, a pretty familiar name around here. Continue reading If Scientology forced your children to disconnect from you, what would you do?
The Underground Bunker has learned that 1970s Scientology spymaster Henning Heldt, the target of one of the largest raids in FBI history, died Sunday of cancer. He was 74. Continue reading Henning Heldt, 1945-2020: Scientology’s 1970s spymaster went to prison for L. Ron Hubbard
[Michael, left and Ben enlighten us about Scientology]Who are these guys? That was one of the reactions we had when we saw the dynamite first two videos put out by a couple of young infiltrators who have brought out some of the most fascinating (and hilarious) undercover video from inside Scientology in a long time. Continue reading Scientology’s ‘Purif’ detox gets the ‘Reckless Ben’ treatment in video debuting here today
The seals on the gates of the Palmas Plaza have been removed and work has started again to renovate the former shopping mall into Scientology’s Advanced Org for Latin America. Scientology purchased the building in 2008 and began renovating without permits in 2017. How Scientology convinced officials to issue a permit and remove the seals is unknown. Enrique Vargas del Villar, the Constitutional President of the Municipality of Huixquilucan did not respond to our questions about the permit status. Continue reading Does Mexico really need a Scientology ‘Advanced Org’? We’ll soon find out.
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