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This week we’re looking back at ‘The Scandal of Scientology,’ a book that drove L. Ron Hubbard to distraction. It was written by a New York magazine writer named Paulette Cooper, who was only 28 when it came out on June 1, 1971. Even before its publication, Paulette became an obsession with Hubbard as he tried to destroy her utterly with a series of complex operations that we detailed in our own book, ‘The Unbreakable Miss Lovely,’ referring to the code name Hubbard’s espionage corps the Guardian’s Office gave her. Paulette gave up her rights to the book in a 1976 court settlement with the church, and so an actual paperback copy will cost you dearly, if you can find one. But you can still read the entire book online. She’s still trying to get the word out about Hubbard, and recently wrote several essays for ‘Battlefield Scientology,’ a collection of some of the Bunker’s best stories. Now, here’s a taste of ‘Scandal’… Continue reading Paulette Cooper’s ‘Scandal of Scientology’: The book that made Miss Lovely a target
Once again, the L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future awards ceremony is upon us, and once again it provides a clear example of how Scientology manages to go year after year without a reckoning for its abuses. Continue reading Scientology gets away with abuses because it has friends like author Orson Scott Card
[The Garcias and their appellate attorney, Philip M. Burlington]We love a good appeal brief. If you read a lot of legal documents like we do, you get used to a lot of turgid stuff that, while highly important to a case, is a slog to get through. Continue reading Scientology’s bogus ‘arbitration’: The Garcia appeal brief is here, and it’s a beauty
It’s not too often that we’re treated to a broadside like the one Scientologist Jeff Pomerantz shared with his fellow Hubbardites recently. Continue reading A stunning Scientology call to arms for our politically divided times on this dirt ball
[Boys from the village of Napamogona. Photo by Charles Fourtree.]Chris Owen provides yet another startling look at Scientology history that you probably haven’t heard about… Continue reading Thetans in the Jungle: Scientology in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands
[Brian Statler in 2015]The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has identified the sword-wielding man who was fatally shot Wednesday by police at the Inglewood Scientology Ideal Org as Brian Statler of West Los Angeles, who was 30 years old. Continue reading Sword-wielding, Bentley-driving man killed by police at Scientology org identified
Rod Keller keeps an eye on the Ideal Org racket David Miscavige is running, and he notices something very interesting… Continue reading Scientology is putting Ideal Orgs in every country where it operates — except one
Why do people do extreme things to disqualify themselves from the Sea Org? You’ve heard harrowing stories about Sea Org members making suicide threats and suicide attempts, making hazardous attempts to run away, and some have even threatened to go to the press just to get themselves out of the Sea Org. A Sea Org member who has been brought to the brink and does not want to be there anymore cannot simply give a two week notice and leave. Leaving the Sea Org for some can require drastic measures. Let’s explore why that would be. Continue reading Leaving Scientology’s ‘Sea Org’ isn’t easy, and some turn to desperate measures
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