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[Three floors down from that entrance door]Last time, Sunny Pereira described how she was declared a “suppressive person” because she had briefly dated another woman in the Sea Org. (Homosexuality is considered a “perversion” in Scientology.) Sunny’s punishment? Four months being held in the basement of Scientology’s “Big Blue” headquarters in Los Angeles, three floors down below the entrance door you see in the photo above. Sunny now has another letter for us to see, one she wrote her mother from that basement. Continue reading A letter of surrender, written from the basement of Scientology’s ‘Big Blue’ HQ
Jenna Elfman has resurrected her acting career with a role as a zombie-killer, so what better way to celebrate her career’s reincarnation than with some recognition on the cover of Scientology’s goofiest magazine, Celebrity. Continue reading Jenna Elfman’s career finds new life in the zombie apocalypse
When a cover like this shows up on the National Enquirer, we hear about it. Lots of people have been messaging us over the last few days, asking us what we thought about the National Enquirer’s claim that Shelly Miscavige has been “found” after 13 years. Oh, brother. Continue reading No, the National Enquirer has not ‘found’ Scientology’s Shelly Miscavige
Rod Keller has another lesson for us today about Scientology’s front groups and fundraising… Continue reading In Scientology, every dollar you own is under constant attack
[Leah Remini in 2006]What a treat we have for you in this week’s Scientology Lit book excerpt. It’s from Leah Remini’s 2015 memoir, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology. The excerpt takes place in 2006, right after Leah had returned from the lavish Italian wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes when Leah had caused a stir by asking why Cruise’s best man, Scientology leader David Miscavige, was there without his wife, Shelly Miscavige, and was seen getting very friendly with his personal assistant. Leah was so concerned, she actually wrote up Miscavige in a “Knowledge Report” and submitted it immediately. After returning home, she would soon learn what price she would pay for turning in the church’s own dictator.
Continue reading Leah Remini pays for vexing Tom Cruise with Scientology’s ‘Truth Rundown’
[Rev. Dr. Cecil ‘Chip’ Murray and David Miscavige]On February 8, we told you about Robin Athlyn Thompson, a brand manager in Phoenix who made a few inquiries and discovered that her counterparts at USC believed a letter one of their own faculty members had supposedly written to Disney’s CEO, which was being featured by a Scientology website, was a fake. Continue reading First AME Church & USC both disclaim letter Scientology using against Leah Remini
Chris Shelton had fun with L. Ron Hubbard’s ‘Axioms’ on Friday. Now, he takes another one for the team and tries to deal with the illogic of Hubbard’s ‘Logics.’ Continue reading If you thought Scientology’s ‘Axioms’ were dumb, the ‘Logics’ are even dumberer
Yesterday morning, the Underground Bunker lost one of its most loyal and longtime readers. A resident of Redlands, California, he was fighting a recurrence of cancer after twice surviving the disease. His name was Tony Ortega. He was 80 years old. And he was my dad. Continue reading Tony Ortega: Musician, songwriter, and steel executive, 1938-2019
Leah Remini has accused two former members of the Church of Scientology of sabotaging an episode of her A&E series, Scientology and the Aftermath, linking to their Twitter accounts, calling them “Scientology Operatives” and encouraging them to “get help.” Continue reading Leah Remini accuses former Scientologists of sabotaging an episode of ‘Aftermath’
[Beck Hansen and Marissa Ribisi]In 2016, with the help of our source at the Celebrity Centre, we put together a list of the 20 most important Scientology celebrities, and gave the list a unique twist: We ordered it by the likelihood that celebs might ditch the church. Continue reading Is Beck divorcing Scientology along with his wife? Here’s the evidence for and against.
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