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[The Birmingham Ideal Org]We were super fortunate to have reports come in this weekend from two of our great correspondents. In England, Graham updated us on the Birmingham org, and in California, Erin Hodges Plumb had another of her upstart adventures. We hope you enjoy them both… Continue reading Dispatches from our far-flung correspondents agree: Scientology still sucks
[Narconon Holland]For a couple of years we’ve been keeping an eye on the ailing Narconon rehab in the Netherlands, which has served only three patients in two years. Rod Keller tells us that Scientology has plans for a new clinic there. Continue reading Scientology going ‘Ideal’ with drug rehabs too, and will replace an ailing clinic
We told you a couple of weeks ago how much we enjoyed Jesse Prince’s book The Expert Witness: My Life At The Top Of Scientology, and now it’s your turn to get a glimpse of it for yourself. Our thanks to Jesse for allowing us to reproduce this excerpt. It takes place a couple of years after Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard had gone into permanent seclusion in February 1980. After that, as Jesse explains in his book, Scientology was run by Hubbard through “advices” he sent out from his hiding place to his lieutenants Pat Broeker and David Miscavige, who were gaining power because of their control of information.
Continue reading Inside Jesse Prince’s book about Scientology: Doing L. Ron Hubbard’s dirty work
[Ivan Matsitsky and Kristina Arriaga]On June 5, 2017, agents of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) made one of numerous raids it has carried out on Scientology facilities. This one took place at the St. Petersburg org, and it resulted in the arrest of five Scientologists who were working there. Continue reading US Government ‘adopts’ Russian Scientologist in religious rights protest
Before continuing on with the history of Scientology’s current vessel, the Freewinds, Jeffrey Augustine has an interesting aside about its predecessor… Continue reading What a train wreck: The ignominious fate of Scientology’s original flagship, the ‘Apollo’
You’ve seen a portion of his book, Scythe Tleppo, now enjoy a conversation with Nathan Rich as he fills in Jeffrey Augustine about his experience in Scientology and beyond. Continue reading A conversation with Nathan Rich about the unique Scientology hellscape he survived
Our thanks to Nottrue for sending us the latest Celebrity magazine, which features Scientologist soap opera actress Michelle Stafford on the cover. Continue reading Scientology rewards the celeb who bolted when her co-star went rogue
[Lajos Fritzlauf, 1963-2018]Our man in Hungary, Péter Bonyai, has a special piece for us today that, sadly, fits in with a history of similar remembrances here at the Underground Bunker, where we memorialize Church of Scientology figures that the church itself never will. Continue reading A Scientology enforcer dies, and one of his former victims is the only one to eulogize him
Jeffrey Augustine dives into the background of Scientology’s private cruise ship the Motor Vessel Freewinds, which has quite a colorful history. Rod Keller has the week off. Continue reading Scientology’s private cruise ship had a fitful history before becoming a floating cathedral
Nathan Rich really made an impression on us with his appearance on Leah Remini’s series discussing his time at the Mace-Kingsley Ranch. But then he really knocked our socks off with his book, which we wrote about last week. He’s generously given us an excerpt of his memoir, Scythe Tleppo: My Survival of a Cult, Abandonment, Addiction and Homelessness, and we think it gives a good window into the book.
Continue reading Get a look inside Nathan Rich’s unique book about his Scientology upbringing
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