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Wow, what a treat we have for you today. Thanks to a tipster who wants to remain nameless, we have something super rare in the world of Scientology — home video from an event, and not just any event, but the first L. Ron Hubbard birthday celebrated on the MV Freewinds, the church’s private cruise ship. Continue reading Never before seen: Video from the first ‘LRH Birthday’ aboard the Scientology ‘Freewinds’
We’re super excited and proud to feature a new writer for us here at the Bunker today. It’s Chris Owen, already well known in the Scientology Watching community for his important work, Ron, The “War Hero.” He has a very timely piece for us today about L. Ron Hubbard and of all things, hurricanes. Continue reading Turning hurricane chaos into gold? Scientology might learn something from L. Ron Hubbard
[Tropical Scientology fun on a ship in the desert]With Leah Remini’s A&E series Scientology and the Aftermath well into its second season, we expected the Church of Scientology to increase its attacks on the show. But what we didn’t expect was a sudden charm offensive. Continue reading ‘Aftermath’ fan gets into party at Scientology’s ‘Int Base,’ brings Karen Pressley’s book along
In January, we tried to reach Bernie Feshbach by telephone, but he emailed us to say that he had checked in at a VA hospital. Continue reading Bernie Feshbach, 1923-2017: A man who fought against Scientology in his own way
Leah Remini’s A&E show Scientology and the Aftermath is taking a well-deserved post-Emmys two-week breather after pushing hard to get the first six episodes on the air. It will resume with the next new episode on October 10. Continue reading To help you through withdrawals tonight, take our poll on Leah Remini’s Season Two so far
[Paul Haggis and Marty Rathbun]We heard from a lot of readers who were impressed by the candor and class exhibited by Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis in a piece he wrote for us that we published on Saturday. Continue reading Paul Haggis: Rathbun does what I feared, and outs ex-Scientologist we vowed to keep secret
Rod Keller brings us up to date on Scientology’s response to various natural disasters around the world this past month… Continue reading Scientology got plenty of photo ops out of hurricanes in Texas and Florida. But did it help?
[Paul Haggis and Leah Remini]Yesterday, we received this remarkable piece of writing from Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis. His appearance on this week’s Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath resulted in, predictably, a full-throated attack from the Church of Scientology. But something in that attempt to smear him stunned Haggis. We’ll let him explain… Continue reading Director Paul Haggis pens an open letter to Marty Rathbun after Scientology’s latest smear
Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. For more than three years he’s been helping us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that tend to get hashed and rehashed in books, articles, and especially on the Internet. Continue reading Scientology’s tiger: How L. Ron Hubbard created a language trap
The Garcia litigation is enough to give us whiplash. As Tampa federal Judge James Whittemore pushes hard to get the case submitted to arbitration, it’s now the Garcias’ turn to say, “hold on there, judge.” Continue reading Federal judge says he has the Scientologists for a justice panel, but Garcias say, ‘not so fast’
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