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Thanks again to Rasha for finding us the latest copy of Source magazine, the official propaganda organ of Scientology’s worldwide “spiritual Mecca,” the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida. Continue reading ‘Source’ magazine offers a glimpse into what goes on at Scientology’s Florida ‘mecca’
[L. Ron Hubbard in 1932]Our tipster who pores through old newspaper clippings sent a message this week, barely concealing his glee. He said that scans of The University Hatchet were added online last year going back to its founding in 1904. Continue reading L. Ron Hubbard was no Bill Shakespeare, but here’s some of his early playwriting anyway
The anonymous photographer who captured images of Scientology body routers for us recently was shocked by the story we wrote Tuesday. We discovered that one of the people in his photos was Irving Sorrentini, the 68-year-old father who “disconnected” from his daughter Jamie Sorrentini Lugli in 2010. Continue reading Our photographer goes back for more Scientology ‘body routing’ on the streets of LA
Well, we didn’t see this coming. On Sunday we published a set of professional-looking photos that were offered to us by one of our readers, who wished to remain anonymous. He had taken the photos outside of a metro station in Los Angeles, where a number of Scientology staff members were handing out literature. Continue reading When a Scientology ‘body-router’ turns out to be the father you haven’t seen in 7 years
Dennis and Simone, with their awesome trophyWell, here we go again. You’ve heard from us in the past that since the Church of Scientology announced that it was such chummy partners with Google, we’ve had numerous stories here at the Underground Bunker de-indexed by the search engine giant. Continue reading Google helps Scientology censor two more of our stories — maybe you can help us figure out why
Rod Keller is staying on top of new developments with Scientology missions and orgs around the world. Here’s this week’s roundup… Continue reading Scientology may be crumbling, but around the world it’s still plotting a planetary takeover
On May 1, Tampa federal Judge James Whittemore gave the Church of Scientology just ten days to turn over the phone numbers and occupations of 500 Los Angeles-area Scientologists whose names the church had previously turned in to the court under seal. It’s been more than a week since that deadline passed, and now we have evidence that the church did comply. Continue reading Scientology forks over phone numbers to federal judge, who puts his foot down again
Numerous outlets have raised questions about actress Elisabeth Moss, a born-in Scientologist, playing the character Offred in the Hulu television series adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale, which portrays an oppressive near-future dystopia. Continue reading Elisabeth Moss in this week’s ‘Handmaid’ sure sounded like FBI testimony about Scientology
Leah Remini and Mike Rinder are hard at work preparing season 2 of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. But in the meantime, A&E wanted to tide you over, and so the team has put together a 2-hour special that will look back at where Scientology has been and how it’s been exposed in the past. Continue reading To whet your appetite for season 2, A&E airing 2-hour ‘Leah Remini’ special on Memorial Day
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