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Last night’s episode of the A&E network’s Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath was special in a number of ways. Through the first season and into the second, Leah had said she didn’t want to get into specific Scientology “beliefs,” and she mentioned the Xenu story in particular, saying that it was irrelevant to her mission to expose Scientology’s abuses. But last night, she got into Xenu and the rest of Scientology’s “Bridge to Total Freedom” in a big way. Continue reading Scientology’s ultimate prize: For the first time online, the current ‘OT 8’ materials laid bare

We are happy to give Underground Bunker senior reporter Rod Keller a victory lap this morning after his weekend story about a Scientology front group got quick results. Here’s Rod with the latest… Continue reading Missouri school district boots sneaky Scientology front group after Underground Bunker article
 [Bruce Hines]After three gut-wrenching victim-centered episodes of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath‘s second season, A&E is shaking things up by running a “special” episode that we think is not only well timed, but a long time coming. Tomorrow night, you will begin your training as Scientologists. Continue reading Tomorrow on ‘Leah Remini’: You’re going to learn what it’s like on Scientology’s ‘Bridge’

Rod Keller once again catches Scientology worming its way into unsuspecting classrooms and police departments with its sneaky front groups… Continue reading Scientology’s slick (and bogus) drug education program snares another school district
 [Rev. Stewart Lamont, photo by Callum Moffat]Louis Theroux’s My Scientology Movie is now on Netflix, but Jon Atack reminds us that Theroux wasn’t the first investigator who tried to find something positive to say about Scientology, and ended up in a very different place. Continue reading Louis Theroux isn’t the first who tried to find Scientology’s positive side and failed

The drone pilot is back! Since last September, the Underground Bunker has been the beneficiary of a shadowy anonymous drone operator who has allowed us to premiere his amazing overhead views of secretive Scientology sites. Continue reading DRONE FLYOVER: Scientology’s failed underground vault project in Wyoming

It’s probably safe to say that the Church of Scientology is now in the grips of a complete meltdown. Continue reading As Leah Remini’s second season hammers away, Scientology is losing its mind
 [Ron DeWolf and his dad, L. Ron Hubbard]We have yet another FBI document release for you today, the result of a lawsuit by journalist Emma Best that has pried loose several interesting files from the law enforcement agency in recent weeks. Previously, we published a file about the FBI’s 2009 human trafficking investigation of the Church of Scientology’s “Sea Org,” a 2008 investigation of the Anonymous movement, and a 1996 probe of a bogus bomb threat. Continue reading DOX: L. Ron Hubbard’s son called him a junkie and sex pervert in FBI’s Scientology files
 [Marc Wiegand and Marty Rathbun in court when they were on the same side. Photo: Jennifer Whitney]Although half of Texas is underwater, your proprietor managed to get himself to the Lone Star State in time for this morning’s portentous court hearing in San Antonio, where we hope to be providing live updates direct from the courtroom. Continue reading LIVE FROM SAN ANTONIO: Will a former Scientology enforcer be compelled to testify?

How far will a Scientologist parent go to punish their kids if they reject the church? That’s one of the questions we were left with after watching Tuesday night’s episode of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, the third episode of Leah’s second season. Continue reading Tomorrow’s ‘Leah Remini’: When Scientology destroys a family, it burns it to the ground
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