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Our video source is back to help us keep tripping through Scientology recent history. Last time, we showed you the first portion of the 2006 IAS gala in England. We would show you the rest of that celebration, but it melted our brains in boredom, so we’re going to spare you. Continue reading More leaked video: Watch Scientology welcome 2007, a year David Miscavige would regret
 Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He has a new edition of the book for sale, and for more than a year on Saturdays he helped 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. He was kind enough to send us a new post.
Jon, thanks for thinking of us this week. We know you have been busy putting out a new book that talks about a number of different subjects relevant to what we’re interested in here. We’re hoping to dig into it soon. In the meantime, you have an excellent meditation for us today. Continue reading Jon Atack: Scientology’s notion of ‘case gain,’ and how it reinforces the prison of belief
 The WISE logo We have the legal complaint and some more details about the story that broke out of Pasadena, California yesterday: A woman named Annie R. Lee is suing a company after she refused to take Scientology classes she says were forced on her by her employers, resulting in her being terminated and replaced by members of the Church of Scientology. This isn’t the first time a legal action has resulted after employers have tried to force Scientology on their workers. Continue reading DOX: Woman sues Pasadena company for forcing Scientology on her
We have a juicy document for you today, courtesy of our friend and dogged researcher, R.M. Seibert. Continue reading Document leak: When the FBI investigated Scientology’s bizarre New Mexico vault
Our video source has come through for us once again. Cast your mind, Scientology watcher, back to October 2006. This was a year after Tom Cruise had made his weird splash as Scientology’s awkward ambassador on Today with Matt Lauer and as a human jumping bean on Oprah’s couch.
Continue reading Leaked Scientology video: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes front and center for ‘psych busting’!
We’re still recovering from our big series on Lisa McPherson. In the meantime, Jeffrey Augustine sent over a copy of his latest podcast, a continuation of his conversation with Jesse Prince. Continue reading Jeffrey Augustine: Part two of his conversation with Jesse Prince
We’re very glad to be done with our series about Lisa McPherson, who died 20 years ago yesterday. But after paying such close attention to Scientology’s grimmest of scandals, we thought we owed you a laugh today. Continue reading Postscript: How David Miscavige spun the death of Lisa McPherson
What Laura Arrunada, Lisa McPherson’s final caretaker, saw in Room 174 of the Fort Harrison Hotel in the last three days of Lisa’s life was so upsetting, Marty Rathbun made her reports disappear. Continue reading Twenty years ago today: The final hours of Lisa McPherson’s Scientology life
Inside the room there was hardly anything other than a bed and the person being given the silent treatment. Outside the room, there was someone watching to make sure that the door stayed closed and the person inside didn’t get out. Continue reading How Scientology ‘caretakers’ could stand by and watch Lisa McPherson deteriorate
[David Miscavige, captain of a legal fiction]
Frequent contributor Jeffrey Augustine is back, and this time he digs into the way Scientology changes its story, depending on who it’s trying to threaten or hoodwink. Take it away, Jeff! Continue reading Augustine: How Scientology changes its story to fit what it’s trying to get away with
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