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[Hubbard at his office in Saint Hill]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: By 1959, L. Ron Hubbard was feeling the pressure. He and Scientology were under investigation in the US, and he was increasingly concerned about breakaway groups. So that year he began to write down policies reflecting his increasing paranoia. The result is fascinating. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading The turning point: When paranoia became official Scientology policy
[L. Ron Hubbard, horndog]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: L. Ron Hubbard’s earliest attempts to get the Scientology movement going were rocked by a series of booms and busts. And as a science fiction writer trying to enslave his fellow man, Hubbard wrote himself into some continuity problems! We have a great example. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology teaches that your life was ruined by your oversexed parents
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Once again Scientology leader David Miscavige has had a giant tent put up at the church’s UK headquarters for next month’s IAS gala. So today, we’re celebrating Dave’s circus coming to town the best way we know how: With a song from former Scientology celebrity Geoff Levin! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading It’s up! And we have a song to salute Scientology leader David Miscavige’s big tent!
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Our helper who dives through old newspaper archives hit on another gem recently that we’ve told you about before, but we thought it was worth looking at it again for its great photos, which Scientology doesn’t want you to see. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading L. Ron Hubbard and the second wife he never had: Photos Scientology suppresses
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Former Scientology staffer Alex Barnes-Ross has had more time to consider the last-minute proposal the church submitted to a local council for major changes at Saint Hill Manor, Scientology’s UK headquarters. He’s found numerous issues that should concern those local pols. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading A deeper look at Scientology’s last-minute bid for permission to erect its big tent
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: At the last minute, Scientology has asked permission for much more than simply the large tent it puts up each year for its big UK gala. It also wants to install a new permanent car park, permanent footing for the tent, and more. Dave plans to spend big, as usual! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology submits last-minute application for much more than big tent
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A helpful reader forwarded an invitation from Scientology for members to assemble tomorrow and watch one of leader David Miscavige’s propaganda films, this one about his plans for downtown Clearwater. We can’t go, but we turned to Mark Bunker for his thoughts on Dave’s vision! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology to restore Clearwater to a gloried past that no one remembers
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We talked with Jon Atack about his new book that dives head first into the weird side of L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology, reaching back more than a century to trace the disturbing ideas that can also be seen in the occultism of the Nazi movement. It’s Atack at his best! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Common roots of Scientology & Nazi occultism: Jon Atack’s shocking new book!
[Have JT and friend Jimmy already moved out of the airpark shangri-la?]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Despite what you might have heard elsewhere, John Travolta’s aviation-home in Ocala is not for sale, but it is caught up in litigation with the airpark’s new owners, as well as a fascinating criminal case we’ve been watching, and which may drag Travolta into court. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading John Travolta jet-home not for sale, but is caught up in litigation, criminal case
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