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TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’ve enjoyed getting to know Amir Essalhi, a recent Scientology defector who had worked on staff in Edinburgh. Last night, he sent us an intriguing message about running into Suri Noelle there. ALSO: Is this an endurance test, 11 straight days with Elena Cardone? Yikes. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading High-five moment: The former Scientology staffer and Suri Noelle in Edinburgh
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday we saw photos from former Scientology film director Mitch Brisker from a re-shoot of a movie that was necessary because a key celebrity had defected. Today, we have more of Mitch’s photos from another re-shoot caused by a very different situation! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading The time Scientology put in a whole new film around scenes of Isaac Hayes
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Last week we told you about a film Scientology has under lock and key that could be highly relevant to current litigation against the church. Its director told us we’d never see it, but now he has photos from the set to share with us! What a great glimpse. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology is hiding this film, but its director can show us photos from the set!
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In 2020, Scientology’s pals in Clearwater politics were so offended that Mark Bunker had won a seat on the city council, they changed council election law. Yesterday, that new law benefited none other than Mark Bunker, who has qualified for a November runoff! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology critic Mark Bunker qualifies for runoff in Clearwater city council race
[Graeme Wilson (inset) responds to The Times in a big way!]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It’s Scientology’s well-worn strategy to attack a reporter rather than address the problems exposed by their reporting. But you have to see this shrieking letter from the church demanding The Times take down its recent undercover investigation. It’s a classic! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Read Scientology’s shrill demand that The Times remove its undercover investigation
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In May, John Travolta revealed a stunning new look at Cannes that he said evoked the great film directors of the past. But there was more to it than that, and it involves interesting new information about his ongoing connection to, yes, Scientology. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading John Travolta got his Cannes ‘look’ from a fellow Scientology member
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Val Ross is back with another account of how she survived being a Scientology spy who infiltrated the FBI — and learned to thrive away from this organization! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Val Ross: Leaving Scientology and accepting you’re a ‘namby-pamby panty-waist dilettante’
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The final fleecing that members of Scientology go through to complete the ‘Bridge to Total Freedom’ takes place not in a ‘church’ or an ‘org,’ but on a dilapidated and compact cruise ship called the ‘Freewinds.’ But where is today, or next week? Now we can tell you! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Where is Scientology’s floating cathedral the ‘Freewinds’ today? We can tell you!
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The California Supreme Court denies Scientology’s petition to review a ruling that handed Danny Masterson’s victims a huge victory. Will the church go to the US Supremes next? ALSO: Bianca Latvala accuses Scientology of funding her competition for Clearwater council. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading California Supreme Court denies Scientology’s petition in Danny Masterson civil lawsuit
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The Times of London revealed that a reporter spent months at Scientology’s Edinburgh ‘org’ in an undercover investigation, documenting that children as young as 13 are being recruited to become poorly paid workers. We have a reaction from Alex Barnes-Ross. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology targeting vulnerable children for staff, UK media investigation finds
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