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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 enjoy hearing from Mitch Brisker, the recently-defected former Scientology film director, whose memoir we enjoyed very much. He sent us some thoughts about what he observed regarding L. Ron Hubbard’s ideas about acting, and where Tom Cruise learned his craft. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology’s former film director on L. Ron Hubbard, method acting, and Tom Cruise
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Until a friend tipped us, we had no idea the great Carey McWilliams, the crusading California journalist, had, 75 years ago this month, written a superb takedown of Dianetics, and we thought you’d enjoy this skewering of L. Ron Hubbard from one of the best observers of the time. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Best early takedown of Dianetics? Perhaps this gem from the great Carey McWilliams
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology is struggling to bring in new members in an environment of brutal press and general mocking by the public, so it tends to focus on one sure source of new bodies: the children of existing members. And today we have some really interesting new looks at it. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading See the next generation of Scientology superstars being groomed to perfection!
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Here they are, the new class of Scientology super beings who have achieved the highest rung on the ‘Bridge to Total Freedom,’ OT 8. According to founder L. Ron Hubbard these folks should be able to crush a planet between thumb and forefinger! Recognize any of these super heroes? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology’s new class of super beings are here to take over the planet!
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Alex Barnes-Ross is a former Scientology staffer who has once again done something pretty special: A video interview with a current staffer at the Edinburgh org who said what interested him in Scientology was that he was a film fan who thought Tom Cruise must be on to something. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Alex Barnes-Ross talks to current Scientology staffer who joined because of Tom Cruise
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology is showing off its new re-trained staffs at several of its ‘Ideal Orgs’ around the world. But we thought these photos might have another purpose: Helping families find the church lifers they may not have seen in a while. Recognize anyone? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Proof of Life: Looking for a family member stuck in Scientology?
[Heber with John Travolta]
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 learned from Karen de la Carriere that her former husband, Scientology president Heber Jentzsch, had died. Today, she sends us this remembrance of him and the price he paid for a life under Scientology control. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Heber Jentzsch: A Scientology life shaped by control, and the cost paid by a son
[Heber in one of his last public appearances, the 2006 “Maiden Voyage” event]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We heard from Karen de la Carriere that her former husband, Heber Jentzsch, longtime ‘president’ of Scientology, died at a nursing home. Heber was a legendary figure in Scientology, one of its most recognizable executives as the church’s spokesman in the 1980s and 1990s. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Heber Jentzsch, 90, Scientology’s longtime ‘president,’ dies in nursing home
[Jefferson with Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Amy Scobee and Marc and Claire Headley]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We were stunned by the news that Jefferson Hawkins died on Monday. He was 79. We admired him very much, but we wanted to hear from his former colleagues and friends, the people he helped so much by writing about his experiences leaving Scientology. Here is what they had to say. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Memories of Jefferson Hawkins from people who knew and admired him
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology has once again turned to Grant Cardone to pull in a big crowd, and this time with Doug E. Fresh. We have some images from the event that took place at Scientology’s ‘mecca’ in Florida. But is church leader David Miscavige ready to share the spotlight with Cardone? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Grant Cardone and Doug E. Fresh pull in a big crowd for Scientology
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