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“The Hole” – A List of Prisoners

April 18, 2020 By Mike Rinder 84 Comments

I recently came across this list of people who had been in The Hole at one time or another. (For anyone unfamiliar with The Hole, it has it's own Wiki page) I don't think I ever published it before, and I am not sure anyone has ever made a comprehensive list of people who were prisoners there. Quite a number of the people who were there have left the Sea Org. Some have spoken out about it (they are marked in red) and some remain silent to this day -- either through fear (of retaliation or disconnection) or they have been paid off.  They are marked in blue. If you have information … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Int Base Tagged With: David Miscavige, Scientology, The Hole

The Hole: A List of Prisoners

April 23, 2019 By Mike Rinder 101 Comments

There has been plenty of commentary about "The Hole" since it was first disclosed by Joe Childs and Tom Tobin in the St Petersburg Times in 2009, and again famously featured in Lawrence Wright's Going Clear book and Alex Gibney's HBO film based on the book. Scientology has asserted the Hole "does not exist and never has." But the numerous people who have witnessed it first hand and spoken about it have, to any objective observer, put scientology's denials to the sword. Miscavige even had a sign made and hung on the outside of the building to identify it clearly as "The Hole." (Where he got … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Int Base Tagged With: Alex Gibney, David Miscavige, Going Clear, Int Base, Joe Childs, Mike Rinder, The Hole, Tom Tobin

The ex-SO Hall of Shame

March 17, 2019 By Mike Rinder 188 Comments

There are those who have left the Sea Org who were once privy to events in the world of David Miscavige. Many of them were in The Hole at one time or another. Rather than speaking out about the abuses they witnessed or experience, they have chosen to remain silent. A number of them have taken advantage of their previous status to make money with or through scientologists. Some of them took healthy payouts. Probably more than the $50,000 that was handed to Debbie Cook -- though scientology then sued her for her supposed breach of that agreement and had their asses handed to them in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Int Base Tagged With: Abigail Miller, Angie Blankenship, Astra Croft, Bob Wright, David Miscavige, Debbie Hughes, Gali Rodin, Greg Hughes, Janet McLaughlin, Jason Bennick, Jason Miller, Javier Ruiz, Jessica Davis, Mark Ginge-Nelson, public relations, Sadie Johansson, Scientology, Tommy Davis

Violence at the Top of Scientology

February 27, 2019 By Mike Rinder 103 Comments

The latest internet smear on me is a video from a person (Hans Smith) who claims I punched him. That may be true, though I don't recall it and I had little interaction with him. But I have admitted (and so have many others) to punching people when in the Sea Org. At the top of scientology, if you were NOT willing to use physical violence you were considered too weak to hold your post. There are numerous witnesses who can testify to the culture of violence at the top of scientology, many of whom watched David Miscavige dishing out beatings on an assortment of senior scientology officials. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Int Base, L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: David Miscavige, Golden Era Productions, Int Base, L. Ron Hubbard, violence

Scientology’s Riverside County Schmoozing

January 16, 2019 By Mike Rinder 98 Comments

  Scientology's international headquarters, and the center of so much of the physical abuses, mental torture and human trafficking over the years, sits in the center of Riverside County CA. Yet, in all this time, no government agency has done anything to curtail the abuses that have been occurring under their noses. Not the Riverside County Sheriff's Office, nor the District Attorney's Office nor the Adult Protective Services. Nobody. Meanwhile, scientology seeks to influence officials in Riverside.  Tony Ortega wrote an article about this just prior to the election in November … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Int Base Tagged With: cathy fraser, golden era, Leah Remini, Muriel Dufresne, public relations, Riverside County, Riverside County Sheriff, Scientology, The Aftermath

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