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US Department of Justice Scathing Takedown of Scientology

March 6, 2023 By Mike Rinder 19 Comments

This is one of the most damning documents in the history of scientology.  It summarizes the incriminating files seized in the FBI raid conducted in 1977. The raids in Washington DC and Los Angeles garnered thousands of documents which were combed through by DOJ lawyers as part of the prosecution of Mary Sue Hubbard and her top deputies in the Guardian's Office. Ultimately they pled guilty in October 1979 -- Mary Sue received a 5 year prison sentence and a $10,000 fine. L. Ron Hubbard was an unindicted co-conspirator -- he had kept his name off GO documents, and those charged fell on their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Special Feature Tagged With: Clearwater Chamber of Commerce, Clearwater Sun, Department of Justice, Gabe Cazares, Greg Willardson, Henning Heldt, Jane Kember, L. Ron Hubbard, Mary Sue Hubbard, Michael Meisner, Mo Budlong, Paulette Cooper

Happy Birthday Shelly Miscavige

January 18, 2023 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

Today is Shelly Miscavige's 62nd birthday. She has been disappeared for the last 15 years -- one confirmed sighting at her father's funeral (with a handler) in 2007 and nothing certain since. Once a fixture of the scientology world, at her husband's side virtually everywhere he went, she suddenly vanished in 2005. I write about her and her vanishing from the Int Base in my book A Billion Years. Shelly is not the only person at the senior echelons of scientology who has been erased from public view (so too the President of scientology Heber Jentzsch, Executive Director International … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige Tagged With: Clarisse Barnett, David Miscavige, Guillaume Lesevre, L. Ron Hubbard, Leah Remini, Marc Yager, Mary Sue Hubbard, Norman Starkey, Ray Mithoff, Russ Bellin, shelly miscavige

Episode 76: Professor Aharon Friedman

February 7, 2022 By Mike Rinder 28 Comments

  Aharon Friedman is a professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, a former scientologist and today serves on the Board of the Israeli Center for Cults’ Victims. Unlike L. Ron Hubbard, he really IS a nuclear physicist, his official title is Head - Schlesinger Knowledge Center for Accelerators and Radiation Sources. We talk about his experiences in scientology, what drove him to escape and his work helping victims of cults today. The brilliant book Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl about his time in Nazi concentration camps and what he learned from his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game Podcast Tagged With: Aftermath Foundation, Aharon Friedman, All About Radiation, Debbie Cook, Dissemination Drill, Ideal Orgs, Leah Remini, Man's Search for Meaning, Marriage Hat, Mary Sue Hubbard, Mike Rinder

Episode 5: The History of Fair Game

August 25, 2020 By Mike Rinder 40 Comments

  In this week's episode, Leah and I discuss the history of Fair Game and the ongoing Fair Game efforts against us. As always, I include a link here to my "summary of Fair Game" entitled: Dealing with Critics of Scientology - The L. Ron Hubbard Playbook. If you have not read this before and have an interest in this subject, I recommend starting with this. Honestly, this is one of the most important episodes of this podcast. It is not disclosing "new' information, but even seasoned scientology watchers and former scientologists will learn things they likely did not know. Few have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game, Fair Game Podcast Tagged With: Andrew RInder, Art Linson, BBC Panorama, Benjamin Rinder, Cathy Bernardini, Cathy Rinder, Danny Masterson, Dave Bloomberg, Ed Parkin, Gretchen Carlson, Guillaume Lesevre, Jackie Lacey, jenny linson, Joe Childs, John Linson, john sweeney, Justice 4 Mom, Leah Remini, Marc Yager, Mary Sue Hubbard, Michael Meisner, Mike Rinder, Paul Marrick, private investigators, Sarah Mole, Stacy Francis, STAND League, Sue Wilhere, Taryn Rinder, Taryn Teutsch, Tom DeVocht, Tom Tobin, Truth Rundown

Episode 4: Scientology’s War on a Holocaust Survivor (with Paulette Cooper)

August 18, 2020 By Mike Rinder 54 Comments

The newest episode of the Scientology Fair Game podcast features one of my favorite scientology survivors, Paulette Cooper. Her life story is amazing, and if you have not read Tony Ortega's excellent The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, I recommend you do so. The story of what scientology did to try to destroy her is unbelievable. Literally. And unless the FBI had recovered documents in the raid on scientology in 1977, what scientology had done to her was not believed by anyone -- it was so far-fetched it seemed it could only have been lifted from the pages of a cheap spy novel. Paulette … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Fair Game Podcast, Guardian's Office, Leah Remini, Mary Sue Hubbard, Mike Rinder, Paulette Cooper, Tony Ortega, US Attorneys

The “Tech” of Marriage

October 6, 2019 By Mike Rinder 61 Comments

  The amazing hypocrisy of scientology is no better illustrated than with this promotional piece. Here is the "tech" of L. Ron Hubbard being sold as the way to attain happiness in life -- in this case success in marriage. This is a  classic case of "Do as I say, not as I do..." L. Ron Hubbard was married 3 times -- each ended in disaster. He left his first wife (Polly) with his first 2 children (Katie and Ron Jnr) to pursue other "interests", including a relationship with the woman who would become his 2nd wife Sarah. He married Sarah bigamously. She bore him a daughter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard, Scientology Tagged With: David Miscavige, L. Ron Hubbard, Marriage, Mary Sue Hubbard, Polly, Sarah Hubbard, Tom Cruise

David Miscavige: End Game

September 3, 2019 By Mike Rinder 175 Comments

Tony Ortega recently posted an article Has Scientology's leader David Miscavige gone underground in the face of a legal onslaught? It prompted a few thoughts. I have long said that I thought Miscavige's inevitable trajectory would be to follow in the footsteps of Hubbard. Despite all the ONE thing he must continue to do is use Hubbard as his front. He MUST continue to present himself as the anointed successor to Hubbard. Much as he might have "replaced" Hubbard and set himself up as "Source Jnr" with his various iterations of "Golden Age of Tech", there is no doubt that if he overtly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige Tagged With: David Miscavige, golden age of tech, L. Ron Hubbard, Mary Sue Hubbard, Scientology, shelly miscavige

The Life of L. Ron Hubbard

August 31, 2016 By Mike Rinder 134 Comments

This is a fascinating insight into the world inside the scientology bubble. This image was posted to a scientology message board on FaceBook.  Shortly after this screenshot was taken, the group's admin asked that it be taken down as it didn't have "Issue Authority." Despite all the LRH biography briefings, websites, press releases and books in today's official scientology scripture there is no mention whatsoever anywhere that L. Ron Hubbard even had a wife (or 3) or any children.   One of the reasons the Briefing Course is no longer available is that the lectures have not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: Alexis, Arthur Hubbard, Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, DIana Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard biography, Mary Sue Hubbard, Nibs, public relations, Quintin Hubbard, Sarah Hubbard, Suzette Hubbard, Tony Ortega

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