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Holly Madison compares ex Hugh Hefner’s Playboy mansion to a ‘cult’ like ‘scientology’

Published May 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult allegations, Hugh Hefner, Playboy mansion

Playboy wasn’t playing. Holly Madison, the former “The Girls Next Door” star and ex-girlfriend of Hugh Hefner, is now hosting the reality series “The Playboy Murders” (returning for Season 3 on Monday, May 5 at 9 p.m. on ID and…[Continue Reading...]

‘Ringleaders of far-Right satanic cult’ arrested for child abuse

Published May 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged 764, criminal charges, cult, cult leader, Leonidas Varagiannis

The alleged ringleaders of a far-Right satanic terror network that encouraged children to carve symbols into their flesh have been arrested by the FBI. Leonidas Varagiannis, a US national living in Greece, and Prasan Nepal, from North Carolina, were named…[Continue Reading...]

Why Polygraphs Should Only be used for ‘Spiritual Purposes’

Published April 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged e-meter, polygraph, Scientologists, Scientology

There are few topics in the cleared community more misunderstood—and more mythologized—than the polygraph. It sparks anxiety, fuels Reddit threads, and yes, still plays an outsized role in many hiring decisions. So when Sean Bigley mentioned during our podcast that…[Continue Reading...]

Yoon Suk Yeol’s apartment raided over wife’s alleged gifts

Published April 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged bribery allegations, South Korea, Unification Church

Prosecutors carried out a search and seizure of the private residence of former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee on Thursday, as part of an investigation into alleged corruption via ties between the former presidential couple…[Continue Reading...]

Clearwater should turn South Garden Ave. into an open-air museum | Column

Published April 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Clearwater, Florida, Scientologists, Scientology

Clearwater is at a crossroads. In the coming weeks, the City Council will vote on whether to sell South Garden Avenue to the Church of Scientology. On the surface, it’s just a transaction — $1.375 million in exchange for a…[Continue Reading...]

Psychlo killer: Battlefield Earth 25 years on

Published April 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Battlefield Earth, John Travolta, L. Ron Hubbard, Scientologists, Scientology

TTSB, or Things That Shouldn’t Be, is Scientology’s term for when you tell a higher-up ‘I’ve got a bad feeling about this’. It’s not quite an “ethics chit” (a written reprimand) but it refers to something incorrect. This might be…[Continue Reading...]

Michael Peña Is a Scientologist

Published April 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Michael Pena, Scientologists, Scientology

This news is not unknown — it’s been mentioned publicly a few times — but it’s also not widely known, and it was news to me. Tony Ortega’s Underground Bunker newsletter published images from the annual L. Ron Hubbard Birthday…[Continue Reading...]

Clearwater residents say they want ‘less of Scientology’ amid proposal to sell public street

Published April 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Clearwater, Florida, Scientologists, Scientology

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — Dozens of people in Clearwater are fighting a plan to give more land to the Church of Scientology. The church wants to build a theater and ask the city to sell a public street for its…[Continue Reading...]

Plymouth Brethren church members told to deny beliefs on voting, in campaign backing Liberals and Nationals

Published April 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, cults, Exclusive Brethren, Plymouth Brethren, politics, sects

Members of a secretive Christian sect are being given instructions on how to lie about their beliefs against voting in elections, through messages the ABC understands have been circulated among the sect's followers. There have been reports of unusually large…[Continue Reading...]

Former ‘cult’ member exposes top secret operation happening right under our noses ahead of the federal election

Published April 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, cults, Exclusive Brethren, Plymouth Brethren, politics

An ex-member of a conservative Christian sect has exposed an alleged nationwide campaign by the church's 'army' to campaign for the Liberal Party. Ben Woodbury, 33, was at his local polling booth in Sydney last week when he saw members of Plymouth…[Continue Reading...]

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