Since the first incidents in Los Angeles in late March, large groups of people — some in costumes — have tried to race through buildings belonging to the church in New York, San Diego, San Francisco and countries outside the…[Continue Reading...]
A woman in Liepāja lost 1,850 euros after falling for a scammer she found on TikTok who claimed to be a psychic. Although the bank intervened and cancelled the transaction, the woman still found a way to transfer the money.…[Continue Reading...]
A viral “speedrun” challenge through Church of Scientology buildings has officially gone international, one day after the trend spread coast-to-coast for the first time in the United States. On May 3, a group of some 300 people gathered outside a…[Continue Reading...]
A Church of Scientology building in New York City on Saturday became the latest target in a string of nationwide "speedrunning" incidents that have gone viral on social media in recent weeks. A group of youths allegedly broke through a…[Continue Reading...]
Like any online meme worth its weight in clicks, the Scientology speedrun trend doesn't make a lot of sense, at least on the surface. A crowd of nearly 300 young people in Vancouver were the latest to jump on the…[Continue Reading...]
How did this start? It seems viral and spontaneous. Young people curious about the cult of Scientology started launching ambushes on their various headquarters. After decades of journalism trying to expose this dangerous group, some kids finally said, What the…[Continue Reading...]
On any given day, Los Angeles’s Hollywood Boulevard teems with tourists and street performers clustered near the area’s many landmarks. But in recent months, the strip has been set abuzz for a new reason. Throngs of mostly adolescent boys and…[Continue Reading...]
LOS ANGELES — A Church of Scientology building in the heart of Hollywood removed its door handles and restricted public entry this week after a bizarre social media trend prompted young people to rush inside and race through its halls.…[Continue Reading...]
The posts might have you thinking they’re plotting a heist – pouring their eyes over building floor plans, figuring out the fastest way in and out. But what these teenagers are actually doing is ‘speedrunning’ getting into Church of Scientology…[Continue Reading...]
The Church of Scientology has gone to great lengths to maintain a veil of secrecy since its creator introduced the world to his new religion in the 1950s. It’s faced an uphill battle in that quest since the rise of…[Continue Reading...]
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