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Article | Source | Key words (to be completed) |
Australia: Scientology link to murders | July 2007, collection of articles | |
Brit Met's nod to giving security info to Cruise's church raises eyebrows | Daily India, Mar. 2007 | infiltration |
Met allows Cruise's sect access to data on security alerts | Jason Beattie, Evening Standard, Mar. 2007 | infiltration |
Avoid the dangers of Scientology | Will Harris, The Daily Reveille, Jan. 2007 | |
Link between drugs, school violence discounted | Terry Organ, Kingman Daily Miner, Jan. 2007 | cchr, lying, front groups |
Scientology, the Last Laugh | Gerald Armstrong, Bulles, Jan. 2007 | |
Revealed: how Scientologists infiltrated Britain's schools | Ian Murphy, The Sunday Times, Jan. 2007 | narconon, infiltration, personality test, suppressive person, auditing, etc. |
Tom Cruise can't put out these fires | Roger Friedman, Fox News, Dec. 2006 | purification rundown (aka new york rescue workers detoxification program) |
Cult Classic - Pseudoscience and Psychedelics in the Church of Scientology | Ian Murphy, The Buffalo Beast, Nov. 2006 | |
Scamalot: Could the Church of Scientology be the best show on Broadway? | Scott Jacobson, Radar, Nov. 2006 | |
Police officers accepted gifts from Church of Scientology | Ben Taylor, Daily Mail, Nov. 2006 | |
Plasticine and teddy bears at the new UK base of L Ron Hubbard | Paul Lewis, Guardian Unlimited, Oct. 2006 | |
Tom's aliens target City's 'planetary rulers' | David Cohen, Evening Standard, Oct. 2006 | anti-psychiatry |
Scientology — One former Scientologist recounts her experience | Christa Martin, Good Times, Oct. 2006 | suppressive person, rpf, disconnection, false imprisonment, OT |
Scientology Cruises Along, Thanks to Command Hypnosis | Tom Glaister, consumeraffairs.com, Sep. 2006 | |
The unperson Church spokesman says Times report is unfair Some Scientology terms SP profiles |
Robert Farley, St. Petersburg Times, Jun. 2006 | suppressive person, disconnection |
BRUSSELS: Scientology's new European center (translated from French) | Julie Barreau, Le Soir Magazine, 2006 | fraud, illegal practice of medicine, organized crime |
Inside Scientology: Unlocking the complex code of America's most mysterious religion | Janet Reitman, Rolling Stone, 2006 | comprehensive |
Strength in Numbers: The Recruitment Tactics of Scientology | Jess Mosser, Universal Journal | |
The secrets of Scientology | Sara Lawrence, The Independent London, 2006 | |
Tom Cruise and Scientology | Claire Hoffman, Kim Christensen, Los Angeles Times, December 2005 | celebrities |
New Life, old tricks | Tali Woodward, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Dec. 2005 | new life center |
Mirror investigates: Inside cult castle / The weird rituals at Scientology's Sussex HQ | David Edwards, The Mirror, Nov. 2005 | |
Scientology test says I’m on the brink of self destruction | Kate Drolet, The Current Online, Oct. 2005 | personality test |
The Passion of Cruise | Kim Masters, Radar Magazine, Sep. 2005 | |
Why I fled Scientology | Astra Woodcraft, Glamour Magazine, Sep. 2005 | sea organization, disconnection |
The Way to More Questions | Carl Kozlowski, Pasadena Weekly, Aug. 2005 | |
Tom Cruise, Phone Home | Bob Waldrep, Watchman Fellowship, Aug. 2005 | tom cruise, aliens, psychiatry |
L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology's esteemed founder | Michael Crowley, Slate, Jul. 2005 | hubbard |
The press vs. Scientology | Joe Strupp, Salon, Jun. 2005 | |
Four in LA area among 17 charged in missile-smuggling plot | Michael Weissenstein, San Francisco Gate, Mar. 2005 | Excerpt: "Solomonyan entered the United States six years ago on a cultural exchange visa claiming he was a religious worker for the Church of Scientology" |
Enlightenment's Dark Side, Being In, Breaking Out, Helping Spread the Word, Outside Critics Are Unacceptable | Mark Sommer, Buffalo News, Jan. 2005 | comprehensive |
Is Scientology in your schools? (PDF) | Robin Jacobs, The Humanist, Sep. 2004 | narconon, infiltration |
Narconon banned from S.F. schools | Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 2004 | narconon, infiltration |
Scientology link to public schools | Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, Jun. 2004 | narconon, purification rundown |
Bravest taking the Cruise cure | Greg Gittrich, NY Daily News, Dec. 2003 | purification rundown |
Scientologist's Treatments Lure Firefighters | Michelle O'Donnell, New York Times, 2003 | purification rundown |
Scientology, Satanic Link? | Richard Johnson, Paula Froelich, Chris Wilson, New York Post, Mar. 2003 | hubbard, occult, black magic |
Church pressed woman to sell shop, court told | Irish Times, 2002 | hard sell, deceit |
Net archive silences Scientology critic | Lisa Bowman, CNet News.com, 2002 | silencing criticism, xenu.net, heldal-lund |
Unorthodox Arrest - Church of scientology calls cops and has one of its harshest and most vocal critics jailed | Enzo Di Matteo, Toronto Now, June 2001 | Keith Henson, fair game |
'Destroy him utterly' | M-J Milloy, Hour Magazine, May 2001 | Keith Henson, silencing, fair game |
Scientology critics get engraved bricks | Deborah O'Neil, St. Petersburg Times, Apr. 2001 | |
Scientology Founder's Family Life Far From What He Preached | Don Lattin, San Francisco Gate, Feb. 2001 | hubbard |
Tom & Nicole Split: A Question of Faith | Peter Farron, New York Post, Feb. 2001 | celebrities |
Inside RPF Denmark | Pierre Collignon, Jyllands-Posten, Jan. 2001 | RPF |
Scientologist Web site rips off urban75.com | Thomas C Greene, The Register, Jan. 2001 | narconon, plagiarism |
Mentally impaired Raul Lopez was $1.7 million richer as the result of an accident settlement -- until he joined the Church of Scientology | Ron Russel, Los Angeles New Times, 2000 | fraud, cost |
1990s |
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"Management Seminar" Harrowing Experience | Terry Dean, Cherokee County Herald, Dec. 1990 | false imprisonment, brainwashing, blackmail, front groups, hard sell, cost |
Scientology leader named defendant in suit | Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times, Dec. 1999 | lisa mcpherson, david miscavige |
Doubled Crossed | Tony Ortega, Phoenix New Times, Dec. 1999 | fair game, lying, dead agent, silencing criticism |
Scientology denied | The Gazette, Dec. 1999 | |
French scientologists guilty of fraud | BBC Online Network, Nov. 1999 | fraud |
Copyright -- wrong? | Janelle Brown, Salon, July 1999 | copyright, dmca |
How I was reduced to black despair by 'caring' church's personality test | Julia Llewellyn Smith, The Express, Jul. 1999 | personality test |
Challenging Scientology's claims | Thomas C. Padgett, Cape Cod Times, Mar. 1999 | |
The man behind Scientology | Thomas Tobin, St. Petersburg Times, 1998 | david miscavige |
The Life and Death of a Scientologist | Richard Leiby, Washington Post, 1998 | lisa mcpherson, introspection rundown, psychosis |
Doctor settles his part of wrongful death suit | Lucy Morgan, St. Petersburg Times, 1998 | mcpherson, minkoff, suit, introspection rundown, death |
Scientology Shows its True Face in "Happy Valley" California: TV reporters from Mannheim must fear for their own lives as they search for signs of missing Germans | Stephan Tongi, Mannheimer Morgen, Jul. 1998 | |
The Boston Herald: Inside the Church of Scientology | Joseph Mallia, The Boston Herald, 1998 | |
Church of Scientology: A Religious Mafia? | Craig Branch, The Watchman Expositor, 1998 | |
A Hubbard Legacy: Scientology's Punitive Policies | The Watchman Expositor, 1998 | |
Scientology got blame for French suicide | Lucy Morgan, St. Petersburg Times, Feb. 1998 | hard sell, cost, suicide |
Web not helping Scientology | John Saunders & Timothy Appleby, The Globe and Mail, Jan. 1998 | |
Scientology seeks tax-receipt status | John Saunders & Timothy Appleby, The Globe and Mail, Jan. 1998 | |
For some Scientologists, pilgrimage has been fatal | Lucy Morgan, St. Petersburg Times, 1997 | death |
Woman's family sues Scientologists | St. Petersburg Times, Jul. 1997 | lisa mcpherson |
Scientology: a young sect ex-member reports for the first time | Michaela Haas, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Apr. 1997 | child abuse, sea org, auditing |
Scientology's Unholy War | Douglas Frantz, Syracuse Herald-Journal, Mar. 1997 | IRS, silencing criticism, barratry |
The Shadowy Story Behind Scientology's Tax-Exempt Status | Douglas Frantz, New York Times, Mar. 1997 | IRS, silencing criticism, blackmail, barratry |
Who Can Stand Up? Can anyone stand up to the Church of Scientology? | Frank Rich, The New York Times, Mar. 1997 | |
Scientologist hospitalized after jump into harbor | Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times, Mar. 1997 | |
Scientology and Germany: Falling back into the past | Jack R. Payton, St. Petersburg Times, Dec. 1996 | germany, ursula caberta |
Church of Scientology faces battle over the Internet | AP, Marysville Journal-Tribune, July 1996 | alt.religion.scientology, silencing criticism |
Get Thee Behind Me, Thetan!!! | Jason Torchinsky, Escandalo!, circa 1995? | |
alt.scientology.war | Wendy M. Grossman, Wired, 1995 | free speech, silencing criticism |
Inside the cult | Alison Braund, The Advertiser, 1995 | |
Church in Cyberspace | Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 1995 | silencing criticism |
Scientology's Expensive Wisdom Now Comes Free | Mike Allen, The New York Times, 1995 | |
The Church's War Against Its Critics — and Truth | Richard Leiby, The Washington Post, Dec. 1994 | |
Harmonic Conversion? | Richard N. Leiby, The Washington Post, Aug. 1994 | celebrities, divorce, hubbard's paranoia |
$1.6-million award upheld in appeal: Court rules Church of Scientology 'set out to destroy' government lawyer | Donn Downey, The Globe and Mail, May 1994 | dead agent |
The Prisoners of Saint Hill | Tim Kelsey and Mike Ricks, The Independent, Jan. 1994 | introspection rundown, false imprisonment |
Scientology from inside out | Robert V. Young, Quill, Nov. 1993 | |
IRS examined Scientology dollars, not dogma | David Dahl, Karl Vick, St. Petersburg Times, Oct. 1993 | irs |
Scientologists profit from new members | Karl Vick, St. Petersburg Times, Oct. 1993 | irs, fsm |
Church's litany of lawsuits | Andrew Blum, The National Law Journal, Jun. 1993 | |
Church of Scientology Big Loser in S.B. Case | Santa Barbara Independent, Jan. 1993 | |
Church of Scientology fined $250,000 for espionage | Thomas Claridge, The Globe and Mail, Sep. 1992 | |
Scientologists Taught Crime OK | Bill Dunphy, Toronto Sun, May 1992 | infiltration |
Scientology's Hubbard debuts on video | Buzz McClain, The Capital, Sep. 1991 | |
Shudder into silence: The Church of Scientology doesn't take kindly to negative coverage | Robert W. Welkos, Quill, 1991 | |
I still have nightmares | Curtis Kruger, St. Petersburg Times, 1991 | child abuse, sea org |
Petrolia's New Neighbors — L. Ron Hubbard's followers, the Church of Spiritual Technology | Joe Cempa, North Coast Journal, June 1991 | |
Scientology II: CCHR and Narconon | L. J. West, M.D, The Southern California Psychiatrist, 1991 | narconon, purification rundown, able |
The Scientology of Selling | Ralph Rugoff, LA Weekly, 1991 | |
Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power | Richard Behar, Time, 1991 | comprehensive |
Former Scientologist harassed after saying Prozac helped her depression | The Psychiatric Times, 1991 | psychiatry, drug, cchr, harass |
Prozac Frees Ex-Scientology Leader from Depression | The Psychiatric Times, 1991 | psychiatry, front groups, suicide, fair game |
Scientology's war
of retribution on deep-sleep therapy The battle to control the mind Church out to even the score |
Jo Chandler & Jacqui MacDonald, The Melbourne Age, Apr. 1991 | fair game, blackmail, brainwashing, silencing criticism |
Scientologists in dirty tricks campaign | Richard Palmer and Richard Caseby, The Sunday Times, Jul. 1990 | fair game, dead agent, russel miller |
The Scientology Story | Joel Sappel, Robert Welkos, Los Angeles Times, Jun. 1990 | comprehensive |
Abolish income tax; we'd all benefit | David Miscavige, USA Today, Apr. 1990 | |
Editorial opinion - Harold's journal: Premonitions... | RWL, Newkirk Herald Express, Mar. 1990 | |
A Tale of Capture and Brainwashing - Medina Clan Tells How Cult Ruled Lives | Richard Weizel, Akron Beacon Journal, Jan. 1990 | hard sell, cost, false imprisonment, front groups, |
Captivity Case May Be Tied to Faith | John H. Lee and John Johnson, Los Angeles Times, Jan. 1990 | introspection rundown |
1980s |
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Scientology Faces New Charges Of Harassment | Stephen Koff, St. Petersburg Times, 1988 | |
The 'Hard Sell' Cult | Mike Ricks and Sarah Gorman, East Grinstead Courier, May 1988 | hard sell |
Man went bankrupt after £175,000 gifts to Scientologists | Lin Jenkins, The Daily Telegraph, 1988 | cost, fraud |
An open letter to the readers of The New York Review of Books From publisher Lyle Stuart: 'Danger: Cult at Work! The truth about Scientology' | Lyle Stuart, The New York Times, Jan. 1988 | comprehensive |
Lawyer says biography in breach of copyright | Thomas Claridge, The Globe and Mail, Dec. 1987 | silencing criticism |
The prophet and profits of Scientology | Richard Behar, Forbes, 1986 | |
Church of Scientology founder dies | Associated Press, Constitution Tribune, Jan. 1986 | hubbard |
Secret Teachings: Papers Show Scientologists Blame Ancient Ruler for Many Human Ills | Post-Standard, Nov. 1985 | xenu |
The Fifth Estate - Scientology | Hana Gartner, CBC, Nov. 1985 | |
The selling of Scientology | Fred Leeson, The Oregonian, 1985 | |
Witness: Hubbard used Black Magic | George-Wayne Shelor, Clearwater Sun, 1984 | hubbard, occult, black magic |
Sinking the Master Mariner | John Barnes, Sunday Times Magazine, 1984 | comprehensive |
Judge brands Scientology 'sinister' as mother is given custody of children | The Times, July 984 | |
Scientology chief got millions, ex-aides say | Robert Lindsey, New York Times, July 1984 | |
Ex-publicist says she was 'target' of Scientologists | Associated Press, 1984 | destroying evidences |
Trial reveals Scientology's darker side | George-Wayne Shelor, Clearwater Sun, May 1984 | |
Scientologists try to prevent man's leaving | David Dahl, Clearwater Times, January 1984 | false imprisonment |
Feds eye alleged sect plot to corrupt U.S. judge | George Wayne Shelor, Clearwater Sun, Jan. 1984 | |
Police storm Scientology headquarters seize records | Matt Maychak, Don Sutton, John Ferri, Toronto Star, 1983 | |
Inside The Church of Scientology: An Exclusive Interview with L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. | Penthouse, 1983 | |
Scientology defectors charge 'dirty tricks' in Boston | Ben Bradlee Jr., Boston Globe, May 1983 | criminal activities |
Stall police, destroy evidence is Scientology plan, PCs say | Kevin Cox, Toronto Globe and Mail, March 1983 | destroying evidence |
Mystery of the Vanished Ruler: The fate of L. Ron Hubbard underlies Scientology's turmoil (Gerry Armstrong has scans of this article) | Time, January 1983 | hubbard |
Witnesses Tell of Break-ins, Conspiracy | Steven Girardi, Clearwater Sun, May 1982 | |
Scientology in England | FAIR, Nov. 1981 | personality test, oca |
Scientology: The Sickness Spreads | Eugene H. Methvin, Readers Digest, Oct. 1981 | silencing criticism |
The Narconon sting: Scientology's Minnesota drug scam | Paul Fishman Maccabee, Twin Cities Reader, Oct. 1981 | narconon, criminon, infiltration, lies, misrepresentation, threat |
Psychiatrist: Sect drove man insane | Richard Leiby, Clearwater Sun, Aug. 1981 | |
Scientology-Narconon Link Protested | The Advisor, Apr. 1981 | narconon, misrepresentation |
Man continues crusade against church | Tom Tiede, Frederick Post, Mar. 1981 | illegal practice of medicine, threatening |
Ex-Scientologists express bitterness | Sherm Frederick, Las Vegas Review Journal, Aug. 1980 | |
Scientology Church official quits | Las Vegas Review Journal, Jul. 1980 | spying, silencing |
1980 Pulitzer Prize winning series about Scientology (PDF, 17 MiB or PDF, 1 MiB) | Charles Stafford & Bette Orsini, St. Petersburg Times, 1980 | |
Scientology: Anatomy of a Frightening Cult | Eugene H. Methvin, Readers Digest, 1980 | comprehensive |
Sect framed journalist over
'bomb threats' Bigamy smear used to dent mayor's career |
David Beresford, The Guardian, Feb. 1980 | fair game, dead agent |
Scientology's bizarre manual of dirty tricks | David Beresford, The Guardian, Feb. 1980 | fair game, osa (guardian's office), dead agent |
Papers reveal sect's 'dirty tricks' / Snow White's dirty tricks | David Beresford, The Guardian, Feb. 1980 | fair game, osa (guardian's office), dead agent |
Attorney Probing Complaints Against Church - Scientology Plot to Smear Official | Richard West, The Los Angeles Times, 1980 | dead agent, fbi files |
The Scientology Papers: The hidden Hubbard | John Marshall, Toronto Globe and Mail, Jan. 1980 | |
The Scientology Papers: Files show spy reported woman's intimate words | John Marshall, Toronto Globe and Mail, Jan. 1980 | fair game, silencing criticism |
The Scientology Papers: Cult order sought to end scientists' criticism | John Marshall, Toronto Globe and Mail, Jan. 1980 | silencing criticism |
The Scientology Papers: Cult harassment, spying in Canada documented | John Marshall, Toronto Globe and Mail, Jan. 1980 | |
The Scientology Papers: Secret Ontario documents found in U.S. cult's files | John Marshall, Toronto Globe and Mail, Jan. 1980 | |
The Scientology Papers: Big FBI raid led to conspiracy trial of cult leaders Court hears of spying, theft of government files | John Marshall, Toronto Globe and Mail, Jan. 1980 | |
For Some It Was Hard To Forsake Scientology | Craig Roberton, St. Petersburg Times, 1980 | auditing, blackmail, dead agent |
1970s |
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Cult tried to control newspaper | Richard Leiby, Clearwater Sun, Nov. 1979 | infiltration, silencing criticism |
Church kept 'enemies list' | John Picton, Globe and Mail, May 1978 | |
The Church of Scientology - Religion or traveling medicine show?, A reporter takes the Scientology test, Scientology: Self control or mind control?, Reforming the world in Scientology's image | Brian Alexander, Valley News, 1977 | |
Scientology: Parry and Thrust | Time, July 1977 | |
Church of Scientology is accused of spy plot | Austin Daily Herald, July 1977 | infiltration |
Church accused of spying on, stealing from IRS | Chronicle-Telegram, July 1977 | infiltration |
Scientology student death probe | Sharon Spigelmyer, Las Vegas Sun, 1976 | |
Intellectual Freedom: Anti-Scientology Books Targets of Lawsuits | The Library Journal, Nov. 1974 | silencing criticism |
Scientologists deny they harass defectors from church: 'Misrepresentation and distortion' alleged | Colin Wright and Nancy Cooper, Toronto Globe and Mail, Jul. 1974 | |
Probe of religious sect’s practices sought by ex-members | John Marshall, Toronto Globe and Mail, Jul. 1974 | |
Fear and Loathing in Sutton: The McLean family's fight to escape Scientology | John Saunders, MacLean's, Jun. 1974 | dead agent, fair game, R2-45 |
Libraries Face Libel Threat | Winnipeg Free Press, Jun. 1974 | silencing criticism |
Sect ordered to pay $300,000 to victim | Los Angeles Times, Jun. 1974 | fair game, dead agent |
Times Slapped With Huge Libel Suit | Silver City Daily Press, Mar. 1974 | narconon |
Narconon Asks Suit Testimony | El Paso Herald Post, Nov. 1973 | narconon |
Classes link Scientology, Narconon | El Paso Herald Post, Oct. 1973 | narconon |
Process R2-45 — An Inside Joke Or The Ultimate Retribution? | Clearwater Sun, 1973 | R2-45 |
Church of Scientology to pay libel damages to former Minister | The Times, Jun. 1973 | dead agent, anti-psychiatry |
Church of Scientology Sues at Drop of Its Name | Rev. Lester Kingsolving, Yuma Daily Sun, Feb. 1972 | barratry |
Unconventional Modern Religion Hitting Snags | George W. Cornell, Valley Morning Star, Jun. 1971 | e-meter, fda |
Ex-Scientologist Tells of ‘Fear’ Atmosphere | John Dart, Los Angeles Times, October 1970 | |
1960s |
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Scientology: New Light on Crowley | The Sunday Times, Dec. 1969 | hubbard, occult, black magic |
Scientology: Revealed for the first time — The odd beginning of Ron Hubbard's career | Alexander Mitchell, The Sunday Times, Oct. 1969 | hubbard, occult, black magic |
Scientology — Help? Hindrance? | Tom A. Cullen, Pacific Stars and Stripes, Mar. 1969 | |
The Secret of Scientology | Mike Cowley, Winnipeg Free Press, Feb. 1969 | personality test, cost, silencing criticism, lies, e-meter, auditing |
'Largest Mental Health Institution' Becomes Storm Center in Britain | David Lancashire, AP, Sep. 1968 | |
Minister is asked to investigate... The case of the processed woman | Daily Mail, Aug. 1966 | creepy - inducement to suicide in my opinion |
Is this the happiest man in the world? | Wendy Michener, MacLean's, Aug. 1966 | dianetics, auditing, clear, disconnection, hard-sell, suppressive person |
One Man Britain Can Do Without | Derek Ive, The People, Mar. 1966 | psychiatry, dead agent |
Attention the Minister of Health: This man is bogus | Daily Mail, Feb. 1966 | hubbard |
'Emotion' Machines Seized | Pacific Stars & Stripes, Jan. 1963 | e-meter, illegal practice of medicine |
U.S. Acts to Stop Use of Cure-All Device | Miriam Ottenberg, The Evening Star, Jan. 1963 | e-meter, illegal practice of medicine |
Scientology 'Con Game' Says Conry | Humboldt Standard, Jun. 1961 | |
1950s |
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Operation Clambake: Dianetics media coverage in the fifties | ||
Founder of 'Dianetics' said Insane by Wife | San Mateo Times, Apr. 1951 | |
[hundreds to add...] |