Well, we did it once again this week.
We got into some newsy stuff on our new podcast that we created for our subscribers, which we call Group Therapy.
We've brought together four of our Underground Bunker regulars, Andrea 'i-Betty' Garner, Lynette 'Observer' Waggoner, Phil Jones, and the enigmatic Pan.
We spend an hour talking about the Scientology news of the week, and we have a lot of fun.
This time, we described something surprising that happened during our conversation with Mike Rinder for the Mark Twain House. When we asked a question the both of us get all the time — who will succeed David Miscavige as leader of Scientology — Mike surprised himself with an intriguing answer.
He suggested that Shelly Miscavige might be in a position to take over in Dave's absence.
And then, we heard from Phil Jones another surprising suggestion which might be even more plausible.
And it's his own son-in-law, John Goodwin, who runs Galaxy Press out of Author Services, Inc.
ASI is L. Ron Hubbard’s literary agency, and David Miscavige once ran it before he took over Scientology itself, so there’s some precedent.
Could these be plausible scenarios? We’re looking forward to reading your thoughts.
And as for that discussion with Mike about his book, Mark Twain House has now put the hour-long talk on YouTube. Please dive in and let us know what you think of our questions and Mike’s answers.
We have a feeling that Pan is correct: Now that John Goodwin has been suggested as a possible successor to Dave, his goose is cooked.
But it made for some interesting discussion this weekend.
So that's a small part of what you would have heard if you received Group Therapy on the weekend and we hope you consider subscribing to get future episodes and to support the work we do here at the Underground Bunker.
She's baaaack!
Years ago we were approached by a woman who claimed she was dying in a Canadian hospital, that Scientology wanted her dead, and that she had been brought up a sex slave to Scientology leader David Miscavige, who kept her in an underground lab beneath Gold Base, where she was forced to bear him four sons, and also to be used for bizarre experiments in growing body parts.
She was a complete fabulist, of course, and we tried to warn folks about her nonsense. But to this day, there are still some gullible folks who take this woman's claims seriously.
And now, she's returned with a new story. We found out last night that she is claiming to have been sent lewd texts and photos from one of Scientology's wealthy donors.
We just want to caution you if you hear these claims you should just dismiss them out of hand. This woman needs serious mental health help.
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