Blown for Good: Scientology Exposed
Marc Headley & Claire Headley
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Marc Headley worked at Scientology’s secret desert compound, which houses all Scientology management, for 15 years. The 500-acre property is located deep in the California desert. The local townspeople were told lectures and films were made there. But is that all that was happening? It is the location of a multi-million dollar home for L. Ron Hubbard, built two decades after his death. It is the home of Scientology’s current leader, David Miscavige. So what really happens at the Int Base? Are the stories on the internet true? How does Scientology conduct management of its day-to-day operations? Could stories of armed guards, weapons, staff beatings, and razor wire fences be true? If so, how could a facility like this exist in modern-day America? Hundreds of staff tried to escape over the years. Some succeeded but were never seen or heard of again, and most failed. Why were people kept here? What really went on at the headquarters of Scientology? This is the story of what happened behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology.
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S5E56 When Hope Becomes a Trap with Anne Gollert Hill - Scientology Stories #56
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S10E12 Inside Scientology’s Mark VIII Ultra E-Meter (we open it up) - Secrets of Scientology #12
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S10E11 Space Cootie Detector Built By Ten-Year-Olds - Secrets of Scientology #11
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S10E10 Debbie Cook Breaks Ranks and Exposes David Miscavige's Torturous Deeds - Secrets of Scientology #10
Send us Fan MailOne email. Three weeks. A lawsuit. That’s the timeline Debbie Cook triggered when she quietly hit “send” to a list of high-level Scientologists on New Year’s Eve 2011. Debbie wasn’t a…
S10E9 Scientology's Arbitration Trap - Exposed - LIVE Discussion - Secrets of Scientology #9
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S11E1 Cult Survivor Series #1 with Sarah Edmondson & Nippy Ames
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S10E8 Scientology’s New Child Pipeline - Secrets of Scientology #8
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S10E6 How Scientology’s “Rehabilitation Project Force” Breaks People And Why We Fought Back
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S10E5 Secrets, Surveillance, And Survival At Gold Base - Secrets of Scientology LIVE Q&A
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S10E4 Escaped a Cult, Now What? - Secrets Of Scientology #4
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S10E3 Empty Halls, Full Ledgers: How Scientology Still Brings In Cash - Secrets of Scientology #3
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S10E2 What Happens When A Church Builds A Prison Out Of Policy - Secrets of Scientology #2 w/ Mat Pesch
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S10E1 Freedom Day: Claire’s Escape From Scientology - Secrets of Scientology #1
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S9E24 Shipboard Childhoods And Buried Memories - Scientology Secrets #24
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Blown for Good: Scientology Exposed has published 237 episodes since February 2023, covering topics in Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture.
Blown for Good: Scientology Exposed is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 15m.