PART ONE: LISTINGS IN RECENT-TO-OLDER DATE ORDER
1994
Gunnarson, Vicktor
death
Vicktor Gunnarson died somewhere between the 3 and 7 of January
of 1994. Vicktor was the individual acquitted in the assassination
in
Sweden of Olav Palme, the high ranking Swedish politician. They
are tracking Gunnarson's connection to Scientology. Detectives
found a
number of Scientology books at his place of residence. A reporter
mentioned something about a $2 million offer to assassinate Palme
being
found or implied somewhere in his records.
1994
Strawn, Dana
child abuse
I found out that my husband slept with my 13 year old daughter,
had performed oral sex on my 11 year old, and perhaps I will
never know if he
touched our 4 year old... ...I was told by a person at OSA Int
that even if my husband was declared, I would be declared if
I turned him in. I
was also told by this person that if I turned him in, that my
children would be taken away from me by the "welfare department"
down here...
1994
Jean-Luc Barbier (Swiss)
medical neglect
After my purification program I became very sick with my throat
and the C/S gave me a lot of assists without results... In fact
now I cannot
continue to play the saxophone and the flute and I have a chronic
inflammation because I had receive no a adequate medical assistance.
...More, when I was at Flag for OT 1 to OT 7 (February to
June 1989) I had received, during my OT7 course, a no-enturbulation
order for
enforce me to become a WISE member because one of my employee
was also staff scientologist...
1994
xxxxx medical neglect
Despite [my sister's] diagnosis of bi-polar disorder she never
expressed suicidal ideations. But grave harm could have befallen
her if, in her
acutely psychotic state, my brother and sister-in-law had managed,
as planned, to ship her out of state... As Scientologists, they
were totally
against psychiatric intervention...
[They] arranged for her discharge against medical advice and
without psychotropic medications. When we returned she had "gone
underground" and they would not reveal her whereabouts...
Shortly after this incident he and his wife and their two kids
went to Georgia...
leaving [my sister] alone in their house. While alone, her psychosis
gained momentum and in the grip of visual and auditory hallucinations
she
began calling us for help. We responded, she ended up in the
psych unit again and a couple of days later my brother and sister-in-law
stormed
into our house demanding to know what had taken place... A few
days later my mother and I received letters of disconnection,
couched in the
terminology of the church and we have not seen them since.
If they had been successful in their attempts to ship her
to Richmond anything could have happened to her. She no longer
had a support network
there, had a few hundred dollars and was totally unemployable.
At best she would have ended up in a psych unit, at worst she
could have been
robbed, raped or killed...
1994
Weber, Michael
stress
I have regretted selling my business to this day. Most of
the money went to Flag... I still dream consistently about Scientology,
sometimes
every night, and I have been out of the group for nine years.
1993
Argue, Michael
psychosis In 1993, Michael Argue had two psychotic breaks.
He became involved in Scientology in 1971. His first break was
in the 1980s
while doing OT levels at the LA Organization. He is living on
Family Benefits (disability pension) for chronic depression.
He is on Prozac for
depression and Valium and states that he looks forward to bodily
death to escape his situation in life.
1993
Kapuler, Cheryl
OT levels Cheryl Kapuler completed OT8, came back, and almost
lost her house. Then she broke her ankle one week later. Last
year her
husband Allan died (1993) of cancer.
1993
Mercer, Stephen
psychosis
Mercer, 33, was killed in a gunfight that began when deputies
tried to serve a court order for mental evaluation. Mercer's
father, a 57 year old
former Republican state lawmaker and 1986 gubernatorial candidate,
was also killed in the shootout. Phone messages left by Mercer
make
repeated mentions of a name that sounds like "Elron"--
a possible reference to L. Ron Hubbard.
[The photocopy of a newspaper article from which this data
was taken contains no date, no dateline, no location, no name
of newspaper, or
anything else that would identify the source.]
1993, September
Bonora, Frank
suicidal
(Origin 1987) Feeling despondent, I had thought of suicide
as I returned to my apartment that night. Instead, I decided
to just leave the group,
never to return... For one week in September of 1993, I was hospitalized
for depression.. I experience recurring and intrusive recollections
of
the events that occurred while in Scientology. These thoughts
often keep me awake at night and, therefore, I suffer from insomnia.
I feel foolish
that I fell into this trap and responded to Scientology manipulation.
In contrast to my friends who have families, homes and careers,
I believe
that the new attitudes and resulting actions that were induced
by the techniques used by Scientology caused me to lose my family,
employment,
opportunities, and emotional harm.
1992-3
Toddhunter, Susan
cancer
Sue Todhunter was about 46. It happened around 1992-93. Her
brother-in-law, George Ward is now out of Scientology and lives
in LA.
(suspected "end-of-cycle" auditing)
Sue Toddhunter, OT5, was audited extensively while known to
have cancer. She died recently.
Her brother, Ralph, was in the ASHO Sea Org. I think he's
still in Scientology. I do not agree that "end-of-cycle"
auditing was involved.
1992-3
Solari, Cam
OT levels
cancer
Cam Solari, a Class VI auditor, died of breast cancer while
on OT VII.
1992
Luell, Mickey
negligence
Mickey Luell, a Scientology course supervisor, died of a flu
but was at the time involved in Scientology auditing and processes.
F.A.C.T.net's
source is suspicious that Scientology prevented or discouraged
his getting proper medication.
1992, October
Baker, (first name unknown)
suicide
A person with the last name of Baker committed suicide somewhere
in Europe.
1992, September
Delgro, Hedi
Threatened suicide Hedi Delgro, at East Grinstead, probably
September 1992. An isolation order was written on her after she
became psychotic
and threatened or attempted suicide.
1992
name unknown
attempted suicide F.A.C.T.net's source described a young guy
who tried to commit suicide in early 1992 at the Gold Scientology
Center. He
was in his teens to early 20s. He was a junior of a guy named
Elf who was a foreigner, maybe from Sweden. This guy was in the
mixing group
with the sound people. He had brown hair, pudgy and boyish looking,
obviously young. Something happened to cause him to attempt suicide
at the Gold Center.
1992
name unknown
suicide
In 1992 a Toronto male public pc jumped off the Bloor/Dansforth
viaduct.
1991
Echevarria, (first name unknown)
suspected suicide (Reported in "Scientology Faces Two
New Suits" in CAN newsletter) Maria Echevarria's son died
unexpectedly in
Clearwater, Florida. Scientology owed her son some $50,000. There
is suspicion that the son may have committed suicide, and the
death was
not just accidental
1991, May
Simon, Karen
suicide
Karen Simon died by hanging herself in London England in May
1991, shortly after she refused to sign a Sea Organization contract.
She was
preparing a negative report on Scientology at the time of her
death.
1991
Coenan, Marianne
psychosis Marianne Coenan was locked up in Pomona in 1991.
1991
Eichorn, Manfred
attempted suicide
Manfred Eichorn attempted suicide at East Grinstead in 1991,
then was "baby watched."
1991
Confleti, Ezio
possible attempted murder Ezio Confleti, a Toronto public
pc, in 1991, possibly was drugged to induce a heart attack. He
did not die.
1990-2
name unknown
attempted suicide or death
A young guy at the Gold Land base died while taking high doses
of hydrogen peroxide as part of some brain research project.
They had to get
an ambulance out to the Scientology Gold Center to haul him away.
There was quite a commotion to get his body out of there.
An attempted suicide at Gold center. A young male drank hydrogen
peroxide and an emergency crew had to pick him up.
1990, September
names unknown
suicide
Reported by the October 21, 1991 "DER SPIEGEL" and
reprinted in the Newkirk Herald Journal. The last two paragraphs
report a drug
therapist who knew of two addicts who committed suicide after
leaving Narconon, where the purification rundown was done. They
committed
suicide just after they left the program.
1990, September
Keel, Pius
suicide
Reported in October 21, 1991 DER SPIEGEL Pius Keel, 22, Germany,
threw himself under a train after Scientology got all his money.
1990's
Petschek, Claudia
suicide A women named Claudia Petschek committed suicide.
She was a mission staff member, and she committed suicide in
Canada within the
last 4 years. She was still active in Scientology.
1990
(last name unknown), Bob
suicide
Bob was a real estate agent who lived around the Utica, Michigan
area. He committed suicide in 1990 while receiving Scientology
services.
1990
Friend, Roxanne
cancer
Roxanne Friend was told she wasn't ill and needed more auditing
when she had cancer. In 1990 she refused auditing, was declared
psychotic,
and kidnapped to Flag.
1990
Lottick, Noah
suicide
Noah Lottick jumped to his death in New York, May 11, 1990,
one block from the 46th Street Scientology Org .
1990
Mooney, Ed
negligence
Ed Mooney, Class 8 and OT8, died at age 37 of aneurysm about
3 weeks after completing OT8 at Flag in the fall of 1990. He
was a former
mission holder and very good FSM in LA. Scientology friends and
family postulated he'd get better. He was in a hospital - but
not a really good
one. His wife, Patty Mooney, remarried about 6 months later in
LA.
1989
Wakefield, Margery
attempted suicide
9 April 1989, Margery had started in treatment with a counselor
at Northside Center, and was being seen by Dr. Dagon for medication.
However, her functioning on the unit continued to deteriorate
to the point that her relationships with her peers disintegrated
and at one point she
became totally unable to work on the unit and left work early.
On this occasion, she apparently made a suicide gesture and was
subsequently
hospitalized. Her suicide attempts are directly related to past
Scientology auditing.
1989
xxxxx
sleeping disorder
In 1989 I was diagnosed with a sleeping disorder called Fibrositis,
but now in 1994 the same set of symptoms is labeled a rheumatoid
disorder,
Fibromyalgia. I have suffered the symptoms of this disorder for
many years and had a major attack after I left the Church of
Scientology. The
whole affair of the RPF, the stillbirth, and then the harassment
that occurred afterwards took its toll. I have had repetitive
nightmares which
have as their main theme trying to escape and not being able
to. I believe the nightmares could have contributed to the general
sleeping disorder
which I still have and which I am currently under a doctor's
care for... When I had symptoms of this nature when I was in
the Sea Org of
course the symptoms proved I was PTS. I do remember at one point
I was labeled Type Two PTS, and I was never sent to a medical
doctor for
an evaluation. Had I known about this disorder earlier I may
have been able to develop better strategies for dealing with
it, but the Church of
Scientology doesn't recognize stress related disorders as being
a medical problem, but rather an ethical one, which in turn created
even more
stress...
1989
Leube, Michael
suicide
Michael Leube, a 10-year Scientologist and sea org member
committed suicide in July, 1989.
1989 or 90
name unknown
cover-up of death
An older male sea org member died at Flag between November,
1989 and April, 1990. A former Flag sea org member overheard
a GO/OSA
agent talking about keeping the death quiet.
late 1980's
Jane Winkler
suicides?
No location reported. OT7.
1975
Pagliaro, Louie
murdered after threatening to expose the OT Levels
Louie Pagliaro was a public person taking courses at the Las
Vegas Org in 1974. He was a casino pit boss and a professional
photographer. He
completed his grades and then went on to AOLA (The Advanced Organization
of Los Angeles) to take OT I, OT II and OTIII. In 1975 he
returned to Las Vegas and, thinking he was "OT", lost
a lot of his money gambling. Angry at Scientology, he came screaming
into the Org, and
he demanded a refund for all of the money he had paid, over $
100,000, from Eddie Walters, his Case Supervisor at the Las Vegas
Org. He
threatened Eddie Walters that if he did not get a refund he was
going to expose the OT Levels. The next day his body was found
cut up into little
pieces inside his living room. According to his live-in girlfriend
Lisa Gibson, all of his folders were pulled from the Org by the
Guardian's
Office and during the police investigation Eddie Walters lied
to the police and pretended that Louie Pagliaro had never taken
any courses at the
Las Vegas Org. His death is an unsolved murder and can be found
on the books of the Las Vegas Police Department for the year
1975. Lisa
Gibson thereafter married David Sandweiss, who was also murdered
two years later. Information about his murder follows:
1977
Sandweiss, David
murdered after refusing to commit suicide
A G.O. Agent named David Sandweiss was ordered to kill himself
using Process R2-45 (a bullet to the head) after he had broken
into a
psychiatrist's office in the Las Vegas area and was caught in
1977. When he refused to commit suicide, he was murdered by two
Guardian's
Office agents who forced him to take a gun to his own head. David's
wife Lisa Gibson Sandweiss, the sister of Lavenda Van Schaick,
witnessed this murder as she was hiding in the bushes in the
front of their Las Vegas home. On May 27, 1996, Lavenda Van Schaick
spoke out
about this murder and asked to add some additional data to the
Internet. She disclosed that in 1977, when she was on post as
Ethics Officer at
the Las Vegas Org, David Sandweiss told her in an ethics cycle
(not only as her brother-in-law) that he had been the lover of
Quentin Hubbard,
who was L. Ron Hubbard's gay son. Lavenda believes that L. Ron
Hubbard murdered his son Quentin, bypassing his wife Mary Sue
Hubbard, who at the time was the head of the Guardian's Office.
Lavenda claims that L. Ron Hubbard murdered Quentin because of
his
homosexuality. This theory explains why Mary Sue and L. Ron Hubbard
were estranged for the last eight years of Hubbard's life. After
David
Sandweiss confided in Lavenda that he had been Quentin's lover,
Lavenda refused to give the Guardian's Office David's name. Several
days
later, Lavenda was brutally raped by two Guardian's Office agents
named Artie Maren and Bob Harvey at the Las Vegas home of Guardian's
Office agents Chuck and Mattie Reese. Lavenda's six year old
daughter Sabrina was kidnapped and held by the Guardian's Office
for three
days. Lavenda herself was driven in a white Volkwagen van to
an undisclosed location and brutally raped, beaten, kicked in
the uterus, urinated
upon, was drugged with sodium pentothal and rendered unconscious.
Lavenda believes the purpose of the rape and beatings was to
force her to
give the Guardian's Office the name of Quentin's lover. One week
later David Sandweiss was visited by two Guardian's Office agents
who
ordered David to put a gun to his head and blow his brains out.
Lisa witnessed this outside their home while she was hiding in
the bushes. Lisa
Sandweiss herself was the victim of a brutal rape after her son
Ricky was born. David Sandweiss' death was ruled a suicide by
the coroner. So
was Quentin's.
late 1980's
Trout, Gene
suicide
OT7, L10, 11, 12. From Chicago, originally old OT VII.
A new report says this name "should probably be Gene
Traudt."
1988
name unknown
attempted murder
Although the targeted individual did not die, in 1988, Milan
Nekuda, who has some association with Scientology, tried to kill
a woman.
1988
Kelly, Patrice Vic
suicide
"The European," August, 1990 reports on a Scientology-related
suicide which occurred two years ago. "He had spent thousands
of francs on
self-improvement courses but had despaired when the Scientologists
demanded a further Ffr35,000 ($7,000) for a special 'purification'
course."
1987-88
Schafner, Bob
suicide or accident
Bob Schafner was on OT3 and having problems. He rode a bike
under a truck, dying instantly, in 1987 or 1988.
The guy that was run over by a truck while riding his bicycle,
who F.A.C.T.net's contributor thought was a suicide on OT3, was
Bob
Schafner.
I have written several letters, the latest on 13 October 1994,
to Lawrence Wollersheim notifying him and your corporation that
F.A.C.T.net is
advertising, selling and distributing false information about
my late husband, Robert Schaffner. These materials are being
sent through the U.S.
mails. I have recently learned that these statements are now
being promoted on a vast scale through F.A.C.T.net's link into
the Internet
computer bulletin board system...
1987
Argue, Michael
attempted suicide
In 1987, Michael Argue attempted suicide after his marriage
break-up. His wife was in Scientology too.
1987
Hutchinson, Carol
child abuse
I was having lunch in the restaurant at Flag. An adult came
into the room leading a large group of children - about 15 or
20 if I recall. The
children were silent, rigidly in line, very serious in demeanor.
They looked tired, unkempt and sad, not at all like normal children
age 6-13.
They went through the cafeteria line where I was surprised
to see that they were given one scoop (slightly larger than an
ice cream scoop) of
what looked like scrambled eggs. That was all. It was plopped
on their plates very unceremoniously. They were directed by the
adult with them
(it seems to me that this was a very young adult, possibly an
older teen) to a large table where they stood around it. They
were given the
direction to sit and they did so very quickly. They were given
the direction to eat. They looked like starving animals as they
shoveled the food
into their mouths. I can't remember if they had anything to drink
or not...
1987
Smith, Rita
suicide at East Grinstead in 1987.
1986-7
Filisky, Betty
cancer
The first Solo NOTs completion (what Scientology calls honest)
was Betty Filisky. She was also highly trained. She died of lung
cancer around
1986 or 7. She was the ex-wife of John Filisky.
John Filisky's first wife, Betty Filisky, was first Solo NOTs
completion and died of lung cancer, I think right after her "world
tour" as the latest
great success of NOTs auditing. Her son, Rick Filisky, is still
in the Sea Org.
1986
Steve Fishman
inducement to suicide
This former GO/OSA operative reports that after he was caught
by the government in 1986, he was ordered to commit suicide to
save
Scientology from being exposed for crimes he had committed on
their behalf. (See Lonesome Squirrel: on the Internet at this
URL
http://www.xs4all.nl/~fishman/ls/index.html)
1986
Martine (last name unknown)
suicide
A doctor of 26 years old committed suicide. She did not support
the break up of the family.
1986
xxxxx
inducement to suicide
whilst I was discussing with two Scientology registrars ...
the possibility of my getting a refund of money which I had paid
to the Church of
Scientology, they told me that 90% of people applying for a refund
from the Church of Scientology eventually committed suicide.
This (together
with the fact that people who apply for refunds are ostracized
and demonized as "Suppressive Persons" and "Enemies
of the Church" by the
Church of Scientology) had a very intimidating effect on me,
and caused me to be too frightened to attempt to get a refund
from the Church of
Scientology until more than two years after I had left Scientology,
by which time my fear of the Church had started to decrease slightly
from its
former fever pitch. (At first, on leaving Scientology, I felt
so badly affected psychologically that I was taking Ativan tranquilizers
and my brain
felt like it was split into two opposing halves...)
1986
Meredith, Alan
suicide
1986 in Van Nuys, CA
1986-8
Moro (Klinger), Cat
psychosis Between 1986 and 1988 Cat Moro (Klinger) became
psychotic while on auditing and was taken to the home of wealthy
Scientologist,
Marshall Goldblatt, and kept there for months while she was psychotic.
Her husband, Jim Moro, and she were both in the OSA/GO. Jim was
in
charge for tax task force which helped get them their IRS tax
exemption. Apparently, after 3 or 4 months at Goldblatt's, Cat
was transferred
back to where she could be watched all the time and became a
folder administrator at AOLA. These incidents all occurred between
1986 and
1988. Maggie Butterworth is the person who supervised the situation
with Cat Moro, the security risk who became psychotic.
1986
Rimondo, Rodney
suicide
Rodney Rimondo jumped to his death at the L.A. org in 1986.
Rodney Rimondo jumped out a window at either the Celebrity
Center or the LA Organization. Irene was the mother who allegedly
got no
settlement from Scientology.
1985 or 86
Hippe, Laura
suicide
Laura Hippe, the woman who committed suicide, was a Hollywood
drama teacher who taught many Scientology actors and hopefuls.
She was
Skip Press' girlfriend. Apparently Skip Press, who is very good
friends with Heber Jentzsch, the president of the Church of Scientology
International, got together with Heber and created a shore story
to cover up and to direct attention away from the bad PR of Laura
Hippe's
suicide. The GO/OSA went to wherever Laura Hippe had been and
altered or removed all evidence that would implicate Scientology
in her
death, before the police arrived and did their police report.
Laura Hippe taught acting in 1984-86.
Laura had been to a Chaplain's Court to handle some problems
between Skip and her. She came home afterwards and took an overdose
of
drugs. I'm sorry, but I don't remember what year this was.
1986
name unknown
psychotic
A young man in his 20's jumped from the Manor in Hollywood,
though the report does not say that he died. He was a new recruit.
There was a
shore story alleging that he was a CIA operative sent to discredit
Scientology by killing himself.
1985
Fields, Bud
murder
A Florida boat broker Bud Fields' home was infiltrated by
Bonny Mott, whose real name is Yvonne Shirley Mott. Her post
was the
Authorization & Verification Officer for the Commodore's
Messenger Organization (CMO).
Bonny Mott infiltrated the Bud and Lee Fields' Longboat Key,
Florida home as a governess. She was ordered by Marty Rathbun,
one of the
heads of the Scientology Intelligence Agency OSA, to murder Bud
Fields because he wouldn't sell this boat (La Boheme) to Scientology
that
Miscavige wanted. After Fields was murdered, the boat was bought
by Scientology within one week and was renamed the Freewinds,
where
New OT VIII and other upper level courses are now delivered.
1985
Johnstone, Lee
suicide
Lee Johnstone was baby watched. He was a member of the Guardian's
Office Staff in 1985 before he flipped out and committed suicide
in East
Grinstead.
1984-?
name unknown
suicide
Hawaiian mission holder was physically thrown out of his mission
by three or four missionaires. Shortly thereafter he committed
suicide.
1984-5
(last name unknown), Jean-Marc
suicide
In New York; some connection with Celebrity Center; involved
with a girl who had joined the Sea Organization. He had pockets
full of
Scientology promo when he died.
A person named Jean Marc (last name unknown) committed suicide
near NY Celebrity Center in 1984- 5. He was involved with two
women in
the Sea Org. He was found with Scientology promo in his pocket.
1984-85
Kugler, Ryan
attempted suicide Ryan Kugler was an adolescent (about age
10) when he tried to commit suicide at Delphi, Oregon by hanging
himself. He was
kicked out of school but then was admitted to L.A. Delphi about
1986 and Oregon Delphi about 1988-1990. He is still in Scientology
now &
works for a Scn company.
1984
Baker, David.
suicide
David Baker was Technical Secretary at St. Hill, OT 3, when
he committed suicide at East Grinstead in 1984.
1982-84
Lionini, Paolo
cancer
At Ben Kugler's Florida condo, Paolo Lionini -- a staff member
at Delphi Oregon -- died while on lines at Flag. Poalo wrote
the book called (?).
He died in Clearwater, FL between 1982-84 at 100 Pierce St #602.
He was getting auditing at Flag while he had cancer.
Someone died of cancer at Flag Poalo Lione, 1982-4, while
getting auditing.
1983
Cloud, David Orin
death
David Orin Cloud died on June 5, 1983 in a car accident. He
was in L.A. for auditing before he died. He thought he was going
to die.
F.A.C.T.net's source said his comments were, "He thought
he was going to die, because he was just giving up." She
doesn't know much
more. He was thirty years old. He was involved with the Better
Baby Institute. He was involved in Scientology for 8 or 9 years
beginning in
1977.
David Orin Cloud died in a 1983 car accident after being depressed
and receiving Scientology services secretly.
1983
McCann, Terry
Purification Rundown - death Terry McCann had his retinas
detach while on the purification rundown from all the sweat outs
and whatever they
were putting him through. He went blind from this. He went into
a depression from this and died or committed suicide.
1983
xxxxx
Purification Rundown - injury
I nearly died on the Purif at the Boston Organization. I didn't
know it at the time. I had a heat stroke in the sauna, stopped
perspiring, teeth
started chattering, and things kept blacking-out on me, visually.
I put on all of my winter clothes and went back into the sauna
(I was by myself
at this point, as there was only one other guy on the Purif with
me, and our schedules weren't quite the same), and I still felt
freezing cold. I
climbed from the basement to the second floor (lots of stairs)
where the D of P told me that "the way out is the way through,"
and that's what
came back from the CS, too. If the Admin who was supposed to
see that I got back into the sauna, hadn't violated orders and
forcibly pushed
me into a cool shower, I might well have died, "just following
orders." I had another heat stroke, or at least heat exhaustion
(I had different
symptoms, and the diagnosis varied between the two), in 1990.
My last doctor suspected that I have hypothalamus damage - which
can be
neither tested nor treated. He checked my electrolyte reports
from the last heat stroke, and he said that they didn't seem
in a low enough range to
have caused the damage he suspects. I've been too embarrassed
to tell my doctor about the Purif heat stroke - it may be where
I started having
these problems - but I can't do a whole lot about it anyway.
When I had a heat stroke on the Purif, the D of P was Jeannie
Scoglio, the C/S was
either Ken Serino or Rick Siegal (spelling?) at Boston Organization.
The Admin who pushed me into the shower/saved my life was Rich
Gerard. Otherwise, I'd have died all alone in that sauna in a
lonely corner of the Boston Organization basement. I believe
that all of these people
are still in Scientology, and most are still at the Boston Organization,
Day staff.
1982
Brewer, Ed
negligence Ed Brewer was involved in a car accident. Several
other Sea Organization or Scientology Staff members were in the
car with him.
They left him in the car to bleed to death while they went back
to the Scientology organization to talk to the people in the
intelligence division,
because they didn't know what to do. They didn't want to create
a public relations flap for Scientology. When they did this,
they failed to call
for medical help. Brewer literally bled to death pinned in this
car.
1982
Salonen, Ari attempted suicide Our report said that Art Salonen
attempted suicide in 1982 in Finland.
1981-2 Spheeris, Jimmie death Jimmie Spheeris, musician, died
in an auto accident on approximately July 4, 1981 or 1982. At
the time he was
on the Philadelphia doctorate course and getting auditing. He
was a homosexual and was being given a lot of stress about being
a homosexual
and being in Scientology courses. This somehow may link into
the homosexual pressures that Travolta has been put under involving
Scientology. It may not. The implication from the contributor
is somehow the stress and pressure that Spheeris was put under
was connected to
Scientology and his death. His sister was director Penelope Spheeris.
Another report says he died while swimming or surfing.
1981-3
name unknown
suicide An individual (name unknown) jumped to his death from
the Hanover bank building in New York City circa 1981-3
1981
name unknown
uncertain
Chuck Newton called himself "Detective Chaz Dee"
when he'd go snooping. I remember him telling me about a guy
who lived near Willows or
maybe Marysville, and both he and his dad were OT's.
1981
Findley, Terry
psychosis One day in early 1981 another staff member, Terry
Findley, "went nuts." Richard (Fischer) arranged a
brigade of various staff
members to take turns "baby watching" her around the
clock in the hotel they have on Hollywood Blvd. Richard took
his turn, too, and I used
to bring him his meals there. Sometimes I brought meals for her,
too. Terry was completely nuts and out of control at the time.
She stripped off
all her clothes, allowed her beautiful long hair to get matted,
filthy and tangled, and was very destructive - throwing things
out of the 6th floor
window, screaming obscenities to people on the sidewalk below,
like "IS THIS SCIENTOLOGY?? YEAH, FUCK!! TAKE A GOOD LOOK
AT SCIENTOLOGY! FUCK!!" Richard saw to it that she was discharged.
1981
Maxwell, Robert and Robert Sr.
cancer
Robert & his dad were Flag public. Anyway, xxxxx said
that Robert's father developed terminal (I think) cancer, but
didn't have to quit
auditing because he heard (at Flag? I think so) that you could
cure cancer by drinking rocket fuel, and he did, and it cured
the cancer, and he
kept getting his auditing. I don't know what happened to Robert
or his dad after this, which was around 1981, I think.
The information referenced above is false. My father has never
been diagnosed as having terminal cancer nor did he drink rocket
fuel to cure it.
What's more, this information makes us sound like a couple of
idiots.
On March 31, 1994 I wrote to F.A.C.T. Net requesting that
they remove my name from their literature and that they confirm
to me in writing
that they had done so. I have received no response to that letter
from F.A.C.T.net...
1981
Arlene S. Heller
attempted suicide
Ms. Heller describes the stress Scientology put her family
through, which caused a mental breakdown and suicide attempt
in September of
1981. Her daughter was a member.
early 1980's
Franklin, Hugh
suicide A man named Hugh Franklin, who was an independent
C\S at the advanced organization of Los Angeles (AO), committed
suicide after
being paralyzed by a mugger while he was trying to raise money
for Scientology.
1980-1
Doucette, Gay
suicide
In 1980, I received a call from Gay Doucette. She had left
the Riverside Scientology Mission. She related to me that she
had given all she
owned to Scientology. When her money was gone she was persuaded
get a loan on her home to continue with Scientology. When she
could not
repay the loan she lost the house. Her father, who had given
her the house or paid the down payment for it, was in a rage.
She said several men
had kept her in a room trying to make her sign over the house
to Scientology. She had due cause for a suit against Scientology.
It was in big
trouble over loans in Riverside but she was not strong enough
to stand up to the pressure of a suit. I gave her what support
I could. I wanted to
talk to her father but she was against it. I put her in touch
with another former Scientologist. Gay was unmarried so Doucette
is the family name.
I think she had a brother named Jim. She came to a CFF meeting
in Culver City and may have visited our house. I spoke with her
by phone
several times. When I called sometime after Sept 81 I was told
she had taken her life. Riverside is a long way from Redondo
Beach so I cannot
research Riverside records for date of death. This is the best
data I can provide from memory. (later addendum) She lived at
68-C Coleridge
Avenue in Riverside, California 92506.
1981
name unknown
suicide
(Reported by the actual C/S of the person who committed suicide)
A female doctor from Flint, Michigan committed suicide. F.A.C.T.net's
source remembers the person having problems with her boyfriend.
"This woman is still involved in doing some auditing. I
don't know if she is
yet willing to admit the upsetting influence auditing can be
and the coercive influence."
1981
Streim, Melvin
psychosis
I went to junior high and high school (Belmont, MA, Class
of 1969) with Melvin Streim. He went to Harvard, and I went on
to my life. I saw
him again in early 1981 at the Boston Foundation Organization,
where he was on staff, probably Estates. He was completely spaced
and barely
remembered me, though we'd shared years of classes ("accelerated"
and AP) together, usually sitting just two seats away. He vaguely
remembered the name of his best friend (they were best buddies
for at least 6 years) when I mentioned it. His second job (moonlighting)
was as
a bag boy at the Star Market on the Cambridge/Watertown line.
He was getting worse and worse in Scientology, forgetting to
shave, dressing in
dirty clothes, and generally out-of-touch with reality. They
off-loaded him around 1983 or 4. I don't know what happened to
him. I tried to find
his family in Belmont, but they've either died or moved. I didn't
work very hard on that, but I've felt badly about him. Mel was
always a bit of
a misfit in school but he wasn't nuts. When he was off- loaded,
he was definitely schizophrenic, and broke. How does a former
Harvard
student, end up as a bag boy? Tragic.
1980-81
Hubbard, Mary Sue
attempted suicide
Mary Sue Hubbard, L Ron Hubbard's wife, is reported to have
threatened or attempted suicide in 1954 and also in 1980-1981.
1980-82
Hubbard-Horwich, Diana
psychosis
In 1980-82 I was corresponding with Diana Hubbard Horwich
who was definitely close to the edge in late 1980 and early 1981.
I wasn't in
great shape, myself. We kept exchanging hopelessly inane letters
about the weather. I don't have any positive proof, but we had
an
understanding, a certain undercurrent where we were both severely
stressed. I'll bet you can find people with more definite information.
I can
just say, yes, absolutely, she was having a very difficult time
back then.
(re: LRH family incidents in general) I was close enough to
have known about some of these supposed incidents and recall
none of them; it is
possible that they were hidden from me.
1980-81
Newton, Chuck
psychosis My ex-husband, Chuck Newton, went nuts on audited
NOTs. He was not very stable to start with, and he kept "going
PTS" by
"having problems" at work, problems where he just couldn't
stay faithful, etc. He was miserable, and his behavior was just
out of control. One
night, he beat a litter of newborn puppies to death with a shovel.
He felt that his behavior was out of control. We moved, but it
didn't seem to
help. We sent him to Flag to "get handled." He reached
a "flat point" on audited NOTs (meaning: he ran out
of money) and he came home
completely bizarre. He sat and watched Cable Network News almost
24 hours a day. I don't know when he slept . . . .
1980-81
Karr, Dale
psychosis
The woman my ex-husband is living with is Marilyn Fox. Her
last husband--I'm trying to remember his name--Dale Cart or Karr,
I think.
Anyway, he was an ethics officer at some mission around LA, and
in the mid-1980's. He cracked up one night and kidnapped Marilyn's
two
children plus the one they'd had together. He took off to another
state. I don't know if she ever got the children back again,
or what happened. I
know that only one child is living with her, and the other two
are still young enough to be at home, but they aren't with her.
This is fuzzy, but
I'm trying to think of everything in case my pieces fill in the
gaps of someone else's memories. The people who will talk about
Dale Karr/Carr
are Marilyn's first husband's family, since her first husband
was the father of two of the children who were kidnapped. His
name is Chuck
Peden, his mother is Lorena Peden, and his sister is Jonna or
Janna Jones (Mrs. Steve ? Jones), all of Chico, CA. They don't
want to talk with
me anymore, due to my connection to Chuck Newton, who Marilyn's
living with.
A F.A.C.T.net correspondent inquires if the "Karr"
talked about here is actually Clark Kerr, and if so, his sister
is Barbara Wiseman who is still
in Scientology.
1980
Douchette, Gay
vulnerable and bilked
Gay Douchette had left the Riverside Scientology Mission.
She related to me that she had given all she owned to Scientology.
When her money
was gone she was persuaded get a loan on her home to continue
with Scientology. When she could not repay the loan she lost
the house. Her
father, who had given her the house or paid the down payment
for it, was in a rage. She said several men had kept her in a
room trying to make
her sign over the house to Scientology. She had due cause for
a suit against Scientology. It was in big trouble over loans
in Riverside, but she
was not strong enough to stand up to the pressure of a suit.
Gay was unmarried so Douchette is the family name. I think she
had a brother
named Jim.
1980s
name unknown
vulnerable and bilked
Jean (Mrs. Paul) Discher (then D of P, Boston Day Organization)
told some woman from Maine (he hasn't remembered the name yet)
that she
would die if she didn't buy a certain service.
early 80's
Clark, Robert
cancer Robert Clark, tech sec fdn. in the Adelaide Cof S,
had throat problems. He had been undergoing such treatment as
being locked in all
night because his stats were not up. He had been coerced into
leaving his wife and selling some of their property to send money
to Flag. Bob
developed the cancer in the Organization before he left. I am
in contact with his ex-wife who is a prominent musician recently
retired.
1980, June Sanford, Jan
child abuse
I was told by the FBO that I was in direct violation of an
L. Ron Hubbard order to not have any more children, that he refused
to pay any of my
expenses, that I should consider getting an abortion, and that
I would have to go to a County Health Clinic for services. As
it turned out, I had a
stillbirth June 8, 1980.
early 80's
Vigeland, Eric
psychosis
Eric Vigeland was in Scientology in Boston in the late 1970s
and early 1980s. I worked with him on "The Show," a
covert Scientology "free
concert" at which we distributed Way to Happiness booklets.
Eric had been a psych case, I think. He inherited some money,
gave it all to the
fund to help Mary Sue in the USGO/FBI lawsuit, and got a bunch
of auditing as a "reward." He was not a very stable
person, and even by
Scientology standards, he should have been shown the door. Scientology
knew Eric was not stable when they took him in, and it's not
right to
take every cent from someone who is ill-equipped to survive on
his own in society. I expect that's why his parents left him
the money, so they
wouldn't have to worry about his care when they were gone.
late 70's or early 80's
Wilson, Willie B.
psychosis Willie B. Wilson, on OT 3 in the late 70's or early
80's. He was a wealthy Texas oil man.
1979
Marshall, Jolee
psychosis
In 1979, Jolee Marshall went psychotic on NOTs. Many people
back in '79 were going psychotic on NOTs, NED for OTs, and it
was being
suppressed. She died a few years later.
Jolee Marshall went psychotic on NOTs.
1979
Colletto, John and Diane
murder/suicide
John Colletto, SO staff, became psychotic and suicidal while
on OT3. Very shortly afterward he shot his wife, Diane Colletto,
to death. This
occurred in 1979 in front of ASHO in LA. Shortly afterward he
killed himself. The GO made great efforts to keep the whole event
silent.
John Colletto and Diane Colletto. As it was told to me, John
had threatened Diane and she had been assigned someone to escort
her for her
safety. John got to her anyway, forced her into a car, drove
somewhere, shot her, then cut his wrists. Your version may be
more accurate. This
was a truly great tragedy as Diane was brilliant and wonderful.
I believe, however, that John was not in the SO when this happened.
He had
been declared a couple of times previously by SO missions, and
I believe he was still out of the organization, though I'm not
sure.
He was the Glendale mission holder and he wasn't out.
1978-9
Griffin, John
suicide
committed suicide on OT2 in Dallas. He left a suicide note.
His wife's name was Avel Griffin.
1978-9
name unknown
suicide
The man who was in charge of Op-Z for the Portland Organization
jumped to his death from the Freemont bridge in Portland. Specific
details
are unknown.
1978-9
last name unknown, Ernie
suicide
Ernie (last name unknown) was a Scientology suicide in 1978
or 1979 in LA.
1978
Brown, Leila Laten
suicide
Leila Laten Brown, or Lila Leighton, (26 years old at the
time) jumped from an apartment building several blocks from the
San Francisco
Scientology Organization. She had been receiving services there.
Before committing suicide, she went to the home of another Scientologist
(F.A.C.T.net's source doesn't know the name). Her boyfriend at
the time was a Doug Arth, who was also a Scientologist.
1978
Brown, Lila Leighton
suicide Lila Leighton Brown jumped to her death in San Francisco
while a public PC in 1978.
1977-8
Klein, Keith
suicide
A Keith Klein or Klein from the Detroit area killed himself
by gunshot in the middle 1970s. He had done 'processing' and
'training' there and
some courses in L.A. F.A.C.T.net's source remembers a Keith Klein
who was a staff member, class IV auditor, and course supervisor
on the
ASHO briefing course who committed suicide. Keith's father committed
suicide and he became very depressed over this. Keith got auditing
at
ASHO for this depression and suddenly left and went to Detroit
where his family saw how depressed he was and possibly put him
in a mental
hospital. Then he came out and committed suicide. The question
surrounding this individual is that the auditing that he had
may have aggravated
his suicidal tendencies when he was already depressed about his
father's suicide. The Guardian's Office was notified by Ron Newman
that he
believed his friend was in trouble and suicidal. Ron notified
the police.
Keith Klein, a person from Detroit who had money, worked for
Ron Newman. He was on OT 3 when he committed suicide.
Keith Klein was an ASHO Briefing Course supervisor in 1977-8.
The G.O. called him back for more auditing because they knew
he was
suicidal after auditing on family problems. He left staff, was
put in a mental institution by his family, and then killed himself.
1977 or 78
Churcher, Rex
assault While I was in Alaska, I received a disturbing report
that my ex husband (Rex Churcher) had been jumped in a dark parking
lot, beaten
up, and left with a broken jaw. No motive, no robbery. I found
out years later that Scientology's "Guardian's Office"
had agents who did this
sort of thing to critics or enemies.
late '70s
name unknown
suicide
A guy committed suicide in Royal Oak, Michigan.
late 1970s
Gervais, Gloria
psychosis
Gloria Gervais (spelling?) was found wandering down the middle
of Beacon Street (major, heavy- traffic street in Back Bay Boston,
where the
Organization is) while on auditing.
late 1970's
McDonough, Jack
psychosis
Also there was Jack McDonough (again, spelling?) who was another
person seeing space invaders all around, and that's while he
was the
Academy Sup, Boston Day Organization.
late 70's
name unknown
psychosis
While I was at St. Hill an unknown woman was secretly escorted
home to Germany because she had become mentally ill on the OT
levels. I
was told by a friend who was on staff. I don't remember which
one though.
1977
xxxxx
multiple sclerosis I pleaded with my seniors and the crew
C/Ses for auditing to address my condition [M/S], but I was refused.
Instead, two
C/Ses, Russ Barrigan and David Ziff ordered me to do the purification
R/D - twice. So I spent endless hours sitting in the sauna. Unfortunately,
extreme heat affects people with M/S adversely and I didn't get
better - I got worse. I didn't know this fact at that time, but
I feel that those in
charge should have known.
1977-1982
Mayer, Scott
neglect
According to Mayer: "Staff members were always ill-fed,
ill-clothed. I had an abscess in my tooth and I was being audited
for it. I'm ready to
go to the dentist, and I was being audited for it. I spent about
a week, week-and-a-half, doing . . . what they call touch assists
to get rid of the
pain . . . . And, finally . . . I was just delirious and--well,
there wasn't any money for medical is what it boiled down to
. . . . I went to the
dentist . . . he told me I'd just made it . . . if it had been
another day or so, I wouldn't be here to talk to you."
1977
Hubbard, Quentin
alleged murder
Quentin Hubbard died from carbon monoxide poisoning in 1977,
from a hose hooked to the tailpipe of his car. Quentin was L.
Ron Hubbard's
second son, OT7, and a Class 12 auditor. Kennedy was a former
member of the intelligence division (B1) of Scientology. Spanky
says
Kennedy saw the Quentin Hubbard files. From what he saw in the
files he believed that L. Ron Hubbard ordered the death of Quentin
Hubbard
once he reached the hospital, and was alive, after his suicide
attempt. The reason he thought Hubbard had his son murdered (reading
the reports
from the people in Las Vegas) even though they were vetted he
saw what he firmly believed was an operation to end the embarrassment
of
Quentin Hubbard to the Scientology Organization.
This also parallels with another report we got where xxxxx
said that Quentin Hubbard was going around the Land base telling
everyone his
father was insane. This could have provided the motivation for
Hubbard (L. Ron) to "take care" of his son after he
attempted suicide.
Barbara Glass, a OT VI and a Class VIII auditor who the Las
Vegas Mission Franchise Holder believed this same situation:
that Hubbard's son
was taken off life support. The Mission was eventually closed.
Vaughn Young believes Quentin Hubbard was dead on arrival
at the hospital. [So there is some conflict about what happened.
Vaughn has
looked over these reports. Quentin Hubbard lived after he tried
to commit suicide in Las Vegas, but allegedly was murdered in
his hospital room
by Scientology members]
Quentin's girlfriend before his death (about 1976) was Sue
Berstein, a CCLA Div. 6 reg. (If Quentin was gay, then he was
bi-sexual or Sue
was a shore story. But she was definitely in love back then,
and I remember Q sending her flowers.) We used to jokingly say
her name so it
sounded like "Super Steen" so I don't know if I have
the spelling right. But Quentin seemed to fail at everything.
He just loved airplanes,
period. He was secretly taking drawing lessons from Larry Luck
at the beach at Flag, so no one would know if he failed. Also,
his former
bodyguard (Scandinavian name . . . I don't remember right now)
said that it definitely was not a suicide. I have my own way
of piecing
together the story, and I agree that it might not have been suicide.
But I don't have anything vaguely resembling hard evidence.
Another report states that Quentin flirted with many staff
members & FCCIs. I don't think this was a real relationship
(with Sue Berstein). They
weren't allowed unless married.
I was told by a source very close to the family that he was
found naked in the car and that it "was not murder."
I confirm the report of earlier
suicide attempts while in the SO. He was put in isolation for
several weeks after his 1974 suicide attempt to "destimulate"
and eventually then
put on the RPF.
About Quentin Hubbard: Dennis Erlich has written that he was
Quentin's auditor and that Quentin was going around declaring
that his father
was insane. Not long after that he was found dead.
Artie Maren was the Intelligence missionaire handling the
public relations around the Quentin Hubbard death in Las Vegas.
During a deposition
taken of Lavenda Van Schaick in her Boston case, she alleged
that Artie Maren had raped her.
Dennis Erlich was the last person to speak with Quentin Hubbard
before he left Flag. Erlich performed a cramming action on him.
Bruce Raymond was the B1 guy who did the dirty work on the
Quentin Hubbard death situation in Las Vegas. He is the guy who
knew for sure
and who was the most involved in the dirtiest part of the cover-up
or the actual murder.
Quentin Hubbard attempted suicide before he actually killed
himself. One such attempt was a drug overdose. There is speculation
that he was
drugged and then murdered.
1977
Caid, Pat
brain tumor
According to Cathy Caid, (Pat Caid's wife), Pat Caid, an auditor
in the Las Vegas Org who got transferred to Celebrity Centre
of Los Angeles
was under medical treatment from a doctor in Los Angeles and
was diagnosed that he needed to get the brain tumor removed,
and decided to get
auditing instead, and soon afterwards keeled over in his living
room and died instantly because he was told that the doctor was
a suppressive
person and as a result he did not get the medical treatment he
needed which would have saved his life.
1976-77
Moss, Linda (Peterson)
child abuse
Linda (Peterson) Moss lost a baby while auditing on OT3 or
OT3X in about 1976 or 1977. It was her former husband's baby,
Jack, who is
now declared.
1976
Fenton, Becky
inducement to suicide
In the Boston Organization around 1976, Becky Fenton (Mrs.
Bill Fenton, Jr.) was told that since she refused to have an
abortion (so her
husband could use the obstetrician/childbirth money for services
instead) then she ought to go kill herself and "get it over
with." Becky is
probably still upset about being told to commit suicide. Becky
lives around Brewer or Bar Harbor, Maine. I can probably locate
her, if it's of
any help. She has never done any major services, but her husband
keeps wandering in and out of Scientology. His parents are Scienos.
1976
King, Noel
psychosis
Noel King went over the edge on OT3. He gave up an enormously
successful career at a resort in the Bahamas, and moved to LA
to be a
full-time Scientologist. He was treated like a god, since he
still had lots of money from the sale of his assets. Noel stopped
being able to sleep
properly while on OT3. I went for a walk with him in the middle
of the night, down to Hollywood Blvd. He told me that he kept
seeing himself
being pulled into some sort of force field, and then back out
of it, and he couldn't stop these pictures from flashing, and
he couldn't sleep
properly. This was around 1976. He also thought he'd been Jesus
Christ and Napoleon, in previous lives. I don't know what happened
to
Noel. I saw photos of him in early Flag promo showing the dining
room, but when I asked about him in 1988, no one at Flag seemed
to
recognize his name.
I remember him at Flag. He seemed to live there for at least
a year or two -- '76-'78.
1976
name unknown
threatened suicide
I remember that one of my Class IV intern auditors at CCLA
was graduated solely because he successfully talked one of his
pc's in from a ledge
on the building. At some point mid-session, she had gone nuts
and decided to kill herself. I don't recall my auditor's name;
I had him for just a
couple of sessions, and they graduated him & he was gone.
(Did they get him out of there to hush the tale?)
1976
xxxxx
psychosis
I went nuts on Power and Power Plus./ Right over the edge.
I thought I was moving through space, and that I didn't have
my "new ability"
under control. I'd be driving down the Hollywood Freeway, and
I'd find myself in downtown LA, with no idea how I got there.
Then I started
itching all over, under my skin, like an allergy. My nerves were
shot. I was the Acting ED of Larry Gluck's school, while he was
at Flag, and I
was rapidly losing my hold on reality. I went to ASHO to tell
them that I was PTS or something. They put me in session, told
me I was a
"completion," and routed me out. No Reg cycle, nothing.
I could barely scrawl the success story. I was in a daze. I quit
Larry's school a couple
of days later, and went back to Northern California, where it
took me months to be able to function normally again.
1976
name unknown
psychosis
There's a guy in Los Angeles . . . he's well-known among "old
timers" because he sits in Bob's Big Boy restaurants, writing
pages & pages of
reports to Scientology about space invaders & such. In 1976,
I was introduced to him by Gary Rist, at the Big Boy in Glendale(?)
and he was
quite mad. He'd supposedly gone nuts on OT3.
1975-6
Rist, Gary
psychosis
I remember Gary Rist, a staff member at CCLA, had a breakdown.
He had a major crush on me and kept going on drinking binges;
HCO asked
me to keep an eye on him. I went with him to visit his father
one weekend, up at Bear Lake where his father owns a motel or
something.
Anyway, Gary got drunk and was physically abusive. I had a terrible
time getting him back to LA, but I got him there, took him to
SEA
Organization berthing, and dropped him there. Regardless of HCO
orders, I wasn't taking physical abuse. I don't know what happened
to him.
HCO never said anything about him again, and I never saw him
at CCLA. The Disney Alumni Club might have a current address
for him.
Scientology - and his untreated alcoholism - ruined what had
been a promising acting career.
1975-6
name unknown
suicide
A married man with money from the East Coast (PA or NY) shot
himself to death after auditing OT levels. 1975-- Wilson (Kaup),
Shirley
various Shirley Wilson, ex-wife of David J. Kaup reports suicide
attempt (1977), disruption of family (1978), and denial of needed
orthodontic
treatment to her daughter (1982).
1975
name unknown
suicide
In 1975 a man in LA shot himself to death with a rifle while
on OT3.
mid 70's
Gerrold, Bobby (Jarrell)
cancer
Bobby Gerrold (Jarrell), a good friend, died of cancer. I'm
not certain when, but it was probably in the mid-to-late 1970's.
He was at least
OT3. Near as I can tell from accounts, he postponed medical treatment,
kept getting auditing, and when he was obviously dying, they
told him
he couldn't get anymore auditing. By then he was bankrupted by
the auditing, and it was too late for medical intervention anyway.
Bobby was
originally from Texas, I think. I knew him at Alan Walter's Salt
Lake City mission.
Bobby did deny himself medical care at the consternation of
the C/S and all his friends. (Scientologists to the one of them.)
He also withheld
health information from the same. If you knew Bobby you would
have known that the man was very stubborn. He was finally forced
to receive
medical attention when his health was failing and by order of
his case supervisor.
Bobby received auditing until the day he died. He was never
denied auditing. The statement he went bankrupt is absurd as
Bobby never had
anything to bankrupt. He also never paid for auditing. All his
auditing was done as part of a co-audit or for free by his friends.
Robert Maxwell could supply you with further details as he
was there with Bobby throughout his last days. He was also Bobby's
best friend.
mid-70's
name unknown
psychosis
Some pc was crawling across the floor at reception in mid-1970s
CCLA, making weird whimpering noises. Yvonne apparently saw the
woman
on the floor and cheerfully said, "Oh, that's just (name)."
This was an enduring anecdote at CCLA, showing how "big
a being" Yvonne was,
and how tolerant CC was of "eccentricities."
1974
Dardano, Robert
psychosis
I became a member of the Church of Scientology in 1974. In
March of 1974 I was routed off the Church of Scientology staff
for being PTS
Type 3. PTS Type 3 is a Scientology term which classifies persons
to be insane if they are anti-Scientology.
1974
names unknown
murder
At what was known as Old AOLA Organization on Berendo Street,
two advanced organization staff members were found murdered in
the trash
bin behind the building.
1974
Harris, Travis
psychosis
Travis Harris became psychotic while auditing on the Apollo
in 1974.
1973
Anderson, Kirk
psychosis
I was not at the mission the day (between July and October
1973) Kirk Anderson came in with a shotgun and threatened the
SLC mission staff
because we were alienating him from his new Scientologist wife,
Yolanda. However, I was there the rest of the time when Kirk
and Yolanda
first came in, through when Yolanda left for the SO. Yolanda
is the same person mentioned in "the informer," who's
child was a victim of
terrible Scientology child care and I have her mailing address
somewhere. Kirk was the ED of the Salt Lake mission for years,
and I suspect
he's still on staff there.
1973
Dalton, Jim
psychosis
Jim Dalton supposedly had drug flashbacks from going too quickly
onto the mucusless diet in 1973. He was a Scientologist in Salt
Lake City
and Geri Knight (ED) told him that the mucusless diet was what
he needed. I answered the phone at the mission a couple of times
when he was
talking about the visions he was having . . . . The mother of
his son, Martha Tatum (new last name?), is an exec in Denver
. . . . Others who
knew that he'd gone nuts and he was on orders not to come into
the mission: Dick Cook (course sup), Geri Knight (gd), Frances
Godwin (D of
P), Chuck Newton (course sup/auditor), Jay Gibson (auditor),
Dave West (auditor), Hazel Dominguez West (auditor, course sup),
Joe
Duncanson (estates), Lindy Duncanson (public), Charlotte Sandoval
(public), and others whose names I've forgotten. Hazel is still
in
Scientology and is a cab driver in Salt Lake City, and I've already
mentioned Frances and Chuck. Joe & Lindy Duncanson are FSM's
in
Colorado.
1973
Surrey, Steve
psychosis
Steve Surrey kept having psychotic breaks, while he was the
ED of Alan Walter's Salt Lake City mission. He'd be screaming
his lungs out
during sessions, begging for someone, anyone to help him. His
auditor, Geri Knight, swore that he was just running out dramatizations,
as if
this was really good for him. I think Steve is still happily
in Scientology.
1970's
Robertson, Bill psychosis "Capt. Bill" (LA Organization
and AOLA, 1970's) is on your list. Surely he had a family somewhere
who watched
him go insane in Scientology. In the research of this rundown
on Flag, Captain Bill Robertson had numerous psychotic breaks.
He's been dead several years now.
early 70's
name unknown
criminal acts
In the early 70's, an older gentleman, a staff member either
at the Mission or the Scientology Organization had a heart attack
while he was in the
building. The staff members were afraid that it would reflect
badly on Scientology so they took his body out of the organization
where he died,
stripped him naked, stripped him of his ID, (she wasn't quite
certain if they stripped him naked but is sure they took his
ID) and put the dead
body in a trash dumpster several blocks away.
1972
Gutmann, Mike
suicide
A set of twins were involved in Scientology and one of the
twin brothers, Mike Gutmann, committed suicide.
1970's
Breedlove, John
instigation to suicide
John Breedlove was at Scientology's Flag land base in the
1970's. He told his mother he was told by Scientology to commit
suicide and that
Scientology could get anyone to commit suicide if they wanted.
He did commit suicide after he left Scientology.
1970's
Patterson, Randy
suicide
Randy Patterson, former husband of Laurie (Best) Patterson,
shot himself to death while on a Solo auditing level, probably
the 'clearing
course.' This was in the 70s when AOLA was located at the present
celebrity center annex.
early 1970's
Schaeffer, Paul
suicide
F.A.C.T.net's source knew of the suicide of a friend of a
friend who had just left the group. His name was Paul Schaeffer.
At the time, I was
told that he got "messed up" because he left the group.
1971
Meister, Susan
suicide or murder
Susan Meister had a very intense argument with Hubbard before
she committed suicide in public on the decks of the Apollo. F.A.C.T.net's
source was standing on deck on watch at the time and saw it all
occur.
An article in the LA Times, Tuesday August 29, 1978, "Scientology
Mystery" talks about the Meister suicide.
Artie Maren is reported to have been involved in the cover-up
of Susan Meister's death.
A new report disagrees with the "intense argument"
part of the above report, because "in those days NOBODY
had intense arguments with
Hubbard."
1971
Hart, Robert
attempted suicide
Our report said that Robert Hart attempted suicide in 1971.
1970-71
Burner, Charles
inducement to suicide
xxxxx, a former high-level Scientology executive, was ordered
by Hubbard to reverse audit enemies of Scientology if there was
opportunity to
do so. The purpose was to induce psychosis or suicide. He was
actually sent on a mission to capture Charles Burner, a former
high level
Scientology auditor who had started a group called the Abilitism.
According to F.A.C.T.net's source, he was ordered to capture
or reverse audit
or murder Charles Burner.
1970-71
Pruitt, Wayne
suicide
Wayne Pruitt (Pruett) from Missouri ????? jumped from the
Elks Bldg in Hollywood or the McArthur Park area around 1970-71.
The building
may not be there now. He was receiving Scientology service at
the time; he is believed to have been on the upper OT levels.
1969
Sharp, James and Gaul, Doreen
CORRECTION
Doreen Gaul and James Sharp were teenage Scientologists murdered
in LA. John McMasters, the first Clear, disassociated from Scientology
in
part because of these deaths. He felt that the vindictiveness
of Scientology's actions were somehow connected to the deaths.
This is a suggestion to drop this from the original mailing.
Doreen Gaul and James Sharp. I think you're on very thin ice
here. From all
evidence, they were victims of some LA satanic cult. They were
found naked, circa 1969, with their eyes gouged out. James was
an incredibly
sweet kid from the Midwest whose father, Don Sharp, also a very
nice man, was in LA doing advanced courses. I'm unaware of anything
linking Scientology personnel actions in any way to this tragedy.
3) FURTHER INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT THESE DEATHS WERE "RANDOM
LOS ANGELES VIOLENCE" HAVING
NOTHING TO DO WITH SCIENTOLOGY.
1969
Esterman (Chaleff), Sally
cancer
Sally Challeff, a Scientology staff member, was allowed to
die of treatable cancer.
She did have a positive pap smear in 1969 which then reversed
after auditing. This may have given her false confidence in auditing
as THE
solution. I know that her sister believes she could have been
saved with proper medical care but I believe she's under the
impression that Sally
herself rejected this. Months before her death she was in Mexico
in an "alternative" clinic. An Sea Organization recruit
had been assigned to
assist her. Incredibly, [her son] was never informed of any of
this. When he found out, she kept giving him the impression she
was getting
better, so her own denial was very high. I would appreciate any
information you may have that she was actually denied proper
care.
Sally Esterman Chaleff, a 20 year Sea Org member died a painful
and slow death of treatable and operable cervical cancer. She
was denied
almost all care that could have saved or extended her life.
Her ex-husband, a Scientologist, made the following complaint
to F.A.C.T.net:
On April 6 and again on October 10, 1994 I wrote to your organization
concerning the libelous flyer you publish, advertise and sell
entitled
'Death, Psychosis and Scientology.' By these letters I put you
on notice that this publication contains lies about the death
of my ex-wife, Sally
Esterman Chaleff... Moreover, I have recently become aware that
your distribution and promotion of this flyer containing the
lies about my
ex-wife is being accomplished not only through the U.S. mail
but also through the use of telephone wires via the F.A.C.T.net
and Internet
computer bulletin board services. Your continued publication
and distribution of this information continually aggravates and
upsets me, the
more so as it is clear that you are doing this with full knowledge
that your statement about me is false...
Circa 1969
name unknown
attempted suicide
A person on OT levels jumped from the 10th floor of a building
in LA, landed on a car, and incredibly only broke his arm. I
believe his name
was Mike, but I don't recall last name.
1968-9
McEwan, Vicki
psychosis
I witnessed several incidents of degradation and humiliation.
These were at the hands of a person named Drew Schmidt who was
the first Class
VIII sent there (Hawaii)... This was very stressful, and one
person, Vicki McEwan (the Registrar) went nuts afterwards as
a result...
1968-9
Griswold, Burt
abuse Burt
was an attractive, 40ish man who was our resident Class VI...
Drew (Schmidt) called one of his special musters and berated
Burt in front of
everybody. Then he had Burt strip off all his clothes except
his pants, and ordered Mike Soper and two other men to pick Burt
up by his arms
and legs, and swing him and throw him into the creek that ran
alongside the Org. I'll never forget seeing Burt's 10" long
pink scar, still fresh
from the recent (appendicitis) surgery, flashing in the afternoon
sun as he sailed through the air with arms and legs flailing,
to land in that filthy
creek with murky, black, brackish water (during low tide you
could see rusty cans and broken glass on the bottom)...
1968
Stewart, James
suicide
James Stewart jumped to his death in Edinburgh Scotland. He
was on OT3, a class 7 auditor, and the Executive Director of
the Durban Org. . 2)
James Stewart. At the time, Sea Organization penalties were:
Liability, 24 hours sleep deprivation; Doubt, 48 hours sleep
deprivation. The two
penalties were cumulative. Stewart was in at the Advanced Organization
in Edinburgh, Scotland. He had injured himself and was assigned
Doubt. In my estimation, the sleep deprivation drove him over
the edge. As reported in the mailing of Jan. 3, 1994, Stewart
jumped to his death
in Edinburgh Scotland. He was on OT3, a class 7 auditor, and
the Executive Director of the Durban Organization.
1966-67
Nieman, Malcolm
negligence
Malcolm Nieman (lives in London) had a close brush with death.
He contracted meningitis, and was audited for many hours, getting
worse by
the moment. My husband and I found him unconscious on the floor
(that evening) with severe diarrhea and vomiting. We got an ambulance
to
rush him to hospital. On the way to hospital the ambulance driver
indicated to me that Malcolm was going to die. He didn't, but
it was touch and
go for a while.
1966
Kennedy, John
murder
John Kennedy died in 1966, in Rhodesia, allegedly while cleaning
his gun. He was a Scientologist who had strong conflicts with
the local
group and had left Scientology to set up his own mental health
institute.
1960
Halprin, Dick
suicide Dick Halprin committed suicide in the early 60's.
He was the author of The Whole Track Security Check.
PART 2: ALPHABETICAL LISTINGS (NO DATES)
Aaron, Grace
CORRECTION
"not an attempted suicide"
Grace Aaron took an overdose of sleeping pills on OT V. She
is a highly trained field auditor for Narconon. She says it was
a mistake, not an
attempted suicide. The C/S wanted her to handle it.
Anderson, Yolanda
child abuse
Yolanda [ Anderson] is the same person mentioned in "the
informer," whose child was a victim of terrible Scientology
child care.
Atherton, Warren
negligence
Warren Atherton, an ex-Scientology member in Detroit who died,
is said to have died because of not taking medication for a medical
condition.
Axel, John
assault
xxxxx told xxxxx about the beating of John Axel. There is
a backup report about this beating in the minutes of the San
Francisco Mission
Holders meeting -- where Scientology was actually dumb enough
print up this incident and distribute it. Apparently, John Axel
was also beaten
by David Miscavige and/or other high level Scientology executives.
Balentine, Brad
psychosis
Brad Balentine, a member of the guardian office, one of the
GO/OSA Intelligence Operatives, became psychotic. ?????
Barnett, Mary Florence (Flo)
murder or suicide
Flo Barnett a/k/a. Miller died from several gunshot wounds,
three to the chest and one to the head. She was David Miscavige's
mother-in-law.
Just before her death she was reported to have had an argument
with David Miscavige because Miscavige vehemently objected to
her being
audited by Julie Mayo, who together with her husband David Mayo,
ran the Advanced Ability Center in Santa Barbara, a "squirrel
group"
according to Scientology. She had threatened to go public and
to sue Scientology.
Barney, Carl
psychosis
Carl Barney went psychotic on the Apollo and was guarded by
three other people on the ship. Carl Barney had been made to
sit for months
doing "blinkless TRs." One of the periodic extremes
Hubbard took no responsibility for. I heard that at one point
he was strapped to his chair.
Carl Barney was locked up aboard the Apollo after he became
psychotic.
Bear, Debbie
child abuse
Miscarried while working on the RPF. Actually had the miscarriage
while digging a ditch and started bleeding. She ran to the head
RPF guard
and told him she had to go to the hospital. The guard told her
to go back to the ditch and keep digging. And she miscarried
right there in the
ditch.
Binion, Sam
psychosis
Sam Binion or Benion became psychotic while on OT3. It is
reported that Heber Jentzsch was involved in physically restraining
him and
ripping off his clear bracelet so he wouldn't give Scientology
a bad name.
Bonnin, Michael
death
Michael Bonnin died during auditing on the upper levels.
Box, Theo & daughter Jenny
child abuse
While I was an auditor in the organization the daughter of
a scientologist was brought to my house to have somewhere for
constant care as she
had become mentally ill and was being protected from the medical
profession and from her mother who was not a Scientologist. The
GO was
involved. There was to be a roster of people to be with her but
it didn't eventuate. Her father was here much of the time and
at other times she
was left with me. She wandered off when I was alone with her
and ended up in a hospital. In her "condition" she
talked of her personal
relationship to LRH and a whole scenario of past and future events
around this theme. She was being audited. The father is OT7 or
OT8 and
still in the Organization, I think. His name is Theo Box. His
daughter was Jenny.
Brewer, Ed
neglect
Ed Brewer, an LA sea org member was left to bleed to death
trapped in a car. He was left without medical attention and without
calling for help
while other staff members who were with him went back to the
Guardian's Office to get instructions on what to do so the accident
would not
create a PR flap.
Brigliatto, Mario
CORRECTION
attempted suicide
#81 on page three of the January mailing had no last name.
The name is Mario Brigliatto.
Broeker, Annie
psychosis
xxxxx Case Supervised Annie Broker when she had a psychotic
break in auditing. When last this staff member saw Annie Broeker
she was
being audited quite a bit. She remembers a lot of screaming and
yelling coming out of the auditing rooms on a daily basis, and
she sensed
something was wrong.
She was last seen being held under armed guard at the Gilman
Hot Springs RPF (Rehabilitation Project Force) by Blake (last
name withheld at
his request), a former Sea Org staff member who currently lives
in Los Angeles and is in communication with Joyce Stephenson,
Secretary,
Cult Awareness Network of Los Angeles.
Bruemmer, Melanie
cancer
Melanie Bruemmer (re' MICHEALS ) (also named names of Perkins
& Schaffer) died of ovarian cancer. She was Class IX and
Senior C/S
Foundation at the San Francisco Organization.
Charlton, Pam
child abuse
Pam Charlton had a baby that died while she was in the Sea
Organization
Casissu, Maude (a new suicide)
suicide
Confliti, Luigi
negligence
Confliti he didn't speak much English but he was denied medical
treatment by Scientology when he really needed it.
Cooper, Paulette
inducement to suicide
There is a lot of information in FBI records and elsewhere
that Scientology operatives tried to get Paulette Cooper to commit
suicide.
Crane, Steven suicide
at East Grinstead
Crichton, Alan
vulnerable and bilked
Alan Crichton lives in Maine and New York City. He's a former
institutionalized mental patient who inherited a lot of money.
It's managed by a
trust fund so he can't go through it too quickly. Nevertheless,
he wanders in and out of being extremely unhappy with Scientology.
He's had
his OT levels delivered by an auditor, since he isn't allowed
to see the confidential stuff. He's a brilliant artist who fights
depression, and he's
not getting the care he needs in Scientology. His wife, Lorna,
is practically rabidly in favor of Scientology, and actively
takes services. They
give lots & lots of his money to Scientology...
Cruise, Tom
psychosis
Tom Cruise (the actor) became psychotic during auditing. Cruise
was on OT3 and Scientology had to bring him back to the base
because he
looked so bad.
Davis, Bruce
murder, psychosis
Bruce Davis is a convicted member of Charles Manson's "family."
At one time he was Foundation Staff at St. Hill. Vincent Bugliosi's
book on
Manson asserts a relationship between Davis and a murdered teenage
Scientologist.
One of the convicted members of The Family [Manson's] was
Bruce Davis who was at one time foundation staff at St. Hill
(according to
someone I know who was there at the time). In Vincent Bugliosi's
book on Manson, called "Helter Skelter," there was
an apparent relationship
between Bruce Davis and a murdered teen Scientologist.
Delgro, Heidi
assault
See document from HCO Scientology Sea Organization Ethics
Officer, September, 28 1993 dealing with the isolation watch
of Heidi Delgro.
Dennison, Larry
suicidal
Larry Dennison reportedly became suicidal after completing
OT 8.
Dewhurst, D.
suicide
D. Dewhurst, a public PC, committed suicide in his car behind
the Vancouver, Canada Scientology mission.
Douglas, Martina
suicide
Martina Douglas committed suicide at East Grinstead, England.
Dubron, Jeff
assault
Jeff Dubron, the former AGPR, was apparently paid a substantial
amount of money. He didn't name it. But I got the impression
that we talking
between $50,000 and $250,000 by the GO to remain silent. Apparently,
Jeff broke his silence and was beaten up by someone whom he
attributes to Scientology. So Jeff is being real tight lipped
now.
Jeff Dubron and Jack Williams were sent to a chaplain's court
over business problems. Jack had money so Jack won.
Eichorn, Manfred
attempted suicide
Manfred Eichorn was baby watched and attempted suicide.
Ellison, Robert
"baby watched" psychotic
He would wander down the street in his underwear if no one
watched him. Instead of contacting his parents, he was guarded
day and night;
some of the time "we" kept him at the Apsley Arms Hotel
where a lot of Scientologists lived. Hotel owned by Scientologists,
one of them being
Cal Wigney. The last thing I recall being told was that some
"high level staff members" had taken him to the airport,
minus any org
identification, and just abandoned him there, hoping the "men
in white coats" would deal with him.
Eltringham, Hana (now Hana Whitfield)
psychosis
Emery, Randy
OT levels
brain tumor
Randy Emery ( Staff at Sterling Management ) died of a brain
tumor. He was on the OT levels ? and a class IV staff auditor.
Leslie Epstein
psychotic episodes
I have just been informed that you have included my name in
your revised and updated list of people who allegedly "became
psychotic".
Your source of information is completely and utterly unreliable.
Furthermore I find this alleged statement about myself completely
ridiculous.
This person, the source of your information, could not possibly
supply you with a date or even an approximate date. The reason
that there is no
date supplied is simple.--- it isn't true that I became psychotic
ever. I have never been psychotic not now...
On the contrary, Scientology has done nothing but make me
much more aware and the benefits from my participation, in it
would take more
time and paper then I am willing to devote to responding to the
outrageous and ridiculous allegation.
Your organization is currently advertising, selling and distributing
a libelous statement about me: that I have undergone "psychotic
episodes"
while on auditing. The statement is contained in your document
entitled, "Corrections and Additions to the January 3, 1994
Questionnaire:
$Death, Psychosis and Scientology"
Moreover, I have recently become aware that F.A.C.T.net now
advertises and sells this material extensively through the Internet
computer
bulletin board services. Realizing the scope of your distribution
of this deliberate lie about me exasperates [sic] the upset and
distress which I
felt upon learning of your lie in the first place...
Erikson, Mick
psychosis
Mick Erikson became violent on OT 6. As far as I know, his
wife still has him barricaded in his house to prevent him from
violently attacking
someone.
Fairchild, Fred
psychosis
From the Detroit Organization, Fred Fairchild who was the
ED on and off again in the late 60's early 70's had some real
rough times mentally,
psychotic or not I do not know. I remember hearing tons of rumor
line of extreme alcohol and drug abuse after leaving staff, and
he was Clear
and possibly OT 3.
Fishman, Steven
schizophrenia (undifferentiated type) and suicide watch
After being ordered to do an End of Cycle and commit suicide,
Fishman was placed on suicide watch at the Hollywood Pavilion,
an in-patient
psychiatric facility in Hollywood, Florida, where he was treated
by Dr. Engin Aksu and Dr. Uwe Geertz from February 13, 1989 through
February 20, 1989 in suicide watch.
Fisk, William J.
murder
The Seattle Times reports that William J. Fisk was murdered
by Russell Johnson at the Seattle org during class. The story
says it was because
Fisk was having intercourse with Johnson's wife. Johnson's wife
was a Scientologist and Russell was not. Fisk had bragged of
being able to
control Johnson's wife.
Fuller, Karen
death
Karen Fuller died on course while on OT3.
Fuller, Sandy
attempted suicide
Sandy Fuller attempted suicide. She was a full OT. (There
is another Sandy Fuller listed below.)
This is to inform you that information being circulated to
the public on your "F.A.C.T.net" computer bulletin
board service about me is false
and defamatory.
You have distributed a piece called "Death, Psychosis
and Scientology" in which I am named under the heading of,
"Allegations of Attempted
Suicides While Receiving Scn Services."
It is obvious that you have not bothered to verify your information.
I have never "attempted suicide" at any time in my
life, and certainly not
while receiving Scientology services. The Scientology services
I have received have been highly beneficial.
Fuller, Sandy #2.
negligence
According to a report from a third party, Sandy almost died
due to lack of medical care while she was in Scientology. (There
is another Sandy
Fuller listed above. There are probably two Sandy Fullers in
Scientology.
xxxxx
child abuse
There is a study on miscarriages and birth deformities among
female Scientology staff members, particularly in the Sea Organization
of
Scientology. This was done because even internally they were
alarmed at the number of babies being born deformed, with extremely
low birth
weight, and with a lot of difficulties.
There have been many problems with Scientology babies born
at the Scientology-owned "gentle birth center" in Glendale.
See articles in the
Glendale Leader.
Gallop, Siama
cancer
At St. Hill, Peter Gallop's wife, Siama (spelling may be incorrect),
developed cancer. Peter was away on a mission of some kind (they
were
both in the Sea Organization). She trudged through the snow on
her own getting medical help. She had paid for OT levels and
NOTs. How
much she had done is unknown. She hadn't had NOTs. She didn't
receive any auditing help in her illness or in her dying. Evidently
she hung
on to the body way past the time of leaving, because she was
afraid of not knowing how to leave under the influence of drugs.
Several months ago I wrote to FACT.NET complaining of false
and distorted statements which your business made about the death
of my late
wife, Siama. These statements are included in your publication,
"Corrections and Additions to the January 3, 1994 Questionnaire,
Death,
Psychosis and Scientology." I received no response. Moreover,
FACT.NET continues to advertise and distribute these lies. I
understand that
you are now selling this publication on the Internet computer
system. This is irresponsible in the extreme and a blatant disregard
of the truth. It
is also very upsetting to me that your organization continues
to disseminate these lies about the tragic death of Siama...
Garrison, Chris
psychosis
Chris Garrison is another person who had a complete character
transformation at one point in Scientology, where they "broke"
his spirit. I don't
know if he went over the edge, or what. Chris is still in Scientology
after a failed deprogramming attempt by his family.
Geary, Dorothy
psychosis
Dorothy Geary became psychotic in San Francisco.
Another report says Dorothy Geary was in her 20s and places
her in Hemet.
Godwin, Frances
psychosis
Frances Godwin (who was briefly married to Bobby Gerrold,
the guy who died of cancer) went nuts on the ship, during the
researching of
Expanded Dianetics. By her own account, she sat in her bathroom
for weeks and her parents couldn't get her to come out. Alan
Walter is the
one who went to her home and talked her out of the bathroom.
Frances is a successful field auditor in LA and is dating a guy
not yet really in
Scn..
I have been notified that I am a subject of your more recent
newsletter. I have attached the copy of what I was sent. Since
you have stated that
you intend to clean up inaccuracies of your data I request that
you withdraw the incorrect and slanderous information about me
immediately.
Although it is true that I was briefly married to Bobby Jarrell
(not Gerrold) and did Expanded Dianetics research on the Ship,
I have never gone
"nuts" nor have I ever locked my self in a bathroom
for weeks. (Actually, I have been known through out my life to
spend an unusually small
amount of time in the bathroom for a female. The only excessive
time I have ever spent in a bathroom was when I was a teenager
and sneaking
cigarettes although we are talking under an hour and certainly
not weeks.)
My family would be more than happy to attest to this matter.
I should be noted that my father, brother, and sister are not
Scientologists and
would have no vested interest in saying otherwise. I did know
Alan Waiters quite well but at no time did he talk me out of
a bathroom in my
parents home or any other bathroom. In fact Alan Waiters has
never talked me out of any room nor have I locked myself in any
room for any
unusual amount of time...
Griffin, Ellen
OT levels
cancer
Ellen Griffin died of breast cancer on OT VII. She was a Class
VI auditor and an FSM
Halliday, Otis & Betty cancer
I knew both Betty and Otis Halliday in 1968-9. They had a
successful franchise in Houston, Texas. I once visited them there.
Otis did die of
cancer, but I did not hear it was sudden. Of course, cancer can
appear to kill quickly because it may not be found until it has
spread out of
control. No one ever said the Org was trying to take over his
franchise though, of course, it's very possible.
Hancock, Adam
accidental shooting
A Delphi grad shot himself - by accident with gun loaded with
blanks at a Scn acting class. He is a paraplegic now and church
tried to get his
wife to get all his money and disconnect from him.
Harman, Isobel
psychosis
Isobel Harman went to St. Hill for OT levels. She had been
on staff in Melbourne in the early days and then in Adelaide.
She was energetic,
competent and very knowledgeable. She returned from St. Hill
after being sent home while still on OT 2. She appeared to be
completely
disoriented and irrational. "She" was missing. The
condition calmed and she is living quietly but according to her
husband, Ray, the real person
is "still not there."
Hartwell, Adell
neglect
Adell Hartwell was promised by recruiters to be given special
auditing and proper medical care for her illness. No treatment
was given, and her
condition was growing progressively worse. One day I worked without
eating. It was 102 degrees in the shade: By five-thirty I just
got deathly
ill, and I told them I had to leave. And I staggered quite a
ways . . . . I fell in the ditch; it was like I was drunk. Another
time I complained I had
to go home because I wasn't being treated. I was thin and bleeding
and in quite severe pain, and they took me right in and put me
on the Meter.
The next night they had us scrubbing the barn; we started at
six o'clock and we scrubbed that barn until four o'clock in the
morning. Anybody
that ran a fever was immediately put out of commission. But anybody
that was ill and not running a fever, they were made fun of and
ridiculed.
Hautek, Sheila Marsh
CORRECTION
cancer
Sheila Marsh Hautek was involved in a credit card scam and
also was allegedly coerced into buying auditing when she had
cancer cysts.
Apparently what is called the "Hubbard Executive Secretary"
ran up her credit card bills to keep getting more auditing while
they knew she had
cancer. She died during auditing. SHE MAY HAVE DIED. THIS IS
NOT KNOWN.
Hester, Jim
suicide
Jim Hester, Miami, Florida
Howie, Bill
psychosis
Bill Howie, on OT3. He was a high level, long term Sea org
executive. His wife was the deputy CO of Celebrity center.
Hubbard, L. Ron
psychosis
L. Ron Hubbard became psychotic while auditing on OT3, and
had many other psychotic episodes according to defector affidavits.
L. Ron Hubbard threatened to commit suicide if one of his
girlfriends didn't marry him. Later during his auditing on various
levels he went
through suicidal periods.
Hubbard, Sara Northrup
inducement to suicide
Hubbard's second wife, Sara Northrup Hubbard, appears to have
been coerced by Hubbard to try to commit suicide to protect his
reputation.
Jentzsch, Yvonne
cancer
I was at CC when Yvonne Gilliam was running it. Heber was
hanging around . . . a folk singer. I heard that Hubbard and
Scientology
wouldn't spend a dime on medical care for her and tried to audit
out her cancer and then told her that it would take too much
auditing and that it
would be easier for her to just leave her body.
A report from a recent defector implies Yvonne actively resisted
doing the EOC but was forced to do it. She reportedly was having
major
problems with her husband, Heber Jentzsch, and with L. Ron Hubbard.
Since she was such a popular executive, the EOC may have been
politically driven to stop a doubt/PR/security problem in the
highest levels of the group.
She died of a tumor in, I think, the brain. She was brought
to Flag much too late and was not audible... There was no effort
at Flag to force her
to have auditing. I know of no problems she was having with her
husband or with LRH, but there is no way I could be sure there
weren't...
Kaplan, Murray Don
psychosis
Murray Don Kaplan is a SO member who was deprived of sleep
for 72 hours in Edinburgh. He was on OT III and had a psychotic
break and
was put on "baby watch." It's my evaluation that the
sleep deprivation drove him over the edge.
Kapuler, Virginia
cancer
You might add to your list Virginia Kopuler or Capular who
had cancer soon after leaving the ship. As her condition became
acute, she went to
Mexico to get some help from a Philippine faith healer and while
he indicated she had let it get too far, he did some work on
people on NOTs in
AOLA lives and many of them flocked down. The A/G AOLA was in
the process of declaring them, and was reported to have made
the remark
"she (Virginia) would be better dead than get such healing.
We got a by-pass of her from the LRH Comm on the ship so the
declare never got
done or was soon suspended.
Kretz, Wendy
cancer
Wendy Kretz or Krentz lived in the Los Angeles area. She was
diagnosed with ovarian cancer and chose not to receive chemotherapy,
but
Scientology auditing instead. Needless to say, the cancer killed
her and left her husband with three small children.
Ladd, Andy
vulnerable and bilked
Andy Ladd gave most of his inherited money to that front group.
Concerned Businessmen of America (?) and his background hasn't
really
prepared him to be able to earn much of a living. He and his
wife are vehemently in Scientology.
Larson, Don
assault
Don Larson was beaten.
Lee, Martha
psychosis
xxxxx wouldn't tell me very much, because her brother is in
such fear, but he apparently went completely mad on Scientology
services and had
to be institutionalized. His wife (still a Scientologist) divorced
him and he lost all rights to his kids. He's recently remarried
and is piecing his
life together, and is afraid that if he speaks out, he'll jeopardize
any future chance of regaining custody of his kids.
Lee, Dr.
psychosis
Dr. Lee performed some sort of illegal operation on someone
for cancer under the direction of the church when he was in Scientology
in a motel
near Clearwater, Florida. Then he was put on the RPF. He became
severely psychotic on the RPF. According to the last report,
Lee is living
something like a street person, still quite psychotic, in the
mountains of San Bernadino, California.
Lewis, Geoff
psychosis
Geoff Lewis (the actor) became psychotic during auditing.
Lewis, Peter
psychosis & suicide
Peter Lewis, the ED of the LA ORG, went psychotic and tried
to kill himself and was incarcerated by fellow Scientology staff
members at a
house several blocks from the LA ORG (I believe for several weeks)
until he stabilized.
Loughgran, Tom
Parkinson's disease
Tom Loughgran - right after OT VII he suddenly became ill
with Parkinson's Disease- class VIII
Magerowski, Jann Borowski
psychosis
Jann Borowski Magerowski, NOTs, still on staff at Bsn Organization-Day,
has been seeing leprechauns in her apartment for years. She also
talks about spaceships like they're an everyday occurrence. Well,
I've seen UFOs, too, but she's talking in entirely different,
off-the-wall
terms. She seems the most stable person in the world when you
meet her socially, even on a daily basis. Once she feels that
she can trust you,
then she starts telling these completely wild tales, in all seriousness.
I think she's multiple personality; the two personalities I've
seen were
immensely likable, but the one who sees leprechauns is a little
scary, nevertheless.
I have not received any reply to my letter of April 6, 1994,
in which I demanded that you retract the false and slanderous
statements which you
printed and circulated about my wife, Jann Borowski Magerowski.
As stated in my previous letter, the allegations you made
about my wife are completely groundless. I would expect that
you would at least have
the decency to respond to my letter...
Magerowski, John
psychotic episodes
I wrote to you on March 23, 1994 concerning false information
which you have circulated about me, alleging that I had "psychotic
episodes
while on auditing." In my letter, I demanded that you retract
my name from this document and from any further lists which you
may publish...
Manson, Charles
psychosis
Charles Manson had 150 hours of auditing. The GO hid this
information but it showed up in documents seized by the FBI.
Many, Nancy
child abuse
xxxxx mentioned Nancy Many, who also while on the RPF (which
is like the Scientology gulag) gave birth to a baby with respiratory
problems.
Mauerer, Phoebe
inducement to suicide
McKee, (first name unknown)
cancer
Brown McKee's wife died after trying to treat cancer with
NOTs auditing, and waiting too long for adequate medical care.
Miscavige, (first name unknown)
suicide
David Miscavige's sister, who was an OT7, committed suicide.
Miscavige, Ron (David Miscavige's father)
depression
Ron Miscavige, OT7, married to Loretta Miscavige (an auditor
and nurse), suffers deep depression from behind closed doors.
He seems happy
and jovial in the ideal Scientology character, but he suffers
quite a bit from depression.
Ron Miscavige was charged with assault and rape in his home
town in Michigan. Allegedly, David brought in the church's legal
team and
muscle to handle the situation. He was not tried. Ron Miscavige
is a staff member who also suffers from severe depression.
Morris, Debby
cancer
Debby Morris
breast cancer on OT VII - class IV auditor
Myersdorf, Sandra
cancer
GO member died of cancer in her 40's. Medical neglect of staff
member suspected.
Newton, Chuck
vulnerable and bilked
Chuck Newton gave nearly all his money to Scientology, even
traded his Jaguar XKE to Alan Walter, and Alan used the mission's
commission
slips to let Chuck get auditing in LA. We were convinced by Richard
Stewart (the great financial expert . . . . HA!) and by ASHO,
AOLA, and
Flag, to embezzle farm income and give it to Flag for services.
No, they didn't use the word "embezzle." They said,
"Take control of your
money," and "manage your flows." We nearly ended
up in major trouble for that, once the money was gone and we
discovered that we'd done
something illegal. I don't recall the names of any of the regs
involved. It was only about $17,000, but we had a very difficult
time setting things
right once we realized the illegality . . . we'd already given
everything else to Scientology.
Payton, Vicki
threatened suicide
Vicki Payton or Fayton - told me she was considering dropping
her body after the Key to Life Course. She is OT V and ex-Sea
Organization.
She was "given a wrong indication" in a Flag Ethics
cycle. AOLA audited her for a year after her husband wrote up
a complaint and sent it up
lines. She divorced her husband and left her job after Key to
Life.
Peterson, John
attempted murder
An attempt was made on the life of John Peterson, formerly
one of Scientology's leading attorneys.
Pignotti, Monica
CORRECTION
psychosis
IN THE JAN 3 MAILING MONICA WAS LISTED AS AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
THIS WAS F.A.C.T.net's ERROR. Her affidavit
refers to psychotic episodes while on the RPF ("complete
nervous breakdown") but not attempted suicide.
Pinion, Spanky
child abuse
Spanky Pinion specifically mentioned that while she was on
the RPF, she had a three pound baby. She had it rushed to the
hospital. The
medical officer said to tell the hospital that she was indigent
so that Scientology wouldn't have to pay the bill. It was a Medicare
fraud issue.
Spanky believes the reasons for the study on miscarriages, also
mentioned earlier in this list, was done because Scientology
would not spend
any money on prenatal care and was working staff day and night,
not feeding them, and putting them under such extreme stress.
And that was
why they were having so many problems with staff members babies.
Price, Ellen
cancer
Ellen Price --- Meagan Shields thought she had very suspicious
breast condition Ellen was in a co- audit for FPRD - class VI,
ex - staff auditor,
OT IV. I am very (the word very was underlined a couple of times)
concerned about Ellen. She didn't want to check out the condition
with a
mammogram and was trying cleanses to deal with it.
Prueher, Terry N.
attempted murder
Although he did not die, Terry N. Prueher was told Scientology
had a contract on him and was later involved in a shooting where
a bullet
grazed his forehead.
Toni Przybylski
psychotic episodes
Your organization has defamed me by stating in a publication
that I "had psychotic episodes while on auditing."
I wrote to your organization on
March 23, 1994 and demanded a retraction of this wholly false
and unfounded statement, but I have received no response.
Moreover, I have learned recently that you continue to promote
and sell the document containing this lie -- and that you now
do so not only with
the use of the U.S. mail but also through the F.A.C.T.net and
Internet computer bulletin board systems...
1980's
Riddel, Betty
child abuse & purification rundown Betty Riddel is still
a loyal Scientologist in the Organization. In the early 80's
(dating is not reliable) she
went to Flag. She had promised her son some of her time for a
long time. She asked him to go to the US and they would have
a holiday. When
he arrived he had been enrolled in a course with money borrowed
in his name. At some time after finding this out he left and
came home. He
was worried about debt and felt betrayed. He went "mad"
and began beating his father and screaming at him to read Dianetics
etc. His father
was and is retired due to illness and maintains the family home.
He couldn't be handled at home in his violence and was put in
a mental hospital,
let out drugged and has had return visits to the hospital as
an inmate. Their young daughter also despairing of attention
and of constant breaking
of agreements to outings and time together when in early teens
began taking drugs and became a heroin addict. She was brought
to me for a day
when 'at her best' by a friend. She put all the light globes
on the roof and without undies did handstands in front of guests.
She was in the habit
of running naked in the streets and stealing alcohol, etc., etc.
She told me she had begun to eat her bedroom and when calm talked
as a very
young child walking around the house crooning to a teddy bear.
Before the drugs she had the condition of being unable to eat
(I have forgotten
the label) At school she had excelled. Both young people had
been constantly pushed to do courses or to have auditing. I don't
know what they
had had apart from the Purification Rundown.
Roberts, John
death
Purification Rundown John Roberts became comatose and died
while on the purification rundown at East Grinstead.
Robertson (first name unknown)
psychosis
An individual named Robertson shot DMSO into himself while
psychotic.
Rosenblum, Ann
psychosis
Ann Rosenblum became psychotic while on the RPF.
Rubineck, Brian
death
xxxxx reported that a Brian Rubineck died. He was a former
guardian office member.
Running Bear, Arthur
intentional distress
Reverse auditing was done on Arthur Running Bear. He did become
psychotic from the auditing.
Russow, Lola and Bert
psychotic episodes
I wrote to you on 26 July 1994, demanding that you take immediate
action to remove any reference to my parents, Lola and Ben Rossouw,
from your flyer and from your computerized bulletin board service.
I am hereby reiterating my demand that you take immediate
action to remove the false information on my parents from your
published materials
and computerized bulletin board service...
Sams, Jan
child abuse
Jan Sams from Dallas had a deformed baby while in the Sea
Organization.
Seffers, Van
Purification Rundown --- death Van Seffers died on the purification
rundown. This is a new report since the Jan. 3 mailing that reported
Van
died at Flag or on his return to Europe.
Schnehager, Quentin
suicide
Quentin Schnehager, a Copenhagen staff member, hung himself
just before a Sea Org mission was to arrive in his organization.
Another report says this name should be spelled "Schnehage."
Smith, Homer
psychosis
Homer Smith states that he became psychotic on the solo OT
levels, but he said he was auditing these on his own as a renegade,
outside of
Scientology. This could point again to the danger of using these
materials when people are in trance state and it is suggested
to them that they are
"more than one person."
Smith, Rita and Crane, Steven
suicide
Rita Smith and Steven Craine (or Crane) are reported to have
committed suicide at East Grinstead.
Stein, Barry
psychotic episodes
I received your severely unacceptable form letter response
to my request that you delete my name from your mailings and
bulletin board service
I am sure that you are well aware that accusing someone of
having psychotic episodes is a severe and libelous defamation
of character, and that
you have done so with absolutely no provocation whatsoever on
my part - we have never met nor have we had any mutual dealings
of any
kind...
Stouffer, Mary
cancer
GO member died of cancer in her 40's. Mary Stouffer was the
assistant guardian in the Sacramento Organization. Staff medical
negligence
suspected.
Tate, Jill (Higgins)
possible child abuse
Jill Tate (Higgins) has 4 or 5 kids. She was pregnant with
twins and miscarried one in the last few months.
Vigeland, Eric
vulnerable and bilked
Every cent of his inheritance to Scientology. He should never
have left psychiatric care.
Vilinsky, Phil
purification rundown death
Phil Vilinsky died at the La Quinta in Florida. Actually during
auditing, the auditor didn't know what to do. Apparently, Scientology
failed to
relate exactly how he died to the family; they created some sort
of shore story. But, he was on the purification rundown when
this happened.
xxxxx is aware of this situation, and it is believed that xxxxx
is aware of a lot more deaths and situations like this.
Phil Valinski died during auditing at La Quinta in California.
Scientology withheld information from his family, according to
reports.
Voorhies, Dave
psychosis
Janna Moreillan who is in Seattle and a class 8 auditor since
the 50s, is somehow connected to Dave Voorhies. He previously
lived in Seattle,
Washington and was drugged with Thorazine and told it was vitamins
when he was going psychotic on OT 3.
Dave Voorhies, in Seattle, Washington, became psychotic on
OT3 and was given Thorazine which the Scientologists told him
was vitamin B.
Wakefield, Margery
psychosis & neglect
I tried to do this for many years: I sat in my room, and did
everything as I had been trained to do. What I actually believed
I was doing was
talking to these "demons" and convincing them to go
away. When doing this auditing I experienced a number of really
weird things. I started
getting incredible headaches. In addition, I started to have
terrible nightmares, and I would wake up in the middle of the
night just sweating and
shaking with terror. I was getting sicker by the day. I had to
call up my doctor, who was himself on 0T 3 at the time, because
I was getting so
sick. I really thought I was going to die. I finally begged for
some help. I was sent in to see a man called the Director of
Processing. He told me
I needed an even higher level of auditing than OT 3 to cure my
problem. This was called New Era Dianetics for 0T's (NED for
0T's for short).
Their plan worked fairly well. For the first few weeks after
I arrived in Madison, I was totally psychotic. I was in terrible
mental pain for
weeks. I fully believed that, not having completed NED for OT's
successfully, I would probably die or be taken over by the demons.
I felt like I
was, literally, fighting for my mind. I went through unendurable
and indescribable agonies. I was in a complete state of shock.
I could not deal
with what had happened to me. My mind just wouldn't function
at all. I couldn't understand anything that was written for a
period of time.
When I would listen to the television or radio, I would hear
the words, but it was as if it were a foreign language. Conceptually,
my mind
would not interpret the sounds.
Welch, Bruce
psychosis
Bruce Welch was locked up on the Apollo for weeks after he
became psychotic.
Wollersheim, ??? (Lawrence's father)
heart attack
Lawrence Wollersheim believes that Scientology harassment
was a major factor in his father's heart attack.
Wollersheim, Lawrence
attempted suicide
Lawrence Wollersheim attempted suicide immediately after receiving
L-12 and other upper level auditing.
Wright, Alan
uncertain
There are two Alan Wrights. One is very well and successful
as a Ron's Organization teacher. The other one signed papers,
and his house was
taken from him. All his money was sitting with a meter and all
available materials that had been sold to him and he said, as
I remember, that he
couldn't have the services he'd paid for as he was an illegal
PC. Some of the materials and the meter were brought to me to
care for. xxxxx was
concerned at the conditions that he was living in and the fact
that he appeared suicidal.
PART THREE: MISCELLANEOUS -- COMBINED OR MULTIPLE LISTS
Information only Various A former high ranking C/S and long
time Sea Organization member reports:
Informant has intimate knowledge of the sexual perverted conduct
of L. Ron Hubbard in Casa Blanca
Personal knowledge of L. Ron Hubbard's psychotic behavior
at the Villa Lori in Morocco
Knowledge of the executive use of coercive force on Scientology
staff members
Knows about things called the Truth Rundown, the Black PR
Rundown, and Rollback procedures
How to audit a pre OT or pre OT to a complete psychotic break;
how actually to induce those in people
Knowledge of the coercive tactics, fear tactics, and intelligence
and counter-intelligence, and espionage methods used in Scientology
and how
Scientology uses auditing secrets for coercion
Knows how to use Scientology to make someone crazy without
their knowing it the following people he personally knows to
have had
psychotic episodes while on auditing. Some of the people on the
following list are still in the Sea Organization.
ANDY YARROW
PHIL SPHILINE
NATE JESSUP
ALEX SIBERSKI
BILL FRANKS
BILL FOSTER
MIKE SMITH
MRS SMITH
BILL ROBERTSON
BOB YOUNG
JILL LIZ
AUSLEY IAN SHILLINGTON
JOHN SEGOTA
JOE VANSTADEN
CARL STREET MISSION CC
PREFONTANE (CHILD)
HAROLD SIMMS
RON LOVING
YUKO SUMOKO
GERT ANDERSON
HOKAN YOHANSEN
MITCH SPERNSE
ROBIN LINDSEL
BLAKE HUFFAM
JEROME BLOOME
JOHN TRAVOLTA
CHRIS SILCOCK (John Travolta's auditor)
STEPHINE SILCOCK (Priscilla Presley's auditor)
TOM ASHWORTH
ANNIE TIODMAN LOGAN
JIM LOGAN
CHRIS CHANEY
JONNY SGHLESSENGER
JANADAIR SWANSON
TOBY YOUNG
MARGRET GEORGE
ALLAN LONG
ROBIN ROOSE
HANA ELTRINGHAM
KEN URQUHART
DAVE MURPHY
PAUL ILLOT
PART FOUR: NAMES UNKNOWN
?????
(last name unknown), Joe
negligence
A guy died at Royal Oak, Michigan from a medical condition
while receiving auditing. Death subject's name was Joe (?) and
that he lived in
Pontiac, Michigan and went to Royal Oak Scientology center for
his services.
?????
(last name unknown), Mark
suicide
Mark was a member of the Key Out Players and an HQS course
supervisor at Celebrity Center who killed himself.
?????
(last name unknown), Michaela
suicide
A girl named Michaela (in her 30's) committed suicide a few
years ago. Her dad was actor Dennis Patrick . She did colonics.
She lived in Los
Feliz. She dabbled in Scientology and had lots of Scientology
clients.
?????
name unknown
suicide
A French industrialist jumped to his death while receiving
Scientology auditing. He was quite wealthy.
?????
name unknown
murder
An individual named Brown was killed. Steve Fishman connected
him to a Scientology project called GOLDCORE.
?????
names unknown
suicide
Switzerland has a number of suicides related to Scientology.
One report alleges that a Scientology staff member threw a child
down a cliff.
?????
name unknown
suicidal
Chuck Devoe's wife reportedly became suicidal after completing
OT 8.
?????
xxxxx
inducement to suicide
F.A.C.T.net's source refers to a person who was induced to
commit suicide. She had attempted suicide four times. She had
some sort of
auditing about Jesus incidents which helped forward her suicide.
Apparently she was sent a hand-written letter from a Scientology
case worker
named Sue MacDonald which implied that she should commit suicide.
?????
name unknown
suicide
A girl or woman in Dearborn, Michigan became suicidal during
auditing. Scientology stopped auditing her and made her sign
a waiver and
made her use her credit cards to buy a whole bunch more auditing
and run up all kinds of bills on the credit cards.
?????
name unknown
suicide
An older woman from Switzerland jumped to her death off the
pier in Clearwater while on the OT levels. Immediately after
her suicide the GO
sent a bunch of people to the RPF.
?????
names unknown
psychosis
Two Swedish public PC's, one from Stockholm and one from Malmo,
became psychotic after Flag sec checking.
?????
name unknown
suicide
A London public PC threw himself in front of a train while
depressed during auditing.
?????
name unknown
psychosis
An affidavit from a former high ranking auditor states that
if staff members became psychotic on the OT levels they were
sent to the RPF. This
may indicate an attempt to cover up Scientology- induced psychotic
episodes within the organization.
?????
name unknown
suicide
An army officer watching a demonstration of how to use an
E-meter to find subversives committed suicide shortly after the
demonstration.
?????
name unknown
murder
The Franchise holder from Stuttgart Germany was summoned under
duress to Flag and then died in a salvage operation while in
Florida.
?????
name unknown
suicide
A friend of Ari Salonen's committed suicide in Stockholm.
?????
names unknown
psychosis
According to an ex-Sea org member, it was a common occurrence
both on the Apollo and in Clearwater to have staff and RPFer's
who became
psychotic locked in the bathroom.
?????
name unknown
suicide or murder
A woman said her cousin was pushed off a building by Scientologist
many years ago and that she is afraid to say anything more about
it.
Apparently Scientology found out she was going to file a lawsuit
and sent in a plant to subvert the lawsuit.
?????
name unknown
inducement to suicide
A bogged Toronto public pc became psychotic and was sent a
letter implying that suicide was her best road out.
?????
names unknown
psychosis
Paulette Cooper's book mentions an individual who became psychotic
and suicidal on OT3 and committed himself to avoid suicide Cooper's
book mentions another individual who threatened suicide but didn't
because he was afraid it would invalidate Scientology. Robert
Kaufman
(author of "Inside Scientology") is also mentioned
in Cooper's book.
?????
names unknown
suicide
Paulette Cooper's book reports a person who left a suicide
note emphasizing that it had "nothing to do with Scientology."
?????
names unknown
suicide
Hubbard claimed that a publisher committed suicide by jumping
from a window after reading Excalibur, the early version of the
OT Levels.
?????
name unknown
Purification Rundown - death A gentleman in Washington state
died on the purification rundown.
?????
names unknown
psychosis Ann Rosenblum's affidavit tells about GO/OSA members
bragging about driving 2 defectors/critics into a mental institution
with
nervous breakdowns.
?????
name unknown
suicide
There is a report that an individual who had just gone clear
committed suicide in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
?????
name unknown
murder
A real estate broker died mysteriously in the Clearwater Florida
area. Prior to his death, this individual had an argument with
David Miscavige
over some property Miscavige wanted to buy from him. He was not
a member.
?????
name unknown
suicide cover-up
A person, name unknown, drowned in a bathtub at Flag. The
GO/OSA apparently went to the guy's room and sanitized it in
the sense of
removing anything that would incriminate Scientology before the
police arrived to do their investigation. They created a shore
story that he fell
down in the bathtub, and that's how he died (F.A.C.T.net's contributor
was there at the time). There was a tremendous hush hush about
anything having to do with this guys death. The implication from
F.A.C.T.net's contributor is that the sanitized room stopped
any meaningful
investigation by local police.
The person we mentioned in our first questionnaire who drowned
in the bathtub at the Flag Land Base was actually from Germany,
so that is an
additional piece of information.
There is also a report of a woman who "drowned"
in a bathtub at Flag.
The woman who drowned in a bathtub was a man whose name I
forget. He was a German, and had been very improperly allowed
on to NOTs
which he could not run... This was in 1980.
?????
name unknown
airplane crash
I was told that the First Officer of the Air Florida 737 that
crashed in the river in Washington, DC was on OT III. There was
a mission sent to
hush up the fact that he was a Scientologist.
?????
name unknown
purification rundown A woman given the protective pseudonym
"Allison" by Corydon in his book tells of almost dying
on the purification
rundown.
?????
name unknown
purification rundown
A Scientologist named Christopher (last name unknown) died
on this rundown. Scientology (Western Division) was reported
to have quickly
settled a wrongful death case with his family. An ex-GO/OSA member
recently reported that he stole all the court records from Portland
Oregon's 3 counties to cover up this case.
?????
name unknown
purification rundown
A Scientologist in Washington state, name unknown, died on
the purification rundown.
?????
name unknown
suicide
Fact's source lived with a young man for approximately a week,
in LA, in the '72 time frame. They were taking Scientology courses.
He was in
his 20's, about 5'8" tall with dark hair and eyes. The source
later saw him at Flag, Clearwater, Florida in '76 or '77. The
source heard later
from the ED of Detroit Organization. Patty ? (last name unknown)
that he was receiving auditing in Detroit, but he had badly stalled
and was in a
lot of trouble. He was sent to Flag to get cleaned up; he was
seriously overrun. When I saw him at Flag, he was under constant
care and
looking at rocks. He was sent home 3 weeks later to Detroit.
A couple of months later, he hung himself from a rafter in his
garage. His best
friend was on staff, and his name was Mark. Pattie, the ex ED
would know them. He might be from the Flint, Michigan area.
?????
name unknown
psychosis
A Beverly Hills pediatrician who joined the Sea Org and then
became psychotic.
?????
name unknown
suicide
Jim (last name unknown) was found dead in Queens, N.Y. while
on an ethics handling.
?????
name unknown
intentional distress
A former NOTs C/S reports that he knows of individuals who
were ordered by the GO/OSA to "reverse audit" security
risks.
?????
name unknown
negligence
A child was run over at the Scientology nursery in Clearwater.
This may be a covered up negligence situation.
To the reader: Only by assembling all of our personal recollections
concerning the individuals and circumstances mentioned herein
will it be
possible to pierce any possible Scientology cover-ups and prevent
possible future calamities. It is a miracle in many ways that
the reports
mentioned in this questionnaire have squeezed through the cracks
of Scientology's secrecy structure, intelligence agency procedures,
and
practice of destroying incriminating documents.
If you are a current or former Scientologist or work with
or know current or former members, please review these reports.
If you recognize any
of the names or have any other information, please contact us
immediately. Send your information (even in preliminary form)
to: Scientology
Investigation, c/o F.A.C.T.net, 601 16th St. #C-217, Golden,
Colorado 80403, U.S.A.
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