As always, interested to hear feedback from tonight's episode. … [Read more...]
The Aftermath After Show
As always, interested to hear your views on season 3’s first episode. Of course, before it even aired, scientology put out their attempted "Dead Agent" smear of Valerie. This consists entirely of claims made by her deadbeat brother and his wife -- neither of whom know ANYTHING about Valerie's experiences in the Sea Org and with David Miscavige, and yet assert that Valerie is "selling her soul by telling lies for the attempted creation of ‘reality TV’” ... Jeffrey Haney cries about how Valerie "cut us off" to "destroy their family". This is the guy who never had a thought about Val … [Read more...]
The Aftermath Season 3 Premiere
Please join us for the Aftermath Season 3 premiere. A&E TV at 9pm EST Tuesday 27 November. Also note that Tuesday is #GivingTuesday. For a few hours starting at 8am Eastern Time, Facebook and Paypal will match donations to charitable organizations. If you had any plans to donate to the Aftermath Foundation during this holiday season, you can double your donation by doing it Tuesday morning at 8am at the Aftermath Foundation Facebook page. Last year the matching funds ran out in the first hour or two. … [Read more...]
The Irony Is Strong
This ad aired multiple during Sunday night's episode of The Aftermath: The woman "Sadie" IS a real person. She was at Golden Era productions in the Sea Org with her husband Axel (her husband in the ad). Sadie is infamous for an incident at the base where David Miscavige commanded her to run over Marc Yager (then CO CMO International) in her car (she had a VW Beetle). As any good Sea Org member at the Int Base would, Sadie jumped in her bug and started trying to run down Marc Yager. He literally ran for his life, and jumped off the loading dock that is part of the … [Read more...]
Gaslighting: A Short Tutorial
After The Aftermath episode on the Watchtower Society, and thinking about mind control organizations in general and scientology in particular, I thought it fitting to republish an article from Psychology Today about gaslighting. Someone sent this to me recently in relation to a completely different topic, but it has a lot of application to world of cults (some would say all organized religion) and how people are persuaded to believe the unbelievable and do the unthinkable. I found this enlightening -- just as I found Martha Stoutt's The Sociopath Next Door which I highly re … [Read more...]
Tonight a NEW Aftermath Episode
There is another special episode of The Aftermath airing tonight at a special time -- 8pm EST. This one is very personal -- it is about OUR families and the impact scientology has had on them. It is being used as a lead-in to one of A&E's biggest productions, the 3- part documentary produced by Alex Gibney's company Jigsaw Productions. … [Read more...]
The STAAD League Strikes Out Again
The STAAD League have weighed in on the only thing they care about -- what is happening on Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. Apparently it is the only thing they exist for, which is quite a compliment. For the self-proclaimed champions of free speech and purveyors of epic humanitarianishism these guys have a pretty big blind spot. When Louis Farrakhan and his IAS Freedom-medal winning defender Tony Mohammed roll out the anti-semitic rants, the STAAD League is conspicuously mum. Not a peep. Ever. When we do a show that highlights victims of abuse, they go apoplectic. Not … [Read more...]
Aftermath Aftermath
The first new episode for a long time aired last night, a special on the Jehovah's Witnesses. It's unlike anything we had done before and I am interested to hear your feedback. I watched Twitter and Facebook as the show aired on the East Coast, but have not yet caught up following the West Coast airing. Once again, I want to thank the brave contributors who were willing to sit down and bare their pain to the world in the hope that it will bring some comfort to others who have suffered similarly, and perhaps prevent someone from having to suffer in the future. And my special … [Read more...]
The Aftermath Is Back
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath is back tonight. It is the first episode of Season 3 -- though it is a "special". There is another "Special" coming next Sunday night (18 November) and then the season proper begins on 27 November. Tonight's special episode is at 9pm on A&E. It covers the Jehovah's Witnesses. We felt an obligation to the MANY former Jehovah's Witnesses who reached out to us letting us know of the pain they had suffered -- many of which are eerily similar to the experiences of former scientologists. They did not have a voice like Leah to speak on their beh … [Read more...]
Scientology: No Longer Curious?
Apparently the idea that people are curious about scientology is no longer operative? I wonder if it has anything to do with the promotion for Scientology The Aftermath that recently began that plays on their "Curious?" concept? These two billboards have now replaced the "Curious?" ones in Clearwater: Surprises? Well, I guess you could say that. Surprises you with how lame it is. The same infomercials over and over and over and over.... Amazes? Yes, that too. It is amazing that in this day and age anyone joins or gives them any more money. Love the fact that they … [Read more...]