Blown for good : behind the iron curtain of scientology

470 Pages·2010·2.686 MB·English

by  Headley, Marc, Headley, Marc Morgan

Marc Headley grew up in Hollywood, California. His
mother became a member of Scientology when he was just
seven years old and he grew up around some of their most
famous celebrity members. Marc would join an elite
Scientology paramilitary organization at sixteen years old.
By his thirties, Marc would become an integral staff
member of Scientology's International Management
Headquarters. After 15 years of over 100 hour work weeks,
mental and physical abuse, and being paid under 50 cents
an hour, Marc had experienced enough Scientology. In
2005, after a dramatic escape from the heavily guarded
Scientology compound in Hemet, California, Marc was able
to restart his life at 32 years of age. Marc currently lives and
works in California with his wife and two young sons.
The International Base of Scientology. The sprawling
500 acre property located deep in the California desert.
The local townspeople were told that Scientology lectures
and films were being made there. But is that all that is
happening there? It is the location of a multi-million dollar
home for L. Ron Hubbard, built two decades after his
controversial death. It is the home of Scientology's current
leader, David Miscavige. Rumor has it that high ranking
Scientology celebrities such as Tom Cruise have been
there. So what really happens at the Int Base? Are the
stories on the internet true? How does Scientology conduct
management of its day to day operations? Reports from
former members have shown up here and there over the
past 20 years. Could stories of armed guards, weapons,
staff beatings, and razor wire fences surrounding the entire
property be true? If so, how could a facility like this exist in
modern day America?
Hundreds of staff had made attempts to escape over
the years. Some had succeeded but had never been seen
or heard of again, but most had failed. Marc knew it would
not be easy getting out of the Scientology compound. Why
were people kept here? Why did more people not attempt
to escape over the years? What was it that went on at the
International headquarters of Scientology?
This is the story of what happened behind the Iron
Curtain of Scientology.
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First published in 2009 by BFG Books, Inc.
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Headley, Marc Morgan.
Blown for good : behind the iron curtain of Scientology /
Marc Morgan Headley.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009931081
ISBN-13: 978-0-9825022-1-1
ISBN-10: 0-9825022-1-4
1. Scientology—Controversial literature. 2. Golden Era
Productions—Employees. I. Title.
BP605.S2H43 2010 299’.936
QBI09-600123 2009931081
ISBN 978-0-9825022-0-4
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Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Author’s Note
International Headquarters of Scientology (map)
1. Walking in My Shoes
2. Lie To Me
3. Work Hard
4. The Landscape is Changing
5. The Policy of Truth
6. Everything Counts
7. Stories of Old
8. Just Can’t Get Enough
9. My Secret Garden
10. Sea Of Sin
11. I Sometimes Wish I Were Dead
12. Sweetest Perfection
13. Waiting for the Night
14. Surrender
15. It’s No Good
16. Behind the Wheel
17. Monument
18. The Great Outdoors
19. Now, This Is Fun
20. A Pain That I’m Used To
21. More Than A Party
22. Suffer Well
23. Dangerous
24. Enjoy the Silence
25. Never Let Me Down Again
26. Corrupt
27. Flexible
28. Happiest Girl
29. Personal Jesus
30. Christmas Island
31. Any Second Now