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TONY ORTEGA
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[Mitch Brisker and the Hubbard house in New Jersey]
After we talked to Chris Shelton recently about our Top 20 Scientology Stories of 2025, we heard from former Scientology film director Mitch Brisker.
Mitch is a fascinating source of information about his time in Scientology, and we really enjoyed his book.
He was reaching out to us because we had talked with Chris about Scientology opening up three new shrines to founder L. Ron Hubbard last year, including a home in Elizabeth, New Jersey (where Hubbard had lived in 1950), a house in Phoenix where Hubbard had stayed in 1954, and a place in Zimbabwe Hubbard had spent some of 1966 in.
We told Chris that we didn’t think Scientology leader David Miscavige was spending money on these places to fulfill some kind of IRS requirement, but that they were mainly about impressing wealthy donors that something worthwhile was being done with their money, and also to reach out to people that Scientology wants to impress with propaganda about Hubbard.
“I just wanted to chime in and say I agree 100 percent with your assessment that the ‘Heritage Sites’ — as they are affectionally referred to — such as the New Jersey house having nothing to do with maintaining IRS exemption,” Mitch messaged us. “I think they are better understood as part of Safe Pointing, in addition to broadening their real estate portfolio,” he added, referring to Scientology policy of making local officials “safe” by exposing them to church propaganda.
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After we talked to Chris Shelton recently about our Top 20 Scientology Stories of 2025, we heard from former Scientology film director Mitch Brisker.
Mitch is a fascinating source of information about his time in Scientology, and we really enjoyed his book.
He was reaching out to us because we had talked with Chris about Scientology opening up three new shrines to founder L. Ron Hubbard last year, including a home in Elizabeth, New Jersey (where Hubbard had lived in 1950), a house in Phoenix where Hubbard had stayed in 1954, and a place in Zimbabwe Hubbard had spent some of 1966 in.
We told Chris that we didn’t think Scientology leader David Miscavige was spending money on these places to fulfill some kind of IRS requirement, but that they were mainly about impressing wealthy donors that something worthwhile was being done with their money, and also to reach out to people that Scientology wants to impress with propaganda about Hubbard.
“I just wanted to chime in and say I agree 100 percent with your assessment that the ‘Heritage Sites’ — as they are affectionally referred to — such as the New Jersey house having nothing to do with maintaining IRS exemption,” Mitch messaged us. “I think they are better understood as part of Safe Pointing, in addition to broadening their real estate portfolio,” he added, referring to Scientology policy of making local officials “safe” by exposing them to church propaganda.
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Mitch Brisker knows why Scientology is fixing up those old L. Ron Hubbard haunts
After we talked to Chris Shelton recently about our Top 20 Scientology Stories of 2025, we heard from former Scientology film director Mitch Brisker.
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