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41 “Little Napoleon”: Interview with anonymous former Sea Org member.

42 a couple of murders: Interview with William “Bill” Franks.

43 “Hubbard wanted her out”: Ibid.

44 “I don’t believe”: Mary Sue Hubbard testimony, Church of Scientology California, vs. Gerald Armstrong, Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles.

45 “Scottish Highland Quietude Club”: Terry Colvin, “Scientology at Gilman: Hubbard Said at Ex-Resort,” Riverside Press-Enterprise, Apr. 13, 1980.

46 “He wanted a head”: Interview with Denise (Larry) Brennan.

47 “She was a sweet”: Interview with Jim Dincalci.

48 “You got to be kidding”: Interview with John Brousseau.

49 “It was a do or die”: Interview with Jesse Prince.

50 “We had fallen in love”: David Yonke, “Scientology Story Sparks Heated Response,” Toledo Blade, July 2, 2005.

51 “core sense of identity”: Tony Ortega, “Scientology’s Crushing Defeat,” Runnin’ Scared (blog), The Village Voice, June 24, 2008.

52 An undercover campaign: Affidavit of Vicki Aznaran, June 29, 1993.

53 “I was followed”: William W. Horne, “The Two Faces of Scientology,” American Lawyer, July/August 1992.

54 setting up his son: Affidavit of Vicki Aznaran, June 29, 1993.

55 fifteen hundred Scientologists: “Scientologists Scramble to Keep Secrets,” Los Angeles Times [via the San Francisco Chronicle], Nov. 7, 1985.

56 “A major cause of”: Joel Sappell and Robert Welkos, “Scientologists Rush to Protect Basic Beliefs Released by Judge,” Los Angeles Times, Nov. 5, 1985.

57 Julie Christofferson Titchbourne: John McCoy and S. L. Sanger, “Travolta and Other Scientologists Swarm into Portland to Protest,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 21, 1985.

58 “bull-baiting”: John Painter, “Witness Describes Scientology Drills,” Oregonian, July 25, 1979.

59 The jury awarded her: Tony Ortega, “Scientology’s Crushing Defeat,” Runnin’ Scared (blog), The Village Voice, June 24, 2008.

60 “I don’t care if I get the chair”: Interview with Dan Garvin.

61 As many as 12,000: Affidavit of Andre Tabayoyon, Aug. 19, 1994.

62 Stevie Wonder: www.forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?16875-The-Battle-of-Portland.

63 “I’ve been something of an ostrich”: Nancy Collins, “Sex and the Single Star,” Rolling Stone, Aug. 18, 1983.

64 “Once in a while”: Holly Danks, “Film Star Joins in Scientology Verdict Protest,” Oregonian, May 21, 1985, www.forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?16875-The-Battle-of-Portland.

65 He ruled that Christofferson Titchbourne’s: Atack, A Piece of Blue Sky, p. 349.

66 “If you had an automobile”: Hubbard, “Death,” lecture, July 30, 1957.

67 “between-lives”: Hubbard, Scientology: A History of Man, pp. 109–10.

68 “The baby takes”: Hubbard, “Death,” lecture, July 30, 1957.

69 Contrarily, when a body: According to Karen de la Carriere, these instructions were part of Hubbard’s secret directives. He also opposed autopsies because the thetan might still be inhabiting the body at the time of the procedure.

70 “It’s very confused”: Hubbard, “Aberration and the Sixth Dynamic,” lecture, Nov. 13, 1956.

71 he had been pronounced dead: “L. Ron Hubbard, biographical cover note, ‘Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science,’ ” 1972. Hubbard, “Case Analysis—Rock Hunting,” lecture, Aug. 4, 1958, question and answer period.

72 “death assist”: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 144.

73 who received $1 million: Hubbard, Amended Trust Agreement, Jan. 23, 1986.

74 “Let’s get this over with!”: Interview with Steve “Sarge” Pfauth.

75 “I’ll be scouting the way”: Hubbard, “The Sea Org & the Future,” Flag Order 3879, Jan. 19, 1986.

76 Dr. Denk had given him: Tommy Davis told New Times that Hubbard took the medication for allergies. Colin Rigley, “L. Ron Hubbard’s Last Refuge,” New Times, May 28, 2009.

77 Late that night: Robert Vaughn Young, “RVY Update by RVY,” Sept. 2, 1998.

78 The site was so secret: Steve “Sarge” Pfauth, personal communication.

79 “dropped his body”: Ibid.

80 “any grief bullshit”: Declaration of Vicki Aznaran, March 7, 1994.

81 more than two thousand: Church of Scientology responses to queries.

82 “He has now moved on”: “LRH Death Event—02 of 16—DM Tells of LRH’s Death,” www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUXhJtRWRYM&feature=relmfu

83 Missionaires had been sent: Hubbard, “Flag Order 3879,” Jan. 19, 1986. Robert Vaughn Young, “RVY Update by RVY,” Sept. 2, 1998, www.xenu-directory.net/accounts/youngr19980902.html.

84 “twelve down”: “LRH Death Event 09 Pat Broeker D,” www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2jG7adsPzc&feature=relmfu

85 “People think I’m trying”: Interview with John Brousseau.

86 Uzi machine gun: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 150.

87 Mark Rathbun: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

88 She told the chaplain: Interview with Aerial Long.