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Part Three: L. Ron Hubbard's High Sea Adventures With His Private Cult Navy

Behind the Bastards

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Elron Hubbard and the Singing Grams

Doreen Smith was 12 when she joined the Apollo. She and other messengers interviewed were insistent that while male members of the crew did repeatedly try to have sex with them, Elron Hubbard never did. And he had a bunch of preteen girls doing his every bidding on his boat in international waters. I was like, oh, he's just molesting the hell out of some kids. I can't find any evidence of that. It's weird. Like you would.

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