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Part Two: L. Ron Hubbard: The Greatest Con-Man In History

Behind the Bastards

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Dianetics - The Story of Sarah Northrop's Divorce

The good news is that Sarah Northrop eventually got both her divorce and her daughter back. In exchange for getting her baby back though, she agreed not to say anything bad about her ex-husband, Elrond Hubbard. He also made her write a statement or rather he wrote a statement and then published it with her name attached to it in the 1950s. By the end of 1951, Dianetics looked to be on its way out. A conference of Dianeticists only drew 112 attendees which is about about a year.

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