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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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Introduction

In 1967 Lafayette Ron Hubbard, a 56 year old grandfather and father of seven who's only prior naval experience involved bombing an iron ore deposit, bought a small flotilla of ships. The story I'm about to tell is one of those reasons I can't quite hate Elrond Hubbard. He always did the thing that made him a super villain and in this case it was buying his own navy. Listen to Chasing Sleep on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast.

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