Please do believe I do so want to help you get Alexis."[64]. He wasn't married to her. From our brother's account he has given away both his girl and his money. In 1947, Polly filed for divorce and was granted the custody of her children . In the end, Hubbard's wife and the others were found guilty of charges of conspiracy and burglary. L. Ron Hubbard (1911 - 1986), often referred to by his initials, LRH, was an American author and the founder of the Church of Scientology. According to his public relations assistant, Barbara Klowden, Hubbard became increasingly paranoid and authoritarian due to "political and organizational problems with people grabbing for power. [67] She met him in Wichita to resolve the situation. of age, 5'10", 140 lbs. In 1933, Northrup's 22-year-old sister Helen met the 18-year-old Jack Parsons, a chemist who went on to be a noted expert in rocket propulsion. From 1941 to 1945 she had a turbulent relationship with her sister's husband John Whiteside Parsons, a pioneer in liquid-fueled rocketry and head of the Pasadena O.T.O. The reactions of Parsons and Helen towards Northrup were markedly different. After two days of shredding, any documents . Hubbard was struggling with illness in 1980 and he was living in San Luis Obisbo . She recalled that "I got up and left the house in the night and walked on the ice of the lake because I was terrified." He thought I had thrown in with the psychiatrists, with the devils. They eventually married and got a house in Malibu and we became friends; I remember they introduced me to pot. Parsons took an immediate liking to Hubbard and invited him to stay in the house for the duration of his leave. This proved a puzzle since where there is no legal marriage, there can't be any divorce. She turned up destitute and pregnant. "[12] Joan Vidal, a friend of the sculptor Edward Harris, who was commissioned by Hubbard to create a bust of him, described Mary Sue as "a rather drab, mousy, nothing sort of person, quite a bit younger than him. The boat was soon sold to ease the couple's shortage of cash. She became involved in Hubbard's Dianetics in 1951, while still a student at the University of Texas at Austin, becoming a Dianetics auditor. Various Scientology experts are now comparing David's disappearance to that of founder L. Ron Hubbard, who died in 1986 after spending years dealing with lawsuits and legal battles until he became . [38] Northrup became Hubbard's personal auditor (Dianetic counselor)[39] and was hailed by him as one of the first Dianetic "Clears". L. Ron Hubbard Biography: Author of Scientology Parsons was deeply dismayed but tried to put a brave face on the situation, informing Aleister Crowley: About three months ago I met Captain [sic] L. Ron Hubbard, a writer and explorer of whom I had known for some time He is a gentleman; he has red hair, green eyes, is honest and intelligent, and we have become great friends. According to him, Sara had served a stretch at Tahatchapie [sic] (in a desert woman's prison) and was a dope addict. . "[65] He accused Northrup of having conspired in a bid to assassinate him and described how he had found love letters to his wife from Hollister, a "member of the Young Communists." "[34] One night while they were living beside a frozen lake in Stroudsburg, Hubbard hit her across the face with his .45 pistol. [36], In October 1976, Hubbard's eldest son by Mary Sue, Quentin, died by suicide at the age of 22. She was born into a criminal atmosphere, her father having a criminal record. The divorce of Sara Hubbard, April 1951 - Spaink Northrup's daughter Alexis, who was by now twenty-one years old, attempted to contact her father but was rebuffed in a handwritten statement in which Hubbard denied that he was her father: "Your mother was with me as a secretary in Savannah in late 1948 . . He moved in with me about two months ago, and although Betty and I are still friendly, she has transferred her sexual affection to Ron. "[79] Hubbard also gave a new explanation of why he had been involved with Jack Parsons and the O.T.O. [1] Your character is superior. An explorer, a mystic, a bestselling author, a nuclear physicist . [33] She later recalled: "I would often entertain him with plots so he could write. "[53] She was bundled into the back of a car and driven to San Bernardino, California, where Hubbard attempted to find a doctor to examine his wife and declare her insane. Born as Henry August Wilson, adopted by James W. Hubbard and Philena Jane Potter Hubbard, who changed his name to Harry Ross Hubbard. With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most enduring and widely read authors of our time. [32] They were reunited in September 1973, when the possibility of extradition had passed. [55] He listed them as: SARA NORTHRUP (HUBBARD): formerly of 1003 S. Orange Grove Avenue, Pasadena, Calif. 25 yrs. She told the court that she had not seen her husband since January 1980, "but I've written him personal letters but I don't believe he's getting them" as he had not replied to them. The Bizarre True Story of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard In July 1949 I was in Elizabeth, New Jersey, writing a movie. But he did save her life and pull her out of that whole black magic ring. She was credited with helping to coin the word "Scientology". Excerpt from Wikipedia: "Operation Snow White was a criminal conspiracy by the Church of Scientology during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. Chapter Four : The Final Days - Los Angeles Times A few hours later, he returned with two of his Dianetics Foundation staff and told Northrup, who was now back at her apartment: "We have Alexis and you'll never see her alive unless you come with us. This, plus her absolute control of the GO, made it difficult for the Church missionaires [Sea Org staff dispatched to achieve a target or specific goal] to get anything done. Eventually she did so. His search was unsuccessful and he released her at Yuma Airport across the state line in Arizona. Interviewed more than 35 years later, Northrup stated that she had signed the statement because "I thought by doing so he would leave me and Alexis alone. It has been variously defined as a cult, a business, or a new religious movement. The writer Lawrence Wright was told in September 2010 by Tommy Davis, the then spokesman for the Church of Scientology, that Hubbard "was never married to Sara Northrup. Founder of scientology son's death: What happened to Quentin Hubbard? This was the only time Hubbard allowed an outside crew to interview him. "[24] They were married in the middle of the night of August 10, 1946 at Chestertown, Maryland after awakening a minister and roping in his wife and housekeeper to serve as witnesses. [85], Neither Northrup nor Alexis made any further attempt to contact Hubbard, who disinherited Alexis in his will, written in January 1986 on the day before he died. I gathered a couple of dozen of the most proven Church executives from around the world and briefed them on the criminal and other unethical conduct of the GO. 6.3K [30] Their sojourn in Morocco ended abruptly in December 1972 when it became clear that the Church of Scientology was about to be indicted in France for fraud, and that Hubbard himself was potentially at risk of being extradited to appear in court if the case went to trial. "[24], The couple moved repeatedly over the following year first to Laguna Beach, California,[28] then to Santa Catalina Island, California,[29] New York City,[30] Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania[31] and ultimately to Hubbard's first wife's home at South Colby, Washington. [86] In June 1986 the Church of Scientology and Alexis agreed a financial settlement under which she was compelled not to write or speak on the subject of L. Ron Hubbard and her relationship to him. Your passion for Betty also gave you the magical force needed at the time, and the act of adultery tinged with incest, served as your magical confirmation in the law of Thelema. Black hair. I did not know or realize these things until I myself investigated the matter. The Untold Story of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard's Secret Pact [2], Although she later remembered her childhood with warmth, Northrup's upbringing was marred by her sexually abusive father, who was imprisoned in 1928 for financial fraud. Recently released FBI files show L. Ron Hubbard offering to - MuckRock [35] The presence of the Hubbards was meant to be a secret, but in January 1976 he was recognized by a science fiction fan while on a shopping trip. [18] Not long afterwards Hubbard bought Saint Hill Manor at Saint Hill Green, near East Grinstead, West Sussex. [20], Northrup later recalled that the boat had been caught in a hurricane in the Panama Canal, damaging it too badly to be able to continue the voyage to California. [68] The original sentence of five years imprisonment was not carried out, and the court ordered a study of her claimed medical problems, before eventually replacing her sentence with a four-year term of imprisonment, with parole set at 40 months. [3] In it, she thanked her husband "for having given the most precious gifts of freedom and true beingness to me and my fellow man. Although she was not yet twenty-four years old, she exercised considerable power within the Scientology movement and people around Hubbard quickly learned to be wary of her. On the other hand her credibility leaves much to be desired. Scientology Founder's Family Life Far From What He Preached - SFGATE [11] and had a son in 1943 who bore Parsons' surname but who was almost certainly fathered by Smith. Mary Sue attempted to contact her husband to rescind the CMO's takeover bid but failed, and admitted defeat when the Messengers produced an undated dispatch from Hubbard instructing the GO to be put under the CMO when its senior executives went to prison. He was having a lot of problems with her. L.Ron Hubbard's Death - Scientolipedia In this same year, Hubbard launched a new religion based on two books he had written, Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science, and Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. It is now in the Stephen A. Kent Collection on Alternative Religions at the University of Alberta. Father of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. I have no revenge motive nor am I trying to angle this broader than it is. [36] This eventually became the first draft of Hubbard's book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, which marked the foundation of Dianetics and ultimately of Scientology. [12], Northrup's hostility towards other members of the O.T.O. Northrup agreed but Hubbard reneged on the deal and flew to Chicago, where he found a psychologist who wrote a favorable report about his mental condition to refute Northrup's accusations. I remember he said to me I was the only person he knew who would set up a white silk tent for him. [9], In June 1941, at the age of seventeen, she began a passionate affair with Parsons while her sister Helen was away on vacation. She was a leading figure in Scientology for much of her life. That's it. [38] The raids were in response to the federal government's discovery that the Church of Scientology had been carrying out a secret and highly illegal "dirty tricks" campaign against government agencies, individuals, and institutions deemed to be enemies of Scientology. [1] Parsons had subdivided the house, a rambling mansion next door to the estate of Adolphus Busch (which later became the first Busch Gardens), into 19 apartments which he populated with a mixture of artists, writers, scientists and occultists. Mary Sue Hubbard | Scientology Lies Why is he lying about this? He had Dick de Mille reciting this sort of thing day and night to her. It began when Sara's father died. Quentin was Hubbard's fourth child - his second son - to his third wife, Mary Sue Hubbard. He had worked as an archivist for the Church of Scientology, gathering source material for a planned biography of L. Ron Hubbard. Alexis Connolly, L. Ron Hubbard's daughter, surfaces online [33] The couple moved to a rented trailer in North Hollywood in July 1947, where Hubbard spent much of his time writing stories for pulp magazines. Scientology Goes There: Argues Child Molestation is a Religious Alec Nevala-Lee, author of Astounding, a forthcoming book on the history of science fiction, digs into the writing career of L. Ron Hubbard, gaining new insights into the life of the controversial founder of dianetics and the origins and nature of Scientology itself. [4], She became pregnant in February 1952 and married Hubbard the next month. Maybe he should be reincarnated as a rabbit. Later, Hubbard said his wife left him because he was a cripple: [44] Klowden recalled that Northrup "was very hostile to me. She was not the affectionate type, she was more efficient than affectionate. She was a highly intelligent woman who helped her husband with his research and writing. And it was the nineteenth of June and it was the happiest day of my life. Strange Angel: How Scientology's L. Ron Hubbard Fits Into Its Sex Cult She intended to make use of this discovery by writing a book that would be "completely anti-Christ". Despite her shock and humiliation, she felt compelled to return to Hubbard. His misfortunes had been caused by "a woman known as Sara Elizabeth Northrup . [71] In June 1984, Judge Paul G. Breckenridge ruled against the Church and Mary Sue Hubbard, criticizing her credibility as a witness: LRH's wife, Mary Sue Hubbard is also plaintiff herein. While still quite racist, L. Ron was actually far less racist than his contemporaries. We are very gay companions. L. Ron Hubbard in Ocala Star-Banner - Jan 30 1986 view all Immediate Family Margaret Ochs ex-wife Ronald DeWolf son Catherine May Gillespie daughter Sara Northup Hollister ex-wife Private child Mary Sue Hubbard wife Diana Meredith Horwich daughter Quentin Hubbard son Mary Suzette Rochelle White daughter Arthur Ronald Conway Hubbard son Burglaries and Lies Paved a Path to Prison - Los Angeles Times She attempted to flee on a ferry but Hubbard caught up with her and convinced her to stay, saying that he was in the process of getting a divorce and that an attorney had told him that the marriage with Northrup was legal. [70] Her reunion with her daughter was uncertain to the last, as Hubbard had second thoughts about letting her go as he drove Northrup and Alexis to the local airport. The hugely popular recent HBO documentary (Going Clear, by Alex Gibney) has once again called into question the authenticity of L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology.As the debate rages over his life and work, we're taking a look at some of the . She joined as a teenager along with her older sister Helen. Alexis will get a fortune unless she goes to you as she would then get nothing. [84] Even his own staff were shocked by the contents of Hubbard's letter; he ended his instructions to them with the statement, "Decency is not a subject well understood". However, there were a number of obstacles to overcome before the termination of the GO could be accomplished. Wives | Scientology 101 She filed for divorce in an effort to try and create a false record that she had been married to him." They would go to bed very late, usually in the small hours of the morning, and get up in the early afternoon [Mary Sue] had a separate bedroom, but usually had breakfast with him scrambled eggs, sausages, mushrooms and tomatoes. [32] Northrup had no idea of Hubbard's first marriage or why people were treating her so strangely until his son L. Ron Hubbard Jr. told her that his parents were still married. The final experiment members. [25] The difference in the quality of living conditions between the Hubbards and the crew was stark: Most of the crew lived in cramped, smelly, roach-infested dormitories fitted with bunks in three tiers that left little room for personal possessions. After her resignation from the GO, Mary Sue Hubbard ceased to have any involvement in the management of the Church of Scientology. 24 Award-winning Authors and Illustrators 3 Bonus Short Stories by Kevin J. Anderson L. Ron Hubbard S. M. Stirling Art and . [3] She originally intended to work in petroleum research, but a friend persuaded her to travel with him to Wichita, Kansas, in mid-1951 to take a Dianetics course at the Hubbard Dianetic Foundation. The only reason a person gives up a study or becomes confused or unable to learn is because he or she has gone past a word that was not understood.', and 'To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. In the pulp-printed pages of a May 1950 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, L. Ron Hubbard published, for the first time, a work that would one day grow into an entire religion: Dianetics. A "Founding Church of Scientology" was established in Washington, D.C. and Mary Sue became its first Academy Supervisor. Her achievement was commemorated in a special tribute edition of the Scientology newspaper The Auditor, titled simply: "Mary Sue Hubbard Clear #208". "I thought he was pretty. In his final moments, the man who created a religion with a massive following was . To that end he wrote Dianetics, proving to all the world just how mediocre a writer he was . [43] L. Ron Hubbard was said to have been fully aware of the GO's actions; the US government would later declare him to be an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the GO's illegal activities. ", INTERVIEWER: "What happened to your second wife? Or whatever. "[59] On April 19, as Barbara Klowden recorded in her journal, Hubbard telephoned her from Wichita and told her "he was not legally married. Outspokenly disloyal to the U.S.[56], In another letter sent in March, Hubbard told the FBI that Northrup was a Communist and a drug addict, and offered a $10,000 reward to anyone who could resolve Northrup's problems through the application of Dianetics techniques.[57]. Check out this great listen on Audible.com. [75], Many years later, another of his followers, Virginia Downsborough, recalled that during the mid-1960s he "talked a lot about Sara Northrup and seemed to want to make sure that I knew he had never married her. The black magic group was dispersed and destroyed and has never recovered. She had been part of Jack Parsons' group because "she had been sent in there by the Russians. Mary Sue was appointed by her husband as Guardian (later Controller) of the Guardian's Office (GO) in March 1966. [41] Its eventual downfall was to result from the use of illegal methods, ordered and authorized by Mary Sue, to further its campaign. [51], Northrup went to a psychiatrist to obtain advice about Hubbard's increasingly violent and irrational behaviour, and was told that he probably needed to be institutionalized and that she was in serious danger. An archive of documents released by FBI about L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. His sexual difficulties with Northrup, for which he was taking testosterone supplements, are a significant feature of the document. I cared for her rather deeply but I have no desire to control her emotions, and I can, I hope, control my own. [66] She lost her final appeal in April 1982[67] and was ordered to begin a prison term in January 1983. [46] In March 1976, she approved an illegal plan to obtain "non-FOI data" from the government, meaning classified documents not available through the Freedom of Information Act. An attempt was made to have her sign an affidavit stating that she was in fact the daughter of L. Ron Hubbard's first son, her half-brother L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.[87], As the United Press International news agency noted, Church of Scientology biographies of Hubbard's life do not mention either of his first two wives. TIL L Ron Hubbard's first wife once discovered two love letters the Scientology founder had written, to two different women, in the couple's outgoing mail. Here I am in Miami pursuing the children of my folly; they cannot move without going to jail. The house was torn down. Heber Jentzsch, president of . I just wanted to be free of him! [48] Meisner became increasingly reluctant to cooperate with his GO handlers and in April 1977 he was forcibly taken by GO staff to a new hiding place. There he wrote a letter informing the FBI that Northrup and her lover Miles Hollister whom he had fired from the Foundation's staff and, according to Hollister, had also threatened to kill[54] were among fifteen "known or suspected Communists" in his organization. By that time, however, he had moved to Wichita, Kansas. L. Ron Hubbard made it a high crime for any Scientologist to turn over any other Scientologist to the police. She played a major role in the creation of Dianetics, which evolved into the religious movement Scientology. whom I believed to be my wife, having married her and then, after some mix-up about a divorce, believed to be my wife in common law. In 1960, Leni Riefenstahl and L. Ron Hubbard briefly collaborated on a screenplay that was to be a remake of her popular 1932 film directing debut, Das blaue Licht ('The Blue Light'). It must be noted that Mary Sue Hubbard believed her position as Controller and as the "Founder's wife" to be unassailable and beyond reproach by anyone but Mr. Hubbard who was not around at the time, a fact that she was well aware of. Mary Sue Hubbard was still asserting her authority over the GO from her position as Controller. Its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, has been described variously as the man who "solved the riddle of the human mind" (by the Church of Scientology), 4 as "a mental case" (by the FBI), 5 and as "hopelessly insane" (by his former wife). My libido is so low I hardly admire her naked. Not only was the GO not handling these suits, the GO, and particularly Mary Sue Hubbard, even refused to answer our questions about the suits because they viewed themselves answerable only to persons within the GO Our attempts to get information were thwarted by Mary Sue Hubbard. Center of most turbulence in our organization. She was also a very attractive woman, which helped to draw people into the Church. She kept saying to me, 'What is he worried about?' 28 Photos Of L. Ron Hubbard And The Birth Of Scientology. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard ( Tilden, Nebraska, 1911. mrcius 13. [19] The manor, a country house formerly owned by Sawai Man Singh II, the Maharajah of Jaipur, became both the new home of the Hubbards and the world headquarters of Scientology. About 22 yrs, 6', 180 lbs. The Ole Doc Methuselah series was done that way. L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers Of The Future; Tuesday Trash And Trouble ~ The Friday Night Mystery Club by Joanna Campbell Slan; The Adventures Of Winston The Pig: Meet Winston ~ Guest Post And Giveaway; No Small Murder ~ A Mini-Meadows Mystery by Lena Gregory; Invocation: Days Of Iron & Clay by Aileen Erin ~ Cover Reveal And Giveaway; categories In the world of speculative fiction Your favorite authors Have selected best new voices of the year. The 1969 NASA moon landing was staged in Piedmont NM. Mary Sue Hubbard (ne Whipp; June 17, 1931 November 25, 2002[1]) was the third wife of L. Ron Hubbard, from 1952 until his death in 1986. [49] The situation soon became tense again; Richard de Mille, nephew of the famous director Cecil B. de Mille, recalled that "there was a lot of turmoil and dissension in the Foundation at the time; he kept accusing Communists of trying to take control and he was having difficulties with Northrup. Scientology Founder's Wife Gets Prison Term - Washington Post The Guardian Office was no respector of anyone's civil rights, particularly that of privacy. "[3] Russell Miller gives a different explanation: "Hubbard wanted to go to London to establish his control over the small Dianetics group which had formed there spontaneously and Mary Sue insisted on accompanying him. Illustration by Pat Barrett. But I am 13 years older than she. He was struggling with constant writer's block and leaned heavily on Northrup to provide plot ideas and even to help write some of his stories. Sharp chin, broad forehead, rather Slavic. List of Books by L. Ron Hubbard | Barnes & Noble was carrying out in California. Northrup was one of five children born to Thomas Cowley, an Englishman working for the Standard Oil Company, and his wife, Olga Nelson, the daughter of a Swedish immigrant to the United States. [16] They remained there until 1957, when Hubbard returned to lecture at the Academy of Scientology in Washington, D.C., with Mary Sue and the children following later. How many girls is a man entitled to in one lifetime, anyway? Perhaps in your criminal files or on the police blotter of Pasadena you will find Sara Elizabeth Northrop, age about 26, born April 8, 1925, about 5'9", blond-brown hair, slender . TIL L Ron Hubbard's first wife once discovered two love - reddit John Sanborne, who worked with Hubbard for many years, recalled: Earlier on (before the divorce) he made this stupid attempt to get Northrup brainwashed so she'd do what he said. By this time Mary Sue was pregnant for a fourth time and gave birth to her final child, Arthur Ronald Conway Hubbard, on June 6, 1958.[17]. [29], The Hubbards moved ashore in March 1972 after three years traveling aboard their ship from port to port in the Mediterranean. According to the Church of Scientology, Hubbard himself did not find out about Mary Sue's resignation until five months later. "[3], During the late 1960s, Scientology was faced by an increasingly hostile media and intensifying government scrutiny in a number of countries, notably Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. A disaster on the scale of the GO criminal case was clearly the result of the activities of someone hostile to Scientology a Suppressive Person operating within the GO. [3] The couple had three daughters. The suit was filed by Mr. Hubbard's third wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, the stepmother of Mr. Hubbard's oldest son, Ronald DeWolf. Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard served in the US Navy in the 1940s. [1] She soon rose to the rank of a second degree member, or "Magician", of the O.T.O. Northrup told Cooper that Hubbard was a dangerous lunatic, and that although her own life had been transformed when she left him, she was still afraid both of him and of his followers,[92] whom she later described as looking "like Mormons, but with bad complexions. 10 Of The Strangest Stories About Scientology's L. Ron Hubbard Though I will be hospitalized probably a long time, Alexis is getting excellent care. Her actual true name is a Russian name. She told him: "All right, I'll marry you, if that's going to save you. [40] Established in response to the battering that Scientology was receiving at the time from governments and the media, the GO was tasked with tackling any "threat of great importance" to Scientology. Mary Sue Hubbard (Ron's wife and mother to four of his children) and some other leading Guardians Office personnel were imprisoned as a result. As far as I know, all his policies and doctrines were race-neutral, which is a big deal for someone from the 1940s. L. Ron Hubbard dating history Relationships. Please report problems, errors or suggestions to heldal@online.no Download all files as ZIP archive(745Kb) Back to introduction DATE TO FROM DESCRIPTION 16 May 1940 FBI L Ron Hubbard Reporting on a possible Nazi. A Wikimdia Commons tartalmaz L. Ron Hubbard tmj mdiallomnyokat. The situation was potentially disastrous for the GO and caused panic among the leadership. This Guy Claims to Be the Reincarnation of L. Ron Hubbard - Vice Hubbard, who had left his wife and two children with relatives years earlier, bigamously married Sara. Mary Sue Hubbar