L. Ron Hubbard: Sleeping with Bandits, Hunting with Pygmies And So On

Decoding the Gurus by Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne

May 31, 202602:24:31Society & Culture

The Decoders wrap up cult season by dissecting a titan of the cult scene, the founder of Scientology, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard or L. Ron for short. A prolific science fiction author, L. Ron founded an alternative self-he...

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