Together, we planned a series of missions to take over the GO, investigate it and reform it thoroughly. ", INTERVIEWER: "What happened to your second wife? A curly haired, middle-aged woman - who US magazine National . I have not at any time believed otherwise than that L. Ron Hubbard is a fine and brilliant man. He dubbed her "the alley-cat" after an unnamed mutual acquaintance told him that Parsons's attraction to her was like "a yellow pup bumming around with his snout glued to the rump of an alley-cat. There was no shortage of work for her to do; further legal difficulties were anticipated, as there was a New York grand jury investigating Operation Freakout, the GO's campaign against New York author Paulette Cooper, and a Florida grand jury looking into Scientology's activities in Clearwater. That is the amazing part about it. [51] Around the end of February 1980, Ron Hubbard went into hiding[52] and remained in seclusion in the small town of Creston, California, for the remaining six years of his life. [2] Parsons' interest in the occult led in 1939 to him and Helen joining the Pasadena branch of the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.). Her salary was relatively modest, amounting to $30,430 ($150,732 in 2007 prices) between 1970 and 1972, though she did also benefit from tens of thousands of dollars a year in living expenses paid for by the Church of Scientology. [73] The controversy surrounding the divorce had severely dented his reputation. As part of a wider strategy codenamed Operation Snow White, the GO succeeded in infiltrating a Scientologist into the IRS to steal files about the government's litigation strategy against Scientology. "[13] Ken Urquhart, who worked for the Hubbards as their butler in the 1960s, commented that Mary Sue "could be very sweet and loving, but also very cold. "[43], By October, the Foundation's financial affairs had reached a crisis point. Last edited on 17 February 2023, at 05:30, International Association of Scientologists, "Will the L. Ron Hubbard House Turn a Camelback Neighborhood Into a Scientology Recruitment Mecca? While previously published books have mentioned part of this . [11] and had a son in 1943 who bore Parsons' surname but who was almost certainly fathered by Smith. His first wife had not obtained divorce until '47 and he was married in '46. That's what he was really worried about, that she would reveal during the case that she was only relaying his orders. Northrup played a significant role in the development of Dianetics, Hubbard's "modern science of mental health", between 1948 and 1951. The primary exponent of Scientology is the Church of Scientology, a centralized and hierarchical organization based in Florida, although many practitioners . 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. The 1969 NASA moon landing was staged in Piedmont NM. Hubbard had a personal steward, as did Mary Sue and the Hubbard children, who all had their own cabins. That's it. 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]. folders or files" to obtain information for purposes of intimidation and or harassment is repugnant. View Gallery. Hubbard married his third wife, Mary Sue Whipp, in 1952. Liked this page? Your character is superior. Despite insisting on clean living and even prohibiting followers from taking necessary medication, Hubbard loved to party. I just wanted to be free of him! In July 1949 I was in Elizabeth, New Jersey, writing a movie. The late wife of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard left her home to her prized pooch, who survived its master by 11 years and lived it up in a multi-million-dollar Los Angeles pad. The wife of the founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, has filed a $5 million suit against Mr. Hubbard's son, charging "massive fraud" in his 1982 effort to have his father declared legally dead or mentally incompetent. That title that states that L. Ron Hubbard built the Georgia Guidestones is absurd. By that time, Hubbard had separated from his first wife, Margaret "Polly" Grubb, but he was still legally married to her when he proposed to Northrup. After the vessel had been renovated by Scientologists, Mary Sue and the children moved into the upper-deck accommodation in November 1968. Mary Sue was given partial responsibility for running the new Dianetics establishment. Quentin committed suicide in Las. [75] L. Ron Hubbard died on January 24, 1986, at his ranch near Creston, California. members. The Hubbards returned to the United States in November when their visa expired and moved into an apartment in Philadelphia. The Hubbards moved back to London in February 1959, settling for a while in Golders Green. IAS Patrons, Impact #53 (1994), pp. Alexis will get a fortune unless she goes to you as she would then get nothing. She became involved in Hubbard's Dianetics in 1951, while still a student at the University of Texas at Austin, becoming a Dianetics auditor. I had hoped that you could straighten him out. I'll just go to the airplane. There followed a turbulent period during which Ron successfully wrested his materials from the early boards of directors. In three years of marriage to Hubbard, she had set up home in seven different states and had never stayed in one place for more than a few months. [38] Northrup became Hubbard's personal auditor (Dianetic counselor)[39] and was hailed by him as one of the first Dianetic "Clears". David was an original deputy to the late founder L. Ron Hubbard and had been working in the upper hierarchy of the Church since he was a teenager. She struck the familiar pose of not seeing, hearing or knowing any evil. The reactions of Parsons and Helen towards Northrup were markedly different. His family wasn't there. And I'm very happily married just now. [79], The establishment and expansion of Scientology. [76], A Scientology spokesman informed the press that she had been left "a very generous provision" in her husband's will,[77] though the details were kept secret. On 9 June 1951, Sara signed a handwritten statement scrawled on the notepaper of The Hubbard Dianetic Foundation Inc. of Wichita agreeing to cancel her receivership action and divorce suit in California in return for a divorce "guaranteed by L. Ron Hubbard" in mid-June. I have many experiments in mind.[16]. [22] Northrup was able to dissuade Parsons from pressing his case by threatening to expose their past relationship, which had begun when she was under the legal age of consent. "[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. . 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. [8], Northrup joined the O.T.O. Mary Sue was promoted to the position of Controller "for life" of the Guardian's Office in January 1969, with one of her subordinates, Jane Kember, being appointed to Mary Sue's old post of Guardian. Hubbard was struggling with illness in 1980 and he was living in San Luis Obisbo . 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]. To that end he wrote Dianetics, proving to all the world just how mediocre a writer he was . She subsequently married one of Hubbard's former employees, Miles Hollister, and moved to Hawaii and later Massachusetts, where she died in 1997. The Hubbards had four children: Diana (born 1952), Quentin (19541976), Suzette (born 1955), and Arthur (born 1958). [10], Although both were committed O.T.O. member, wrote to Karl Germer to explain the situation: As you may know by this time, Brother John signed a partnership agreement with this Ron and Betty whereby all money earned by the three for life is equally divided between the three. It is thought to have been written around 19467 as part of an attempted program of self-hypnotism. You are a greater person. There, creased between space adventures and tales of alien invasion, were the pages . The Hubbards moved to a new house in Elizabeth to be near the Foundation. Ernie was adopted by Mrs. Kanzler, the sister of the wife of Edsel Ford, at the request of Katherine Hepburn. I cared for her rather deeply but I have no desire to control her emotions, and I can, I hope, control my own. [58] She subsequently changed her mind, believing that she had been tricked, and wrote to her husband to complain but received no response. Born as Henry August Wilson, adopted by James W. Hubbard and Philena Jane Potter Hubbard, who changed his name to Harry Ross Hubbard. According to Northrup's later recollections she repeatedly refused him but relented after he threatened to kill himself. She soon began an affair with Hubbard, who had just been divorced from his second wife Sara, and moved in with him within only a few weeks of arriving in Wichita. [citation needed], The Hubbards traveled to England in September 1952 when Mary Sue was eight months pregnant. "[8] She believed all of it, though none of his claims of wartime action or injuries was true.[8]. "[90], After the documentary-maker Alex Gibney directed the film Going Clear, based on Wright's book of the same name and citing Northrup's words about Hubbard, the Church published a video calling Northrup a "failed gold digger" and "self admitted perjurer" who was responsible for "a get-rich-quick scheme [concocted] by the woman and her publicity starved lawyer to try to shake down Mr. Hubbard for money and take over the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation after Dianetics soared to the top of national bestseller lists. [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. About Harry Ross Hubbard. She informed us that she did not appreciate our investigation of the GO and that if one were needed she would do it. Although he bluffed it out initially, a warrant was issued for his arrest in August. She played a major role in the creation of Dianetics, which evolved into the religious movement Scientology. I need a magical partner. [58] After a fruitless six-week search she finally filed a writ of habeas corpus at the Los Angeles Superior Court in April 1951, demanding the return of Alexis. Parsons initially attempted to obtain redress through magical means, carrying out a "Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram" to curse Hubbard and Northrup. According to Northrup, Hubbard began beating her when they were in Florida in the summer of 1946. [3], The Hubbards returned again to London at the end of September 1955, where they took over the day-to-day management of the Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. Mary Sue then travelled with Ron to Phoenix, Arizona where they established the first organisation. "[13] Concluding that she was a vampire, which he defined as "an elemental or demon in the form of a woman" who sought to "lure the Candidate to his destruction," he warned that Northrup was a grave danger to Parsons and to the "Great Work" which the O.T.O. Fortunately for Northrup as it was the peak of the McCarthyite "Red Scare" Hubbard's allegations were apparently ignored by the FBI, which filed his letter but took no further action. I loved to make plots. Hubbard turned up and took the child. A chance meeting with a man named Jack Parsons led to Hubbard and his new friend performing a bizarre ritual. By that time, however, he had moved to Wichita, Kansas. by nevalalee February 1, 2017. She did, however, resurface on a few occasions during the remaining years of her life. Mary Sue was appointed by her husband as Guardian (later Controller) of the Guardian's Office (GO) in March 1966. She gave Hubbard four more children - Diana, Quentin, Suzette and Arthur - over the next six years. "[15], Mary Sue became pregnant again four months after Quentin's birth and on February 13, 1955, in Washington, D.C., she gave birth to her second daughter, Mary Suzette Rochelle Hubbard. They set up a business partnership on January 15, 1946 under the name of "Allied Enterprises", with Parsons putting up $20,000 of capital, Hubbard adding $1,200 and Northrup contributing nothing. A szcientolgia kveti gyakran nevnek kezdbetivel . I can never pronounce her name. He thought I had thrown in with the psychiatrists, with the devils. Hubbard's financial troubles were reflected in his attempts to persuade the Veterans Administration to increase his pension award on the grounds of a variety of ailments which he said were preventing him finding a job. Her allegations produced more lurid headlines: not only was Hubbard accused of bigamy and kidnapping, but she had been subjected to "systematic torture, including loss of sleep, beatings, and strangulations and scientific experiments". "[63], The divorce writ prompted a deluge of bad publicity for Hubbard and elicited an unexpected letter to Northrup from his first wife, Polly, who wrote: "If I can help in any way I'd like toYou must get Alexis in your custodyRon is not normal. 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). His sexual difficulties with Northrup, for which he was taking testosterone supplements, are a significant feature of the document. [40], Dianetics became an immediate bestseller when it was published in May 1950. As far as I know, all his policies and doctrines were race-neutral, which is a big deal for someone from the 1940s. After the British Sunday Times newspaper published an expos of Hubbard's membership of the O.T.O. [25][26], Around the same time, Hubbard proposed marriage to Northrup. CMO staff investigating the GO were physically expelled from the Church of Scientology's Los Angeles headquarters, and the Controller's files were guarded day and night. [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. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. [2] She grew up in Houston, where she attended Rice University for a year before moving on to the University of Texas at Austin, from which she graduated as a Bachelor of Arts. ismertebb nevn L. Ron Hubbard amerikai sci-fi -r s a szcientolgia egyhz alaptja. Apart from captaining the Royal Scotman for a period, Mary Sue's duties included managing the sprawling empire of the Guardian's Office agency within the Church of Scientology and serving as the chair of an executive group known variously as the Commodore's Staff Aides, the Aides Council, and the International Board of Scientology Organizations. Meals for the Commodore and his family were cooked in a separate galley by their personal chef, using ingredients brought by couriers from the United States.[26]. January 8, 1983 Mary Sue Hubbard, wife of the founder of the Church of Scientology, was sentenced in federal court here yesterday to four years in prison for her role in a conspiracy to plant. I thought she was going to blow my head off. "[8] He was a striking figure who habitually wore dark glasses and carried a cane with a silver handle, the need for which he attributed to his wartime service: as Northrup later put it, "He was not only a writer but he was the captain of a ship that had been downed in the Pacific and he was weeks on a raft and had been blinded by the sun and his back had been broken. [18] Hubbard and Northrup left for Florida towards the end of April, Hubbard taking with him $10,000 drawn from the Allied Enterprises account to fund the purchase of the partnership's first yacht. 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. She was a sole signatory to the Church of Scientology's trust accounts and was also a director of the Operation Transport Corporation (OTC), a company established in 1968 that served as a conduit for cash transfers from the Church of Scientology to L. Ron Hubbard personally; it was characterized by US Tax Court as a "sham corporation" whose role was the enrichment of the Hubbards. By this time, Mary Sue was well advanced with her second pregnancy and remained largely confined to a rented house at Medford Lakes, New Jersey. The dispute immediately became front-page news: the newspapers ran headlines such as "Cult Founder Accused of Tot Kidnap", "'Dianetic' Hubbard Accused of Plot to Kidnap Wife", and "Hiding of Baby Charged to Dianetics Author". Fiercely loyal to her husband, brusque and autocratic, she could be a dangerous enemy. This was done before his divorce from his first wife, Polly. The suit was filed by Mr. Hubbard's third wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, the stepmother of Mr. Hubbard's oldest son, Ronald DeWolf. 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. [7] Her parents not only knew about her unconventional living arrangements but supported Parsons' group financially. I think I have made a great gain and as Betty and I are the best of friends, there is little loss. "[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. 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. 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. My libido is so low I hardly admire her naked. [47], The espionage continued for another three months before Meisner's luck ran out and he was caught in June 1976. "[94], Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, "Scientology and the Occult: Hugh Urban's new exploration of L. Ron Hubbard and Aleister Crowley", Miller, Russell. Illustration by Pat Barrett. [56] The Messengers, who were mostly in their teens and early twenties, became Hubbard's sole means of communication with the Church. [9], In June 1941, at the age of seventeen, she began a passionate affair with Parsons while her sister Helen was away on vacation. "I just ran across the airfield, across the runways, to the airport and got on the plane. Apparently it is the ordinary confidence trick."[19]. Suspected only. "[10] When Helen returned, she found Northrup wearing Helen's own clothes and calling herself Parsons' "new wife." Hubbard was an Eagle Scout. He sold his first story in February 1934, an adventure tale called "The Green God" that featured a heroic American killing a bunch of Chinese bad guys. I am better suited to her temperamentally we get on well. She was a highly intelligent woman who helped her husband with his research and writing. Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Hope to see you once more. "[76] As Downsborough put it, he portrayed himself as "a constant victim of women". Her real motive in filing for divorce, he said, was to seize control of Dianetics. [33] When it became known in October 1974 that the FBI wished to interview Hubbard, Mary Sue persuaded her husband to avoid going ashore in the United States and the Apollo spent the next year sailing from port to port in the Caribbean. A year later, on August 15, 1978, Mary Sue Hubbard was indicted by a grand jury, accused of masterminding a conspiracy against the government in her capacity as head of the Church's Guardian's Office.[39]. [27] The Royal Scotman was later renamed the Apollo. Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard served in the US Navy in the 1940s. She worked with her husband, completing tasks for him and helping to dull his temper when he raged at other members. Granada's reporter commented: "What Hubbard said happens to be untrue. His second wife, Sarah, claimed mental and . Hubbard became Parsons' "magical partner" for a sex magic ritual that was intended to summon an incarnation of a goddess. "[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. She obtained a Hubbard Dianetic Auditor's Certificate and joined the Foundation's staff. The raids of July 1977 were the result.[49]. After Hubbard was convicted of petty theft in San Luis Obispo in August 1948,[32] the couple moved again to Savannah, Georgia. . [42] Mary Sue continued to manage the GO from her various residences aboard the Apollo, and the villa in Tangier. [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. 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. "[83], Despite clearly being written by Hubbard, who spoke in the first person in the letter, it was signed "Your good friend, J. Edgar Hoover". On the other hand her credibility leaves much to be desired. It is now in the Stephen A. Kent Collection on Alternative Religions at the University of Alberta. [31] Hubbard returned to the United States, living under a false name in New York City while Mary Sue and the children remained aboard the Apollo. He went to live at the house and investigated the black magic rites and the general situation and found them very bad. . 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. Sharp chin, broad forehead, rather Slavic. Therefore, the worst possible penalty a Scientology child molester could receive in a Scientology religious arbitration would be a Suppressive Person declare. By this time the Foundation had filed for bankruptcy, and Hubbard's erstwhile backer, Don Purcell, was left to deal with its substantial debts. On the night of February 24, 1951, Alexis was being looked after by John Sanborne while Northrup had a night at the movies. On "Scientology and the Aftermath," Leah Remini discussed the family members of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and the abuse they suffered. en.wikipedia.org 48K 1.5K 1.5K comments Best Add a Comment SoylentPersons 4 yr. ago Did she then get disappeared like David Miscavige's wife? 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.