"[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. 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. In the UK alone, it issued hundreds of writs against the media for publishing negative reports on Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard was previously married to Mary Sue Whipp (1952 - 1986), Sara Northrup (1946 - 1951), Margaret Louise Grubb (1933 - 1947) and Margaret Grubb.. L. Ron Hubbard was in relationships with Barbara Kaye (1950) and Mary Sue Hubbard.. About. 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. About 22 yrs, 6', 180 lbs. [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. 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. He was having a lot of problems with her. This work took a variety of forms, including public relations, legal actions, and the gathering of "intelligence" on perceived enemies. [76] Mary Sue Hubbard continued to be active in Scientology well into the 1990s; in a 1994 Scientology magazine, she was listed as a "Patron" of the International Association of Scientologists, indicating a donation of $40,000. 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. The reactions of Parsons and Helen towards Northrup were markedly different. [79], The establishment and expansion of Scientology. Hubbard blamed Klowden for the suicide bid and told her to forget about him and the Foundation, but resumed the affair with her again within a month.[48]. On the one hand she certainly appeared to be a pathetic individual. She played a central role in the financial management of the Church of Scientology's two principal corporations, the Church of Scientology of California and the United Kingdom Church of Scientology. 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. 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. His sexual difficulties with Northrup, for which he was taking testosterone supplements, are a significant feature of the document. They were married in Maryland in 1946. [81], Only a couple of months later, he highlighted Northrup to his staff as a participant in a "full complete covert operation" mounted against Dianetics and Scientology by a "Totalitarian Communistic" enemy. His family wasn't there. Your character is superior. Mary Sue and two others received the heaviest penalties, a five-year prison sentence and a $10,000 fine. Maybe he should be reincarnated as a rabbit. I went back several times later to make sure that she wasn't going to rat on him. It was horrible. In May 1951, Northrup filed a further complaint against Hubbard, accusing him of having fled to Cuba to evade the divorce papers that she was seeking to serve. Hubbard spread allegations that she was a Communist secret agent and repeatedly denounced her to the FBI. [36], In October 1976, Hubbard's eldest son by Mary Sue, Quentin, died by suicide at the age of 22. He was furious and threatened to kill Alexis rather than let Northrup care for her: "He didn't want her to be brought up by me because I was in league with the doctors. 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. About Harry Ross Hubbard. 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 6 Yet remarkably, despite the tantalizing scandal that surrounds it in popular culture, Scientology . The final experiment Mary Sue strongly opposed these changes and reappointed herself Controller, rescinding the CMO's permission to investigate the GO. On the night of February 24, 1951, Alexis was being looked after by John Sanborne while Northrup had a night at the movies. [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. That is the amazing part about it. Check out this great listen on Audible.com. According to Northrup, Hubbard began beating her when they were in Florida in the summer of 1946. 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. They set up home in a villa on the outskirts of the Moroccan city of Tangier. A Wikimdia Commons tartalmaz L. Ron Hubbard tmj mdiallomnyokat. She and Hubbard eloped, taking with them a substantial amount of Parsons' life savings and marrying bigamously a year later while Hubbard was still married to his first wife, Margaret Grubb. . "[52] She left Palm Springs on February 3, leaving Hubbard to complain that Northrup "had hypnotized him in his sleep and commanded him not to write. [67] She met him in Wichita to resolve the situation. [19], Germer informed Crowley, who wrote back to opine: "It seems to me on the information of our brethren in California that Parsons has got an illumination in which he has lost all his personal independence. The FBI declined to take any action, characterizing Hubbard as a "mental case". 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 Quentin committed suicide in Las. "[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. [55] He listed them as: SARA NORTHRUP (HUBBARD): formerly of 1003 S. Orange Grove Avenue, Pasadena, Calif. 25 yrs. members, Northrup's usurpation of Helen's role led to conflict between the two sisters. Alexis will get a fortune unless she goes to you as she would then get nothing. Currently missing somewhere in California. [66] She lost her final appeal in April 1982[67] and was ordered to begin a prison term in January 1983. By August 1978, 11 senior Scientology officials and agents, including Mary Sue Hubbard, wife of the founder, were charged in connection with an alleged conspiracy to spy on the government. This body was responsible for overseeing each of the seven organizational subdivisions of the Church of Scientology. 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. "[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". There followed a turbulent period during which Ron successfully wrested his materials from the early boards of directors. After the British Sunday Times newspaper published an expos of Hubbard's membership of the O.T.O. [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. 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 fact is that Hubbard had been married 3 times at the time of the interview. [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". Hubbards mission was successful far beyond anyones expectations. 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. 6.3K She wrote privately to Paulette Cooper, the author of the book The Scandal of Scientology who was subsequently targeted by the Church's Operation Freakout. "[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. [32], The relationship was not an easy one. 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. She was Hubbard's personal auditor and along with Hubbard, one of the seven members of the Dianetics Foundation's Board of Directors. Hubbard subsequently returned to the Foundation in Elizabeth, New Jersey. 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. 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. . My right side is paralyzed and getting more so. My wife Sara."[74]. 4. 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. I may live a long time and again I may not. by nevalalee February 1, 2017. She was a highly intelligent woman who helped her husband with his research and writing. "[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. Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard served in the US Navy in the 1940s. Despite her shock and humiliation, she felt compelled to return to Hubbard. It just never occurred to me he was a liar. Weeks passed without word from Hubbard. The Ole Doc Methuselah series was done that way. He wasn't married to her. An archive of documents released by FBI about L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. Her half-sister was an inmate of an insane asylum. At the order of both of the Hubbards, the GO ran scores of operations against Scientology's enemies. The flagship of the Scientology fleet was the 3,280-ton vessel HMSRoyal Scotsman accidentally renamed the Royal Scotman due to a clerical error,[23] a former cattle ferry on the Irish Sea run.[24]. "[83], He said that Northrup had been a Nazi spy during the war and accused her and Hollister of using the divorce case to seize control of Dianetics: "They obtained considerable newspaper publicity, none of it true, and employed the highest priced divorce attorney in the US to sue me for divorce and get the foundation in Los Angeles in settlement. I was under enormous stress and my advisers insisted it was necessary for me to carry through an action as I have done. In 1947, Polly filed for divorce and was granted the custody of her children . Hubbard, who had left his wife and two children with relatives years earlier, bigamously married Sara. 's US head, Karl Germer, labeled her "an ordeal sent by the gods". A curly haired, middle-aged woman - who US magazine National . He sought to explain it to his followers as being the result of his victimization by his ex-wife. She began a relationship with L. Ron Hubbard, whom she met through the O.T.O., in 1945. 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. When she first came to me with this wild story about how her husband had taken her baby I was determined to help her all I could. [23] Hubbard's relationship with Northrup, while legal, had already caused alarm among those who knew him; Virginia Heinlein, the wife of the science fiction writer Robert Heinlein, regarded Hubbard as "a very sad case of post-war breakdown" and Northrup as his "latest Man-Eating Tigress".[24]. "[11], Helen was far less sanguine, writing in her diary of "the sore spot I carried where my heart should be",[11] and had furious sometimes violent rows with both Parsons and Northrup. of age, 5'10", 140 lbs. Wife was Ledora May Waterbury (1885 - 1959). 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? Dissmissed [sic] in February when affiliations discovered. Although Hubbard himself was much admired by Scientologists, his wife was said to be much less popular. The arrival of Hubbard and Northrup three weeks after the divorce was filed scandalized Hubbard's family, who deeply disapproved of his treatment of Polly. His wife is Mary Sue Whipp (30 October 1952 - 24 January 1986) ( his death) ( 4 children), Sara Northrup (10 August 1946 - 13 June 1951) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Margaret Louise Grubb (13 April 1933 - 24 December 1947) ( divorced) ( 2 children) L. Ron Hubbard Net Worth Active and dangerous. They were formally found guilty on October 26, 1979. [45] Mary Sue was closely involved in the strategy; a letter written by her, approving the thefts, was later used in evidence against her. Her lawyer, Caryl Warner, also worked the media on her behalf so that Northrup's story received maximum publicity. [11] and had a son in 1943 who bore Parsons' surname but who was almost certainly fathered by Smith. Polly Hubbard had filed for divorce on the grounds of desertion and non-support, and was not even aware that Hubbard was living with Northrup, let alone that he had married her. "[6] Three weeks later, on September 24, 1952, she gave birth to her first child, Diana Meredith de Wolfe Hubbard. When Hubbard's active stint in the Navy was over he stayed on the West Coast, moving to Los Angeles in 1945. [43] She left Wichita as soon as Alexis was returned to her. I thought she was going to blow my head off. "[20], By this time, Mary Sue was working as the chief course supervisor at Saint Hill Manor. [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. He replied, "You know, I'm a public figure and you're nobody, so if you have to go through the divorce, I'll accuse you of desertion so it won't look so bad on my public record. But he did save her life and pull her out of that whole black magic ring. Despite insisting on clean living and even prohibiting followers from taking necessary medication, Hubbard loved to party. However, there were a number of obstacles to overcome before the termination of the GO could be accomplished. I felt as though he had given so much to our country and I couldn't even bring him peace of mind. Playing along, she told Hubbard that he was right and that the only way she could break free of their power was by going through with the divorce. [57] In May 1981, he met with Mary Sue to tell her that her position as Controller of the Guardian's Office was untenable. Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices invented by the American author L. Ron Hubbard, and an associated movement.Adherents are called Scientologists. Northrup's attorney filed another petition asking for Hubbard's assets to be frozen as he had been found "hiding" in Wichita "but that he would probably leave town upon being detected". "[50] Hubbard enlisted de Mille and another Dianeticist, Dave Williams, in an attempt to convince her to stay with him. A szcientolgia kveti gyakran nevnek kezdbetivel . Later, Hubbard said his wife left him because he was a cripple: The practice of culling supposedly confidential "P.C. ", INTERVIEWER: "What happened to your second wife? Liked this page? 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. Now a new report claims the 58-year-old is alive and, in mid-December, was spotted leaving a Scientology cruise ship in the Caribbean. Parsons initially attempted to obtain redress through magical means, carrying out a "Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram" to curse Hubbard and Northrup. [44], One of their primary targets was the IRS, with which Scientology was engaged in a bitter battle over tax exemptions. A chance meeting with a man named Jack Parsons led to Hubbard and his new friend performing a bizarre ritual. She was credited with helping to coin the word "Scientology". "[47] He told her that he didn't want to be married "for I can buy my friends whenever I want them" but he could not divorce either, as the stigma would hurt his reputation. In the world of speculative fiction Your favorite authors Have selected best new voices of the year. The grand jury named Hubbard as an unindicted co-conspirator; the seized Guardian Office. They traveled to Phoenix for Christmas 1953 and it was there on January 6, 1954, that Mary Sue gave birth to her second child, Geoffrey Quentin McCaully Hubbard.[9]. L. Ron Hubbard (1911 - 1986), often referred to by his initials, LRH, was an American author and the founder of the Church of Scientology. They married April 25, 1909, in Omaha, Nebraska. L Ron Hubbard was an American author, philosopher, and the founder of the 'Church of Scientology.' He started as a writer of science fiction but later moved to self-help and psychology-related topics. Mary Sue Hubbard died on November 25, 2002, aged 71, at her home in Los Angeles. She was a bitch. "[21], On January 26, 1967, Mary Sue was confirmed as a Scientology "Clear", a somewhat elite rank at that time. She subsequently married one of Hubbard's former employees, Miles Hollister, and moved to Hawaii and later Massachusetts, where she died in 1997. '"[50], Despite her conviction, Mary Sue remained in her post as Controller of the Guardian's Office (GO). Sometimes when the two of them were sitting at the table together, the hostility was almost tangible. Mary Sue conspired with her subordinates to concoct alibis for Meisner and work out how to keep him out of the hands of the authorities, keeping him in hiding under a series of false identities. [7], They went back to London in December on a fresh visa and stayed there until the end of May 1953, before departing for an extended holiday in Spain. [37] She gave birth on March 8, 1950 to a daughter, Alexis Valerie. He urged the FBI to start a "round-up" of "vermin Communists or ex-Communists", starting with Northrup, and declared: I believe this woman to be under heavy duress. [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. Nothing of this known to me until a few weeks ago. You are a greater person. He had visited 1003 South Orange Grove Avenue at the behest of Lou Goldstone, a well-known science fiction illustrator, while on leave from his service in the US Navy. 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. Ernie was adopted by Mrs. Kanzler, the sister of the wife of Edsel Ford, at the request of Katherine Hepburn. Together, we planned a series of missions to take over the GO, investigate it and reform it thoroughly. That was one of the reasons L. Ron Hubbard never had a relationship with her. Northrup filed a kidnapping complaint with the Los Angeles Police Department on her return home but was rebuffed by the police, who dismissed the affair as a mere domestic dispute. In April 1969, Mary Sue was promoted by Hubbard to serve as the captain of the Royal Scotman and ordered to cruise up and down the coast of Spain to train the vessel's inexperienced crew of Scientologists, who had made a string of mistakes that infuriated Hubbard. Hubbard grew up in Helena, Montana, and studied at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The targets were not just external enemies but dissident Scientologists; in 1969, Mary Sue wrote an order directing the GO to cull information from the confessional folders of Scientologists, breaking a rule of confidence that was supposedly sacrosanct. Scores of GO staff responded, locking the missionaires out of their premises and were intending to hire armed guards to bar access by me and the other Church officials who had ousted them. She was forced from her post as controller, convicted and imprisoned as a felon, and deserted by her husband. 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.
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