Book · 1987 · Biography & Autobiography
Bare-faced Messiah
The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard
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You can you can find this podcast on the internet behindthebards.com, including the book Bareface Messiah, which is all available in its entirety for free online. It's a great read and an amazing story of the life of Elron Huard.
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- Source for podcast“one of my main sources for this episode”3
- Available free online“find all the sources for this, including Bare-faced Messiah”2
The best things said about it
So, uh, one of my main sources for this episode was a book called Barefaced Messiah, which is a really comprehensive biography of Elron Hubard by Russell Miller.
According to Bareface Messiah, quote, "When the Senorg was shooting in the studio, all the sets had to be cleaned and scrubbed with special soap every morning before Hubard arrived, and the messengers would go around with white gloves to assure it had been done properly.
According to Barefaced Messiah, depending on his whim, offenders were either confined in the dark in the chain locker and given food in a bucket or assigned to chip paint on the billagege tanks for 24 or 48 hours without break.
According to Barefaced Messiah, the messengers, mainly pubescent girls, soon recognized and enjoyed their power as teenage clones of the Commodore. In their cute little dark blue uniforms and gold lanyards, they were trained to deliver Hubard's orders using his exact words and tone of voice.
Candles were lit, incense burned, and a magical altar was laid with flowers and wine. Hubbard the scribe wore a white hooded robe and carried a lamp.
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Bare-faced Messiah by Russell Miller is an investigative biography that details the controversial life and career of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Robert Evans frequently referenced and recommended the book across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards, including How L. Ron Hubbard Made An Antichrist Using Sex Magic and Part One: The Last Days of L. Ron Hubbard, as well as in the CZM Rewind series. Evans consistently directed listeners to the book, noting that it is a great read that can be found in its entirety for free online because it is out of copyright, though he also mentioned that he purchased his own physical copy. Throughout his podcast episodes, Evans used Miller's biography as a primary source to recount bizarre and revealing anecdotes about Hubbard's life. He cited the book to describe Hubbard's operations as a film director, including his demands that studio sets be meticulously scrubbed with special soap every morning and inspected by messengers wearing white gloves. Evans also relied on the book to detail Hubbard's later secluded routines, his paranoia about being poisoned, and the aggressive tactics employed by Scientologists and the Guardian's Office to investigate political opponents and critics in places like Clearwater, Texas, and Las Vegas.
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Robert Evans You can you can find this podcast on the internet behindthebards.com, including the book Bareface Messiah,… 20
Discussed
“Now, according to the book Bareface Messiah, quote, "Lights, dollies, cameras, and a vast range of technical equipment were all moved into the new studio. Hubard took to wearing a cowboy hat, suspenders, and a bandana"”
Discussed
“According to Bareface Messiah, quote, "When the Senorg was shooting in the studio, all the sets had to be cleaned and scrubbed with special soap every morning before Hubard arrived, and the messengers would go around with white gloves to assure it had been done properly.”
Discussed
“According to Barefaced Messiah, quote, "Although he occasionally threw his food across the room when he believed the cook was trying to poison him, by and large, he was betterteered than he had been when he was trying to make movies, he usually got up about midday"”
Discussed
“According to the book Bareface Messiah, quote, "Scientologists had gone back to his hometown of Alpine, Texas, trolled through public records, nosed around the courthouse, and even checked the headstones in the local graveyard without success.”
Discussed
“According to Bareface Messiah, quote, "The Guardian's office, meanwhile, had moved swiftly to handle the situation. Its local representative in Las Vegas was a pit boss at the Sands Hotel by the name of Ed Walters. I had been working as a covert operator for about 8 years," he said.”
Discussed
“We have a website behindthebastards.com where you can find all the sources for this, including Bareface Messiah, which you can find free online. I think it's out of copyright. I don't know. Uh I did buy a copy of it, but you can also find it for free online”
Discussed
“And I'm going to quote now from the book Barefaced Messiah. Ron, ebulliient as always, was not in any way intimidated by the egregious company and surroundings. On the contrary, he felt instantly at home.”
Discussed
“And I'm going to quote again from Barefaced Messiah. Candles were lit, incense burned, and a magical altar was laid with flowers and wine. Hubbard the scribe wore a white hooded robe and carried a lamp.”
Recommended
“You can you can find this podcast on the internet behindthebards.com, including the book Bareface Messiah, which is all available in its entirety for free online. It's a great read and an amazing story of the life of Elron Huard.”
Discussed
“Now, according to the book Bareface Messiah, quote, "Lights, dollies, cameras, and a vast range of technical equipment were all moved into the new studio. Hubard took to wearing a cowboy hat, suspenders, and a bandana”
Discussed
“According to Bareface Messiah, quote, "When the Senorg was shooting in the studio, all the sets had to be cleaned and scrubbed with special soap every morning before Hubard arrived, and the messengers would go around with white gloves”
Discussed
“According to the book Bareface Messiah, quote, "Scientologist had gone back to his hometown of Alpine, Texas, trolled through public records, nosed around the courthouse, and even checked the headstones in the local graveyard without success.”
Discussed
“According to Bareface Messiah, quote, "The Guardians office, meanwhile, had moved swiftly to handle the situation. Its local representative in Las Vegas was a pit boss at the Sands Hotel by the name of Ed Walters.”
Recommended
“We have a website behindthebastards.com where you can find all the sources for this, including Bareface Messiah, which you can find free online. I think it's out of copyright.”
Discussed
“According to Barefaced Messiah, depending on his whim, offenders were either confined in the dark in the chain locker and given food in a bucket or assigned to chip paint on the billagege tanks for 24 or 48 hours without break.”
Discussed
“According to Barefaced Messiah, the messengers, mainly pubescent girls, soon recognized and enjoyed their power as teenage clones of the Commodore. In their cute little dark blue uniforms and gold lanyards, they were trained to deliver Hubard's orders using his exact words and tone of voice.”
Discussed
“According to Barefaced Messiah, they grabbed her by each arm. One of them clamped a hand over her mouth, and they bustled her out of the house, across the sidewalk, and into the back of the car, which drove off at speed.”
Discussed
“The author of Barefaced Messiah found an earlier use of the word Scientology in like a German scientific study published like in the 30s, but it had nothing to do with any of this, but just worth noting.”
Discussed
“So, uh, one of my main sources for this episode was a book called Barefaced Messiah, which is a really comprehensive biography of Elron Hubard by Russell Miller.”
Discussed
“Here's how Barefaced Messiah summed it up. Ron promised that among the handy household hints contained in the book was information on how to quote rape women without their knowing it.”
