Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2018-10-24
Books mentioned on Part Two: L. Ron Hubbard: The Greatest Con-Man In History
In Part Two of our Three Part Series on L. Ron Hubbard, Robert is joined again by Caitlin Durante (The Bechdel Cast) to discuss how L.
Robert Evans discussed Bare-faced Messiah by Russell Miller, Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard, and A History of Man by L. Ron Habbard, and criticized Scientology 8-80 by L. Ron Hubbard.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Bare-faced Messiah
Bare-faced Messiah by Russell Miller is an investigative biography that details the controversial life and career of Scientology founder L.
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.”
Where to get it
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Dianetics
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health by L.
Discussed“He spent the time in Cuba writing the draft of a sequel to his book on dietics uh and drinking huge quantities of rum, so he couldn't be taking care of a baby then. No, he had to drink for several weeks straight and write a terrible book.”
Where to get it
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A History of Man
Discussed“In July of 1952, Elron Hubard published the history of man. He called it quote a cold-blooded and factual account of your last 60 trillion years. In it, he promised that with Scientology, the blind will again see, the lame walk, the ill recover, the insane become sane, and the sane will become ser.”
Where to get it
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Scientology 8-80
Critiqued“He continuously expanded his claims of what Scientology could achieve in the book Scientology 8 to80. I don't know what that's a reference to. He bragged with this book. The ability to make one's body old or young at will.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Dianetics
“So, the audience immediately started asking her stuff like, "What did you have for breakfast on October 3rd, 1942? What's on page 122 of Dionetics?"”
Passing Dianetics
“Michael Kiteon spent his later years writing a whole book about how global warming was a lie. And also writing one of the critics who badly reviewed his books into one of his novels as a pedophile.”