She recalled that "with or without an argument, there'd be an upsurge of violence. 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? By that time, however, he had moved to Wichita, Kansas. She gave Hubbard an ultimatum: get treatment or she would leave with the baby. From our brother's account he has given away both his girl and his money. On the other hand her credibility leaves much to be desired. An archive of documents released by FBI about L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. She was also a very attractive woman, which helped to draw people into the Church. I have not at any time believed otherwise than that L. Ron Hubbard is a fine and brilliant man. She had attached herself to a Jack Parsons, the rocket expert, during the war and when she left him he was a wreck. The dinner party backfired drastically; Northrup began an affair with Hollister, a handsome 22-year-old who was college-educated and a noted sportsman. Hubbard would evolve into the leader of the Church of Scientology.[1]. Spy vs. spy: How Scientology and the CIA battled 40 years ago Scientology leader is MISSING as lawyers try to seek him over child . I have no revenge motive nor am I trying to angle this broader than it is. The raids of July 1977 were the result.[49]. "[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. Despite this, she still "felt so guilty about the fact that he was so psychologically damaged. 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. That's it. It is, of course, rather ironic that the person who authorized G.O. Northrup played a significant role in the development of Dianetics, Hubbard's "modern science of mental health", between 1948 and 1951. She was forced to resign her post in 1981 and served a year in prison in 1983, after exhausting her appeals against her conviction. In 1960, Leni Riefenstahl and L. Ron Hubbard briefly collaborated on a screenplay that was to be a remake of her popular 1932 film directing debut, Das blaue Licht ('The Blue Light'). It was horrible. [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.). 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. Share it! At the order of both of the Hubbards, the GO ran scores of operations against Scientology's enemies. His lawsuit accused Hubbard and Northrup of breaking the terms of their partnership, dissipating the assets and attempting to abscond. Drug addiction set in fall 1950. I see her every day. He was having a lot of problems with her. I telephoned Hubbard's lawyer in Elizabeth and warned him: "Listen, asshole, if you don't get that baby back I'm going to burn you. "[65] He accused Northrup of having conspired in a bid to assassinate him and described how he had found love letters to his wife from Hollister, a "member of the Young Communists." For more than a decade, the whereabouts of Shelly Miscavige, the reportedly missing wife of Scientology leader David, has been hotly debated. 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. I'm actually gonna disagree with most people here. 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. Later, Hubbard said his wife left him because he was a cripple: L. Ron Hubbard | Biography & Facts | Britannica [79], The establishment and expansion of Scientology. After Hubbard was convicted of petty theft in San Luis Obispo in August 1948,[32] the couple moved again to Savannah, Georgia. L. Ron Hubbard's wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, was an important part of the Church of Scientology. You are a greater person. Instead, he said, if Northrup really loved him she should kill herself. Her disruptive behavior appalled Fred Gwynn, a new O.T.O. Thanks to a kind contributor I have acquired a scan of a rare 36-page pamphlet, written by Mary Sue Hubbard (the third wife of L Ron Hubbard). [16] They remained there until 1957, when Hubbard returned to lecture at the Academy of Scientology in Washington, D.C., with Mary Sue and the children following later. How many girls is a man entitled to in one lifetime, anyway? "[69], On June 12, Hubbard was awarded a divorce in the County Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas on the basis of Northrup's "gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty", which had caused him "nervous breakdown and impairment to health. In 1923 the family moved to Pasadena, a destination said to have been chosen by Olga using a Ouija board. Hubbard established his career as a writer with science fiction and fantasy novels, including the novel Battlefield Earth, which was adapted into a feature film in 2000. The other five defendants received lesser sentences and fines. Mary Sue and two others received the heaviest penalties, a five-year prison sentence and a $10,000 fine. 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. Mary Sue then travelled with Ron to Phoenix, Arizona where they established the first organisation. The Hubbards lived at a house on Tatum Boulevard (now 5501 North 44th Street)[10] on the slopes of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix for the remainder of 1954. This Guy Claims to Be the Reincarnation of L. Ron Hubbard - Vice Or whatever. She was part of a free love colony in Pasadena. In the pulp-printed pages of a May 1950 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, L. Ron Hubbard published, for the first time, a work that would one day grow into an entire religion: Dianetics. He became disillusioned with Scientology and left the Church, taking with him copies of biographical material, including Hubbard's letters to Mary Sue over the years. 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 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. The FBI declined to take any action, characterizing Hubbard as a "mental case". [11] and had a son in 1943 who bore Parsons' surname but who was almost certainly fathered by Smith. In 1947, Polly filed for divorce and was granted the custody of her children . [13], Similar concerns were expressed by other O.T.O. According to Northrup, Hubbard began beating her when they were in Florida in the summer of 1946. Mary Sue Hubbard and the GO, however, did not simply capitulate. By this time the Foundation had filed for bankruptcy, and Hubbard's erstwhile backer, Don Purcell, was left to deal with its substantial debts. in 1941, at Parsons' urging, and was given the title of Soror [Sister] Cassap. [76], The writer Christopher Evans has noted that "So painful do the memories of these incidents appear to be that L. Ron has more than once denied that he was ever married to Sarah [sic] Northrup at all. She struck the familiar pose of not seeing, hearing or knowing any evil. 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. He kept her sitting up in a chair, denying her sleep, trying to use Black Dianetic principles on her, repeating over and over again whatever he wanted her to do. When she ran off with another man Ron followed them and they locked him in a hotel room and pushed drugs up his nose, but he managed to escape and went to Cuba. This was the only time Hubbard allowed an outside crew to interview him. I know, because I personally met with her and obtained her resignation At first, Mary Sue Hubbard was not willing to resign. [3] She originally intended to work in petroleum research, but a friend persuaded her to travel with him to Wichita, Kansas, in mid-1951 to take a Dianetics course at the Hubbard Dianetic Foundation. He sought to explain it to his followers as being the result of his victimization by his ex-wife. [36], In October 1976, Hubbard's eldest son by Mary Sue, Quentin, died by suicide at the age of 22. "[14], In August 1945, Northrup met L. Ron Hubbard for the first time. 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]. I loved to make plots. 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. "[91], Although Northrup did not speak out publicly against her ex-husband following their divorce, she broke her silence in 1972. But the Church of Scientology denies the existence of this woman,. [44], One of their primary targets was the IRS, with which Scientology was engaged in a bitter battle over tax exemptions. Mary Sue Hubbard | Scientology Lies Your character is superior. The case was settled out of court eleven days later, with Hubbard and Northrup agreeing to refund some of Parsons' money while keeping a yacht, the Harpoon, for themselves. In 1984 she acted as an "intervenor" in the Church of Scientology of California's lawsuit against Gerry Armstrong. Founder of scientology son's death: What happened to Quentin Hubbard? His misfortunes had been caused by "a woman known as Sara Elizabeth Northrup . The. The final experiment [19] His health and emotional difficulties were reflected in another, much more private, document which has been dubbed "The Affirmations". [47] The GO's agent in the IRS, Michael Meisner, was ordered to obtain all files concerning L. Ron and Mary Sue Hubbard from the IRS Office of International Operations, which he succeeded in infiltrating. Maybe he should be reincarnated as a rabbit. According to him, Sara had served a stretch at Tahatchapie [sic] (in a desert woman's prison) and was a dope addict. "[73] He publicly portrayed his marital problems as being entirely the fault of Northrup and her lover Hollister: The money and glory inherent in Dianetics was entirely too much for those with whom I had the bad misfortune to associate myself including a woman who had represented herself as my wife and who had been cured of severe psychosis by Dianetics, but who, because of structural brain damage would evidently never be entirely sane. [50] Her husband avoided being indicted but was extremely concerned that Mary Sue would betray him. She gave Hubbard four more children - Diana, Quentin, Suzette and Arthur - over the next six years. It consists of 'marriage guidance' for Scientologists from the then 'first lady' of the organisation.