In June 1951, she finally secured the return of Alexis by agreeing to cancel her receivership action and divorce suit in California in return for a divorce "guaranteed by L. Ron Hubbard". Lafayette Ronald Hubbard ( Tilden, Nebraska, 1911. mrcius 13. Jack Parsons was also an avid student and practitioner of the occult. 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. That was one of the reasons L. Ron Hubbard never had a relationship with her. "[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. In July 1949 I was in Elizabeth, New Jersey, writing a movie. [11], A family friend, Ray Kemp, later recalled: "their relationship seemed OK, but there never seemed to be a lot of love between them. . [37], On July 8, 1977, 134 agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation simultaneously stormed the Church of Scientology's offices in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, seizing nearly 50,000 documents and other evidence. [43] L. Ron Hubbard was said to have been fully aware of the GO's actions; the US government would later declare him to be an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the GO's illegal activities. I please her physically until she weeps about any separation. She worked with her husband, completing tasks for him and helping to dull his temper when he raged at other members. She was born into a criminal atmosphere, her father having a criminal record. 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. [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. He was struggling with constant writer's block and leaned heavily on Northrup to provide plot ideas and even to help write some of his stories. She began an affair with Wilfred Smith, Parsons' mentor in the O.T.O. Sara Elizabeth Bruce Northrup Hollister (April 8, 1924 - December 19, 1997) was an occultist and second wife of Scientologist founder L. Ron Hubbard. [17] Although they got on well as fellow occultists, tensions between the two men were apparent in more domestic settings. Excerpts from the interview were published in Corydon's 1987 book, L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?. There, creased between space adventures and tales of alien invasion, were the pages . 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. [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 strongly opposed these changes and reappointed herself Controller, rescinding the CMO's permission to investigate the GO. [45] One evening he arranged a double-date with his wife and Klowden, who was accompanied by Hollister, an instructor in the Los Angeles Dianetic Foundation. According to Russell Miller, "The crew worked to the point of exhaustion, the food was meager and no one was allowed to wash or change their clothes. 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. Nothing of this known to me until a few weeks ago. [33] She later recalled: "I would often entertain him with plots so he could write. The Hubbards continued to carry out auditing of each other and in February 1960 Mary Sue wrote to a friend to inform her that her husband had discovered that she had been the writer D.H. Lawrence in a past life. It's an unimportant detail but he's had three wives What is important is that his followers were there as he lied, but no matter what the evidence they don't believe it. This work took a variety of forms, including public relations, legal actions, and the gathering of "intelligence" on perceived enemies. In 1984 she acted as an "intervenor" in the Church of Scientology of California's lawsuit against Gerry Armstrong. The case eventually came to trial in September 1979, following months of delay occasioned by a fierce rear-guard action by the Church of Scientology's lawyers. [11] and had a son in 1943 who bore Parsons' surname but who was almost certainly fathered by Smith. [19] His health and emotional difficulties were reflected in another, much more private, document which has been dubbed "The Affirmations". View Gallery. "[3] Russell Miller gives a different explanation: "Hubbard wanted to go to London to establish his control over the small Dianetics group which had formed there spontaneously and Mary Sue insisted on accompanying him. 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 From our brother's account he has given away both his girl and his money. . ), a secret society led by the English occultist Aleister Crowley, where she was known as "Soror [Sister] Cassap". [28] The "liability cruise" ended in June 1969. Check out this great listen on Audible.com. "[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. She informed us that she did not appreciate our investigation of the GO and that if one were needed she would do it. "[8] She believed all of it, though none of his claims of wartime action or injuries was true.[8]. . But the Church of Scientology denies the existence of this woman,. "[45] A few days later while still married to Northrup he proposed marriage to Klowden. [38] The raids were in response to the federal government's discovery that the Church of Scientology had been carrying out a secret and highly illegal "dirty tricks" campaign against government agencies, individuals, and institutions deemed to be enemies of Scientology. [71] In June 1984, Judge Paul G. Breckenridge ruled against the Church and Mary Sue Hubbard, criticizing her credibility as a witness: LRH's wife, Mary Sue Hubbard is also plaintiff herein. [54], Hubbard nonetheless remained active in the management of Scientology. 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. Hubbard grew up in Helena, Montana, and studied at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Wife was Ledora May Waterbury (1885 - 1959). Louis Culling, another O.T.O. Hubbard subsequently returned to the Foundation in Elizabeth, New Jersey. 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. L. Ron Hubbard, in full Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, (born March 13, 1911, Tilden, Nebraska, U.S.died January 24, 1986, San Luis Obispo, California), American novelist and founder of the Church of Scientology. On October 8, a deal was struck between the government and the Church that the nine defendants including Mary Sue would each plead guilty to one charge of conspiracy if they agreed to sign a written stipulation by the government (essentially a public confession) of what they had done, thus avoiding a lengthy trial. As far as I know, all his policies and doctrines were race-neutral, which is a big deal for someone from the 1940s. [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. [63] Hubbard continued to develop Dianetics (and ultimately Scientology), through which he met his third and last wife, Mary Sue Whipp, in late 1951 only a few months after his divorce. She is heavily sexed. [46], The marriage was in the process of breaking down rapidly. [41] The Dianetics Foundation was making a huge amount of money, but problems were already evident: money was pouring out as fast as it was coming in, due to lax financial management and Hubbard's own free spending. [53] Mary Sue, who had last met with her husband a few months before his disappearance, never saw or heard from him again. [50] Her husband avoided being indicted but was extremely concerned that Mary Sue would betray him. 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. "[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. The primary exponent of Scientology is the Church of Scientology, a centralized and hierarchical organization based in Florida, although many practitioners . She switched the envelopes and sent them. [35] Hubbard told his friend Forrest J. Ackerman that he had acquired a Dictaphone machine which Northrup was "beating out her wits on" transcribing not only fiction but his book on the "cause and cure of nervous tension". Her half-sister was an inmate of an insane asylum. Apparently it is the ordinary confidence trick."[19]. Center of most turbulence in our organization. "[14] Cyril Vosper, one of the Saint Hill staff at the time, noted the differing impressions left by the Hubbards: "I always had great warmth and admiration for Ron he was a remarkable individual, a constant source of new information and ideas but I thought Mary Sue was an exceedingly nasty person. [78] In December 1995, Hubbard had a mastectomy of her left breast. However I am afraid that most of the money has already been dissipated. He was severely depressed and repeatedly threatened suicide, and Northrup believed "he must be suffering or he wouldn't act that way".[33]. 121669 should complain about invasion of privacy. She played a major role in the creation of Dianetics, which evolved into the religious movement Scientology. She was Hubbard's personal auditor and along with Hubbard, one of the seven members of the Dianetics Foundation's Board of Directors. in October 1969, the newspaper printed a statement attributed to the Church of Scientology (but written by Hubbard himself[80]) that asserted: Hubbard broke up black magic in America L. Ron Hubbard was still an officer of the US Navy because he was well known as a writer and a philosopher and had friends amongst the physicists, he was sent in to handle the situation. [42] Northrup recalled that "he used to Things like, "Be his wife, have a family that looks good, not have a divorce." [64], The convictions of Mary Sue Hubbard and the other GO staff executives were upheld by a federal appeals court in October 1981,[65] and in November seven of those convicted dropped their appeals but not Mary Sue, who continued to fight the charges. A few hours later, he returned with two of his Dianetics Foundation staff and told Northrup, who was now back at her apartment: "We have Alexis and you'll never see her alive unless you come with us. "[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. [15] Hubbard soon began an affair with Northrup after beginning "affairs with one girl after another in the house. 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. He told her that she was "in a state of complete madness" due to being dictated to and hypnotized by Hollister and his "communist cell". 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. 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. or so the stories go. [47], The espionage continued for another three months before Meisner's luck ran out and he was caught in June 1976. The only reason a person gives up a study or becomes confused or unable to learn is because he or she has gone past a word that was not understood.', and 'To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. [citation needed], The Hubbards traveled to England in September 1952 when Mary Sue was eight months pregnant. Together, we planned a series of missions to take over the GO, investigate it and reform it thoroughly. [70] Her reunion with her daughter was uncertain to the last, as Hubbard had second thoughts about letting her go as he drove Northrup and Alexis to the local airport. According to the Church of Scientology, Hubbard himself did not find out about Mary Sue's resignation until five months later. 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. She was a leading figure in Scientology for much of her life. My right side is paralyzed and getting more so. His family wasn't there. ismertebb nevn L. Ron Hubbard amerikai sci-fi -r s a szcientolgia egyhz alaptja. [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. By that time, however, he had moved to Wichita, Kansas. [1], Mary Sue Whipp was born in Rockdale, Texas, to Harry Hughes Whipp (Sept 2, 1893 Oct 30 1942) and Mary Catherine (ne Hill) Whipp. [54], She died of breast cancer in 1997 but in the last few months of her life she dictated a tape-recorded account of her relationship with Hubbard. Quentin committed suicide in Las. [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.). He sought to explain it to his followers as being the result of his victimization by his ex-wife. Northrup was a major figure in the Pasadena branch of the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O. . Hubbard had a personal steward, as did Mary Sue and the Hubbard children, who all had their own cabins. 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). The other five defendants received lesser sentences and fines. An explorer, a mystic, a bestselling author, a nuclear physicist . Since. In the future I wish to lead a quiet and orderly existence with my little girl far away from the enturbulating influences which have ruined my marriage. Her actual true name is a Russian name. [45] Mary Sue was closely involved in the strategy; a letter written by her, approving the thefts, was later used in evidence against her. It began when Sara's father died. 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]. [34], The Scientology fleet was finally disbanded in 1975, when Hubbard decided to move ashore and establish a "land base" in Florida. The Guardian Office was no respector of anyone's civil rights, particularly that of privacy. A "Founding Church of Scientology" was established in Washington, D.C. and Mary Sue became its first Academy Supervisor. 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. He stated: In 1981, a Church investigation was begun into the activities of the GO. [25] He wrote: Sara, my sweetheart, is young, beautiful, desirable. "[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. [17] The Hubbards' relationship was unconventional, as their butler, Ken Urquhart, later recalled: "Neither Ron nor Mary Sue lived the way one might have expected in a house like that. The house was torn down. Mary Sue Hubbar Hubbards mission was successful far beyond anyones expectations. A young girl is nearly dead because of this effort. 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. [2] She was the granddaughter of Russian emigrant Malacon Kosadamanov (later Nelson) who emigrated to Sweden. According to Mayo: She was really offended and very upset. I believe she is under duress, that they have something on her and I believe that under a grilling she would talk and turn state's evidence.[66]. A curly haired, middle-aged woman - who US magazine National . L. Ron Hubbard's drug use is a classic example of his hypocrisy. [It] was made clear that we had no choice but to overthrow the GO and dismiss everyone who had violated Church policy or the law. ago. The protagonist, "a bastard child", would be the son of the three most virile men in the town (a satire of the Holy Trinity). by nevalalee February 1, 2017. [deleted] 6 yr. ago. Although Hubbard himself was much admired by Scientologists, his wife was said to be much less popular. "[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." At six-twenty-five I would go into his office with a jacket for him to wear to table and after dinner they would spend an hour or so watching television with the children and then he and Mary Sue would return to work in their separate offices. 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. 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. Hubbard married his third wife, Mary Sue Whipp, in 1952. Her body was cremated two days later and her ashes were scattered at sea off the California coast,[2] where L. Ron Hubbard's ashes had similarly been scattered in January 1986. Her husband's reaction was one of fury, blaming Quentin for in his eyes letting him down. They were married in Maryland in 1946. Active and dangerous. My first wife is dead. In reality, Hubbard had made an unsuccessful request for assistance from the US military attach to Havana. The Hubbards had four children: Diana (born 1952), Quentin (19541976), Suzette (born 1955), and Arthur (born 1958). A bitter dispute broke out between the men over the ownership of the Foundation's remaining assets, with Hubbard resigning to start a rival "Hubbard College" on the other side of Wichita. The Hubbards had four children: Diana (born 1952), Quentin (1954-1976), Suzette (born 1955), and Arthur (born 1958). My libido is so low I hardly admire her naked. By this time the Foundation had filed for bankruptcy, and Hubbard's erstwhile backer, Don Purcell, was left to deal with its substantial debts. Fearing arrest, he fled to Washington, D.C. with a handful of aides while Mary Sue was left behind in Florida continuing her day-to-day management activities. She played a leading role in the management of the Church of Scientology, rising to become the head of the Church's Guardian's Office (GO). [56] The Messengers, who were mostly in their teens and early twenties, became Hubbard's sole means of communication with the Church. Hubbard would evolve into the leader of the Church of Scientology.[1]. Pat Broeker, Hubbard's personal messenger at the time, had gone into hiding with him once before and knew how. I have not at any time believed otherwise than that L. Ron Hubbard is a fine and brilliant man. L. Ron Hubbard's wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, was an important part of the Church of Scientology. 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. [61], Northrup filed for divorce on April 23, 1951, charging Hubbard with "extreme cruelty" causing her "great mental anguish and physical suffering". Although she was not yet twenty-four years old, she exercised considerable power within the Scientology movement and people around Hubbard quickly learned to be wary of her. ", HUBBARD: "I never had a second wife."[78]. Alternative_Effort 7 mo. members. 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. . members, Northrup's usurpation of Helen's role led to conflict between the two sisters. "I thought he was pretty. She subsequently married one of Hubbard's former employees, Miles Hollister, and moved to Hawaii and later Massachusetts, where she died in 1997. According to Northrup, Hubbard began beating her when they were in Florida in the summer of 1946. The hugely popular recent HBO documentary (Going Clear, by Alex Gibney) has once again called into question the authenticity of L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology.As the debate rages over his life and work, we're taking a look at some of the . He and Mary Sue moved initially to Daytona Beach, Florida in August 1975. [62] She had consulted doctors who "concluded that said Hubbard was hopelessly insane, and, crazy, and that there was no hope for said Hubbard, or any reason for her to endure further; that competent medical advisers recommended that said Hubbard be committed to a private sanatorium for psychiatric observation and treatment of a mental ailment known as paranoid schizophrenia."[62]. They married April 25, 1909, in Omaha, Nebraska. "[62] He later told Hubbard's unofficial biographer, Russell Miller: I liked Sara and Miles a lot. [39] Rather than telling Northrup where Alexis was, he called her and said that "he had cut [Alexis] into little pieces and dropped the pieces in a river and that he had seen little arms and legs floating down the river and it was my fault, I'd done it because I'd left him."[53]. Russell Miller notes: They were indeed an unlikely couple a flamboyant, fast-talking extrovert entrepreneur in his forties and a quiet, intense young woman twenty years his junior from a small town in Texas.