Sara Elizabeth Bruce Northrup Hollister (April 8, 1924 - December 19, 1997) was an occultist and second wife of Scientologist founder L. Ron Hubbard. She obtained a Hubbard Dianetic Auditor's Certificate and joined the Foundation's staff. 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). My Will is all changed. Commonly armed. A change in the visa regime in the UK enabled foreigners to remain indefinitely if they had sufficient means to support themselves. 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. Evidently a prime mover but very young. [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. Alternative_Effort 7 mo. [12], Northrup's hostility towards other members of the O.T.O. Alexis will get a fortune unless she goes to you as she would then get nothing. In the end, Hubbard's wife and the others were found guilty of charges of conspiracy and burglary. [44] Klowden recalled that Northrup "was very hostile to me. Illustration by Pat Barrett. According to the Church of Scientology, the reason for the trip was that "amid the constant violence of the turncoat Don J. Purcell of Wichita and his suits which attempted to seize Scientology, Mary Sue became ill and to save her life, Ron took her to England where several Dianetic groups had asked him to form an organization. [59], In July 1981, all remaining GO staff were ordered to join the Sea Org, which would thus secure the CMO's control of the Guardian's Office, and the current Guardian, Jane Kember who was one of those convicted on conspiracy charges was to be removed. - Creston, Kalifornia, 1986. janur 24.) Confessedly a member of the Young Communists. She began an affair with Wilfred Smith, Parsons' mentor in the O.T.O. [19] The manor, a country house formerly owned by Sawai Man Singh II, the Maharajah of Jaipur, became both the new home of the Hubbards and the world headquarters 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. "[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." In July 1949 I was in Elizabeth, New Jersey, writing a movie. She soon became involved in a relationship with Hubbard and married him in March 1952. Later, Hubbard said his wife left him because he was a cripple: Your character is superior. Hubbard took with him only two people, a married couple named Pat and Anne Broeker. Several ships were purchased to serve as the quarters of the newly created "Sea Org". by nevalalee February 1, 2017. A thought nagged away at the young filmmaker as Hubbard expanded on the theme, "I could well understand hopping into bed at night with one's wife, rubbing one's hands together and saying 'we made $10,000 today dear'," says Nairn, "but I couldn't understand his own wife believing it all, believing in out-of body experiences and previous lives. [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. Northrup and Hubbard had frequent rows and his violent behaviour towards her continued unabated. I believed Sara absolutely; there was no question about the truth in my opinion. We are very gay companions. "I thought he was pretty. Dissmissed [sic] in February when affiliations discovered. Goodbye I love you. "[53] She was bundled into the back of a car and driven to San Bernardino, California, where Hubbard attempted to find a doctor to examine his wife and declare her insane. For more than a decade, the whereabouts of Shelly Miscavige, the reportedly missing wife of Scientology leader David, has been hotly debated. She informed us that she did not appreciate our investigation of the GO and that if one were needed she would do it. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard ( Tilden, Nebraska, 1911. mrcius 13. An attempt was made to have her sign an affidavit stating that she was in fact the daughter of L. Ron Hubbard's first son, her half-brother L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.[87], As the United Press International news agency noted, Church of Scientology biographies of Hubbard's life do not mention either of his first two wives. Currently intimate with them but evidently under coercion. "[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. [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. The raids of July 1977 were the result.[49]. Her father had just died and her grief appeared to aggravate Hubbard, who was attempting to restart his pre-war career of writing pulp fiction. Maybe he should be reincarnated as a rabbit. 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. They lived there incognito for a few months before moving into an apartment in Dunedin on the west coast of Florida, a few miles north of the town of Clearwater where a Scientology front company had bought the old Fort Harrison Hotel to serve as Scientology's new headquarters. Margaret "Polly" Grubb (1933-1947) Sara Northrup Hollister (1946-1951) Without him, none of this would have been possible; and so to Ron goes my everlasting gratitude for having provided for all of us the road to Clear. They set up a business partnership on January 15, 1946 under the name of "Allied Enterprises", with Parsons putting up $20,000 of capital, Hubbard adding $1,200 and Northrup contributing nothing. On the one hand she certainly appeared to be a pathetic individual. To Hubbard, her sadness was nothing more than an annoyance. [1] Parsons had subdivided the house, a rambling mansion next door to the estate of Adolphus Busch (which later became the first Busch Gardens), into 19 apartments which he populated with a mixture of artists, writers, scientists and occultists. [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. But I am 13 years older than she. 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. of age, 5'10", 140 lbs. The Occult Rocket Scientist Who Conjured Spirits with L. Ron Hubbard Jack Parsons (right foreground) and colleagues prepare for their second-ever rocket engine test in Pasadena, November 1936.. "[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. [46] In March 1976, she approved an illegal plan to obtain "non-FOI data" from the government, meaning classified documents not available through the Freedom of Information Act. 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. She intended to make use of this discovery by writing a book that would be "completely anti-Christ". [88] In one publication the Church has airbrushed Northrup out of a photograph of the couple that appeared in the Miami Daily News issue of June 30, 1946. [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. [11] Northrup also became pregnant but had an abortion on April 1, 1943, arranged by Parsons and carried out by Dr. Zachary Taylor Malaby, a prominent Pasadena doctor and Democratic politician. "[27] The entire crew was forced to wear gray rags to symbolize their demotion; it was said that even Mary Sue's corgi dog, Vixie, had a gray rag tied around her neck. My right side is paralyzed and getting more so. [3] In it, she thanked her husband "for having given the most precious gifts of freedom and true beingness to me and my fellow man. "[43], By October, the Foundation's financial affairs had reached a crisis point. 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. [27] The Royal Scotman was later renamed the Apollo. 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. ago. "[42] He began an affair with the twenty-year-old Klowden, much to the annoyance of Northrup, who was clearly aware of the liaison. . "[3], During the late 1960s, Scientology was faced by an increasingly hostile media and intensifying government scrutiny in a number of countries, notably Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. During his interview with him, he got Lafayette to refer to Hubbard's wife Mary Sue Hubbard as Mary, before informing him that Hubbard used to call her Suzy. It was horrible. After her resignation from the GO, Mary Sue Hubbard ceased to have any involvement in the management of the Church of Scientology. [15] Hubbard soon began an affair with Northrup after beginning "affairs with one girl after another in the house. [47], The espionage continued for another three months before Meisner's luck ran out and he was caught in June 1976. Hubbard would evolve into the leader of the Church of Scientology. 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. . Worried about the chances of his own prosecution or being served with lawsuits, Hubbard slipped away into hiding. I'm actually gonna disagree with most people here. Suspected only. [7] Her parents not only knew about her unconventional living arrangements but supported Parsons' group financially. [31] Hubbard returned to the United States, living under a false name in New York City while Mary Sue and the children remained aboard the Apollo. "[21], On January 26, 1967, Mary Sue was confirmed as a Scientology "Clear", a somewhat elite rank at that time. When Hubbard's active stint in the Navy was over he stayed on the West Coast, moving to Los Angeles in 1945. or so the stories go. carry huge amounts of cash around in his pocket. Ironically, the wedding took place only 30 miles from the town where Hubbard had married his first wife thirteen years previously. His misfortunes had been caused by "a woman known as Sara Elizabeth Northrup . Her achievement was commemorated in a special tribute edition of the Scientology newspaper The Auditor, titled simply: "Mary Sue Hubbard Clear #208". [78] In December 1995, Hubbard had a mastectomy of her left breast. As Scientology's "first lady," Shelly Miscavige took on many duties. 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. On one occasion, while Northrup was pregnant, Hubbard kicked her several times in the stomach in an apparent though unsuccessful attempt to induce an abortion. [25] The difference in the quality of living conditions between the Hubbards and the crew was stark: Most of the crew lived in cramped, smelly, roach-infested dormitories fitted with bunks in three tiers that left little room for personal possessions. "[76] As Downsborough put it, he portrayed himself as "a constant victim of women". L. Ron Hubbard dating history Relationships. 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. L. Ron Hubbard's wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, was an important part of the Church of Scientology. I then confronted the mutineers, and persuaded Mary Sue Hubbard to again resign, which ended the last vestige of GO resistance.[63]. "[90], After the documentary-maker Alex Gibney directed the film Going Clear, based on Wright's book of the same name and citing Northrup's words about Hubbard, the Church published a video calling Northrup a "failed gold digger" and "self admitted perjurer" who was responsible for "a get-rich-quick scheme [concocted] by the woman and her publicity starved lawyer to try to shake down Mr. Hubbard for money and take over the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation after Dianetics soared to the top of national bestseller lists. [59] Hubbard fled to Havana, Cuba, where he wrote a letter to Northrup: I have been in the Cuban military hospital and I am being transferred to the United States next week as a classified scientist immune from interference of all kinds. members. I remember he said to me I was the only person he knew who would set up a white silk tent for him. [13], Similar concerns were expressed by other O.T.O. I may live a long time and again I may not. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986), commonly shortened to L. Ron Hubbard, was a science-fiction writer and drug fiend[1] who engaged in the ultimate experiment: to create a religion founded on utter bullshit, yet endowed with the sociological and psychological components that "make religions work". Speaking to Dianeticists following the divorce, Hubbard blamed shadowy outside forces for the bad publicity: "We have just been through the saw mill, through the public presses. She is all I have to live for. It is now in the Stephen A. Kent Collection on Alternative Religions at the University of Alberta. Her half-sister was an inmate of an insane asylum. Her lawyer, Caryl Warner, also worked the media on her behalf so that Northrup's story received maximum publicity. On its most basic level, "The Master" is a primordial myth about a man seeking his lost father (Freddie's dad, we learn, died long ago) and a father seeking his lost son (Dodd's own son . [9], In June 1941, at the age of seventeen, she began a passionate affair with Parsons while her sister Helen was away on vacation. [3] The couple had three daughters. It just never occurred to me he was a liar. [29], The Hubbards moved ashore in March 1972 after three years traveling aboard their ship from port to port in the Mediterranean. [45] Mary Sue was closely involved in the strategy; a letter written by her, approving the thefts, was later used in evidence against her. L. Ron Hubbard PO Box 24152 Tampa, FL 33623 28 November 1980. He was 74 years old. [35] The presence of the Hubbards was meant to be a secret, but in January 1976 he was recognized by a science fiction fan while on a shopping trip. 121669 should complain about invasion of privacy. American Religious Leader L. Ron Hubbard was born Lafayette Ronald Hubbard on 13th March, 1911 in . She attempted to flee on a ferry but Hubbard caught up with her and convinced her to stay, saying that he was in the process of getting a divorce and that an attorney had told him that the marriage with Northrup was legal. It began when Sara's father died. 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. He had worked as an archivist for the Church of Scientology, gathering source material for a planned biography of L. Ron Hubbard. She had been part of Jack Parsons' group because "she had been sent in there by the Russians. [27] The wedding attracted criticism from L. Sprague de Camp, another science fiction colleague of Hubbard's, who suggested to the Heinleins that he supposed "Polly was tiresome about not giving him his divorce so he could marry six other gals who were all hot & moist over him. [32], The relationship was not an easy one. [25][26], Around the same time, Hubbard proposed marriage to Northrup. . In reality, Hubbard had made an unsuccessful request for assistance from the US military attach to Havana. Center of most turbulence in our organization. [32] They were reunited in September 1973, when the possibility of extradition had passed. [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. By this time the Foundation had filed for bankruptcy, and Hubbard's erstwhile backer, Don Purcell, was left to deal with its substantial debts. [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. They were formally found guilty on October 26, 1979. I know, because I personally met with her and obtained her resignation At first, Mary Sue Hubbard was not willing to resign. I just wanted to be free of him! 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. 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