The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.
- Seneca


Our ideas, like orange-plants, spread out in proportion to the size of the box which imprisons the roots.
- Edward Bulwer Lytton

Stories From Inside Scientology - Index

The net's most extensive collection of personal accounts and real-life stories of young Scientologists.

If you'd like to submit your own experience, positive or negative, please contact submit@exscientologykids.com. If you're submitting a statement anonymously, please indicate the pseudonym you'd like to use. We won't alter your story in any major way, though we may clean up the punctuation a little. Outright Scientology story-bombing or blatant propaganda will be rejected.

It's a shame that not everyone in the stories below can use their real names. If you want to know why many of these people have chosen to speak under a pseudonym, please read our privacy page.

dot.gifNEW! Losing My Religion - James McGuigan
Pages: [1], [2]

dot.gifKendra's Story: Growing Up a Scientologist
Pages: [1], [2], [3], [4]

dot.gifDeclaration of Astra Woodcraft
Pages: [1], [2]

dot.gifRichard's Story: My Childhood in the Org

dot.gifBea's Story
Pages: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11]

dot.gifThe Gospel According to Saint Bastard

dot.gifSharon's Story

dot.gifJefferson's Scientology Story - Get the other side of the story from this very articulate tale about the good aspects of growing up in Scientology.

dot.gifKelly Wasserman's Letter to the Admins (short story)

dot.gifMiss X's Scientology Story

dot.gifAnthony's Scientology Story

dot.gifSabrina's Story (link)

dot.gifRyan's Story (link)

dot.gifSasha's Letters (link)

dot.gifWrongPlaceRightTime's Story (Forum Post)

Story Translations


dot.gifL'histoire de Kendra dans la Scientologie (Kendra in French! Thanks Anonymous!)
Pages: [1], [2], [3], [4]

dot.gifDeclaration d'Astra Woodcraft (French)
Pages: [1], [2]

dot.gifJenna's Letter to Karin Pouw (French)

Interviews

Read interviews with Scientology kids! These interview questions follow a very specific format, and are taken from the Through the Door website. All the ex-Scientology kids here answer the same questions in their own way.

dot.gifLily Wood's Interview

dot.gifRQPD's Interview

dot.gifSpawn's Interview

dot.gifAnonymous Interview

dot.gifCorky's Interview

dot.gifExtra Quiet's Interview

dot.gifShoestring's Interview

dot.gifWhoody's Interview

Video Testimonials

Watch video testimonials from people who grew up inside.

dot.gifTanya's Story (YouTube Video)

dot.gifVivien's Story (Video Testimonial)

dot.gifJeanne-Marie Boucher (YouTube Video)

dot.gifJenna Miscavige Hill (on ABC's Nightline Show)

dot.gifAstra Woodcraft's Story (Video Interview)

dot.gifKendra Wiseman Interview (KNOW Radio Interview)

dot.gifMarc Headley Interview (Glosslip Radio Interview)

dot.gifJason Beghe Video Interview (Scientology Celeberity)