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German Documentary (1999): "Missing in Happy Valley" (dubbed in English,
transcript at Rick A. Ross Institute) Off-camera commentator: In the near vicinity of the company's private golf course and the football field in Gilman Hot Sprints is another attraction in the Scientology program: a circular spot. In the middle is a palm tree. That's not meant for harmless games, that spot is for running. Today clockwise and tomorrow counter-clockwise around. The newest edition is said to be a water sprinkling system for overheated souls. Jesse Prince: He put a big may pole up at his headquarters and his people had to run around it all day long. Further punishment for that part of the elite who have suddenly become a problem for David Miscavige. You run from sunrise until night, until you go to bed, always in circles, day and night, for weeks on end. Stacy Brooks: Twelve hours a day around the pole, until you realize that you have done something wrong and you can think straight again. That is when you again be a proper Scientologist. Hamburg Morgen Post (2000): "Caught in Scientology's concentration camp" "I was pulled out of my bed early in the morning
and dragged off," Stacy Brooks reported. She said the
rehabilitation camp was in the middle of Los Angeles.
Brooks: "I was constantly watched there and interrogated
daily - with a lie detector." She said she received
threats that she would never see her family again. "In the afternoons we had to do the running program for hours to get rid of
negative thoughts." The only ones that leave are those who toe the
line for the sect, said Stacy Brooks. Now she has
joined the struggle against the sect.
The "Church of Scientology" or the Guru's Gulags, Story of an Escape The "Running Program" is the severest punishment. It consists of running for 8
hours long around a pole until the person becomes a robot. Constant watch over is kept and no privacy is
tolerated. A "twin" (buddy or rather companion in misfortune)
is assigned to him/her. It is a very efficient system to keep
control of the RPFer moreover, it is quite Machiavellian; each
one keeping a close eye on the other one does not
allow solidarity.
The "Church of Scientology" or the Guru's Gulags, Story of an Escape The "Running Program" is the severest punishment. It consists of running for 8
hours long around a pole until the person becomes a robot. Constant watch over is kept and no privacy is
tolerated. A "twin" (buddy or rather companion in misfortune)
is assigned to him/her. It is a very efficient system to keep
control of the RPFer moreover, it is quite Machiavellian; each
one keeping a close eye on the other one does not
allow solidarity.
Affidavit of Andre Tabayoyon (5 March 1994) 76. For 12 hours every day, for the duration of her stay, except for the few
occasions when she was too ill to move, I saw her run around a pole ("the
running program"). This is one of
the most severe forms of RPF. It is reserved for persons deemed
to be in a very low ethics status. It is often
regarded as a program to contain persons regarded as
crazy by the Scientology hierarchy. In addition to
the running program Vicki was also working on other
projects for an additional 5 hours a day.
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Taz (2000): "Unobstructed brainwashing" She said she had to run around a pole in a park for twelve hours to the point of
exhaustion "in order to get rid of bad thoughts."
Affidavit of Hana Eltringham Whitfield (8 August 1989) RPF members had to run all the time. They were not allowed to walk. They had to run while doing their cleaning assignments in
bathrooms and toilets, while doing the garbage details or while
going up and down the 12 flights of stairs in the Fort Harrison
building carrying buckets, brooms and heavy cleaning equipment,
and sometimes buckets full of heavy construction material. RPF
members were not allowed to use the elevators, not even the
service elevator.
Affidavit of David Mayo (1 May 1987) 14. On August 29, 1982, David Miscavige, and
others, acting on the orders of L. Ron Hubbard, kidnapped me and
subsequently kept me captive and physically and mentally abused
me for six months During this period, David Miscavige, an
officer and director of RTC, told me in the presence of Vicki
Aznaran, President of RTC, Mark Yaeger, Commanding Officer, CMO
INT of CSI that if I ever escaped, he would personally see to it
that the resources of the Church of Scientology would destroy my
character and reputation internationally. During that six-month
period of captivity, I was forced to run around a tree in the desert in temperatures of up to 110
degrees for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week for 3 months I was under tremendous coercion and
duress I was refused medical and dental treatment (after
escaping captivity I lost six teeth and required thousands of
dollars of dental work to save the rest of my teeth) I was not
permitted to make or receive phone calls and all letters I wrote
were read by Scientology security guards. I was often awakened
during the night and interrogated (mainly by Jesse Prince). In
early February 1983, I was told by Rick Aznaran, Director of
Security, RTC, (husband of Vicki Aznaran, President of RTC), to
get the idea of leaving out of my head because I would never
leave the property alive.
Forced running was a universal aspect in the RPF,
but leaders also used it as a specific punishment.
According to a person who was on the Apollo, Hubbard
devised the "running program" as a punishment against a
member whom he thought "needed some discipline." He
ordered the member "to do fifty laps around the
prom[enade] deck. [The member] did about twenty and
declared [that] he had done fifty. I remember
distinctly, and he got away with it" (Kent Interview
with Ernesto, 1997: 5). With the advent of the RPF,
running quickly became a standard punishment.
Affidavit of Stacy Brooks Young (9 March 1994) 178. Miscavige had also ordered me to do the
"Running Program" as part of the requirements for
getting off the RPF. This consisted of running around an orange pole for 12 hours a day.
I was supposed to do this until I had some sort of
realization about what was wrong with me, whereupon,
presumably, I would stop being critical of him.
"blownforgood": "Why the building has been parked and why it will not open on time!" The CRRD — this is the one where you
run around a friggin pole for hours at a time until you cannot
run anymore. You rest, then run some more. This goes on for
weeks! Well some of the Base Execs would assign people to the
rundown if they were out ethics or just not getting shit done.
Before you knew it there were tons of people running around a pole in the middle
of the desert in 100 degree weather. [...] This program also borderlines
on a real world physical limitation as well. Can you
imagine some overweight person running around a pole
for 3 weeks 5 hours per day. You are going to see
some serious legal issues come into play at this
point. There are going to be injuries and someone
will have to explain why you kept the person running
day after day.
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