Life of L. Ron Hubbard from 1975 to 1986

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From 1975 until his death in 1986, L. Ron Hubbard hid in a variety of locations throughout the continental United States.

Having alienated most port authorities, and being in poor health, L. Ron Hubbard ordered his Sea Org to locate a new land base for Scientology management and retire the seagoing operations. In 1975 they purchased a large hotel in Clearwater, Florida which became the Flag Land Base. Hubbard went into hiding while his wife Mary Sue ran the Guardian's Office.

During this period, his second son committed suicide, two Guardian's Office agents were caught in the act of theft at IRS headquarters, the FBI simultaneously raided two Scientology compounds on opposite sides of the USA, discovering 90,000 incriminating documents and tools of burglary and espionage. The criminal trial of 11 high-ranking Scientologists resulted in prison sentences for all, including Hubbard's wife Mary Sue. Hubbard was an unindicted co-conspirator and remained in hiding until his death in 1986.