Scientology-Related Deaths

This page documents individuals who have died in circumstances where Scientology doctrine, organisational practices, or associated programs are reported, alleged, or documented as contributing factors. It is compiled for historical record and public awareness using survivor testimony, media reporting, legal records, and other publicly available sources.

Entries are categorised to describe reported circumstances and do not assert legal conclusions. Where information is unclear or incomplete, cases are marked Unknown (U) to avoid speculation and may be updated as further information becomes available.

This is an ongoing project. Corrections or additional information may be submitted to Perthaudit@gmail.com.

1. Aaron Poulin (S) – Born and raised in the SO. He was CMO Int messenger, got demoted to CCI and was so caved in by that he committed suicide. 20 years old.
2. Adam Holland
3. Adam Hancock
4. Adam Hebblewhite (S)
5. Adell Hartwell
6. Al Crivello (S) After being sent to the RPF and declared an SP
7. Alain Priouzeau (Died in traffic accident due to sleep deprivation)
8. Alan Albert (S) His wife left him because he left scientology
9. Alan Green (S)
10. Alan Hubbert (UC)
11. Alan Kartuzinsky (UC)
12. Alan Meredith (S)
13. Albert Jaquier (MN)
14. Alexander Jentzsch
15. Alice Miller C (UC)
16. Allan Hodges (UC)
17. Allen Buchanan
18. Allen Kapular (UC)
19. Allen Hubbert (UC)
20. Alex Nunn (S)
21. Allison X. (P)
22. Alden Anderson
23. Amber Bullins (N)
24. Anais Jean 10 years old ,fell from a scientologists roof whilst clearing gutters (A)
25. Anette Westphal
26. Anita Mally OT (UC)
27. Annie Tidman Broeker
28. Antonella B
29. Andreas Ostertag (SU) (Drowned under suspicious circumstances. Was being interrogated & extorted from)
30. Ariel Bingham (UC)
31. Aron Riley (N)
32. Arthur Beals (M) by his son who went psychotic
33. Arlene Gasparini (N)
34. Arnold Ivener
35. Arnold Lerma (S)
36. Alexander Michel
37. Arlene S. Heller
38. Ashlee Shaner
39. Barbara Clarke
40. Barbara Pointek
41. Bambi Paul (UC)
42. Beau Griffis (S) (N)
43. Beppe G.
44. Benjamin Keough (S)
45. Bernard C
46. Bernando Lan (UC)
47. Betty Haliday
48. Betty Filisky
49. Beth Hanson
50. Beth Yamaguchi
51. Beverly Carter
52. Biggi Reichelt (S/M?) OTVIII, PAP-IMI burn on head
53. Bill Ward (MN) Stevens creek
54. Bjarne Hededam (S)
55. Bob Anderson (UC)
56. Bob Borowsky
57. Bob Cobb (UC)
58. Bob Fine OT8 (UC)
59. Bob Mills
60. Bob Schaffner
61. Bob Sheckler (UC)
62. Bobby Gerrold
63. Bo Jonsson (S)
64. Brad Bufanda (S)
65. Brad Pinch (S) disconnection and freeloader debt
66. Bradlee Sweigart (UC)
67. Brenda Singer
68. Brook Shackleton (UC)
69. Bruce Davis
70. Bruce Taylor (MN) Asthma
71. Bud Fields (Murdered for the Freewinds)
72. Carlos Becerra
73. Carl Anderson
74. Carl Barney
75. Carluccio
76. Carole Gluchacki (S)
77. Carol Nyburg
78. Carol South (UC)
79. Carol X.
80. Carrie Slaughterbeck (SU) (Suspicious. Autopsy changed by same person who changed Lisa McPhearson’s)
81. Casper Labuschagne (S)
82. Catherine Mary Dowling
83. Cathy Cariotakl
84. Cat Delmonte
85. Cathronia White (S)
86. Cam Solari (UC)
87. Cecilia Kruchko-Smith (MN) + She said long term Emeter user?)
88. Cecolia Rojo (UC) 17 yrs old
89. Cesar Lavado (UC)
90. Charles J Lemmer (UC) OT7
91. Charles Sheahan
92. Christopher Arbuckle (P)
93. Chris Needy
94. Christian Fouche
95. Chih-Jen Yeh (M) at AOSH ANZO
96. Chuck DeVoe
97. Chuck Lemmer(UC) OT
98. Chuck Newton
99. Chuck Toftness (MN)
100. Cindy Scott English (UC)
101. Claire Jeans (UC)
102. Claire Reppen
103. Clarisse Brousseau
104. Claudia Petschek (S)
105. Clinton Coleman
106. Clive Tweddell (S)
107. Cody McFadyen
108. Colin Gow
109. Collin Smith-Levin
110. Corey Mckenna (28)
111. Courtney “Cody” Bates (S)
112. Craig Miller (S)
113. Craig Tomlinson (UC)
114. Dabney Taliaferro Waring
115. Dale Susan Bogen (S) After being put on the Introspection Rundown
116. Dan Lööf (S)
117. Daniel Sigal (UC)
118. Danielle Possebon (UC) OT8
119. Daphne Parselle (Said Scientology auditing cured her cancer. She died of cancer a short time later.)
120. Darlene Goves
121. Daryl Naugle (UC)
122. David Artz (M)
123. David Baker (S)
124. David Boer
125. David Butterworth (UC)
126. David Cary (M) by his wife
127. David Dewhurst (S)
128. David Getto
129. David Kezanowki
130. David Johnson (UC) OT7
131. David Orin Cloud (gave up on life crashed his car and died)
132. David Rossouw (UC)
133. David Sandweiss (S)
134. David Scott Sutter (UC)
135. David Tomberlin
136. David Vantrease (S)
137. David Voorhies
138. David Ziff
139. Dolores Sheckler (UC)
140. Denise Webb
141. Debby Morris (UC) OT7
142. Dennis Dubin OT8
143. Diane Colletto (M) By husband John
144. Dianne Kirby
145. Diane Morrison (UC) (MN)
146. Dick Eastin OT8 (UC)
147. Dick Halpin (S)
148. Dick Garlick
149. Dick Povall
150. Di Kirby (UC)
151. Douglas J Long (S)
152. Donna Adams
153. Don Cooper
154. Don Currier OT7 (UC)
155. Donald Edge (S)
156. Donald Premarukov
157. Dorothy Barton
158. Dorothy Geary
159. Dorian Hale (N/S)
160. Doreen Gaul (Murdered by Manson family)
161. Donald Gilmore
162. Daniele Pozzebon (UC) OTVII
163. Duncan Gurtion OT8 (UC)
164. Earl Newman
165. Edward Brewer (A) (Left to die in car wreck by SO members. They went to OSA instead as worried about PR)
166. Edward Cobb
167. Edward Krzanowski
168. Edward McBride (S) (SU)
169. Edward Mooney (Completed OTVIII then died of an aneurysm) First OT8 to die
170. Edith Hodgkinson (UC)
171. Eileen Perkins (M) due to her sons psychosis due to medical neglect
172. Elena Fine (OT8)
173. Elaine Smythe (S) (Sydney committed suicide after disconnection)
174. Ellen Carder (UC) (LHR told her to complete the Clearing Course to cure her cancer. She died of cancer)
175. Ellen Herlehy (UC)
176. Ellen Griffen
177. Ellen Price (UC) OT IV
178. Elenor Blankenship (UC) OTVIII
179. Elizabeth Barron Horwich
180. Elizabeth Wordie (MN)
181. Enid Byrne
182. Eric Knaverhause (UC)
183. Eric Rubio, 36, died of starvation in Copenhagen, January 2002
184. Eric Vigeland
185. Eric Webb
186. Erica Laws (UC)
187. Errol Champagne
188. Ernie X. (S)
189. Enid Byrne (uc)
190. Enza Guzzo (UC) OTVIII
191. Eugene Denk
192. Eva Bidlingmaier (S)
193. Faith Hudson (UC) OTV
194. Federica X. (N)
195. Florence “Flo” Barnett (S) (M) (SU)
196. Francisco Antonio Suárez (S)
197. Francis Brown McKee (UC)
198. Francis Pipes
199. Francois X. (S)
200. Françoise Millet-Gonnet
201. Frank Davis (S)
202. Frank Suarez (S)
203. Frank Vitkovic (S)
204. Fred Oesterreicher (N)
205. Gabriella Bramucci (UC)
206. Gabriel Graves (N)
207. Gary Rist
208. Gary Ross
209. Gay Douchette (S) Had so much debt due to sciento & saw no way out
210. Gene Juss (UC)
211. Gene Traudt (S) OTVII
212. Gerald Baxter (MN) Thought being clear stopped his asthma, died due to being prevented from using his inhalers
213. Gérard Mirault (Went into psychosis & froze to death outside)
214. Gifford X. (S) New Zealand
215. Giuliano Cocchetti (S)
216. Gitte X. (S) From Lynby Mission, Denmark. (S) at Flag
217. Glen Eltringham (S)
218. Göran Andersson (S)
219. Grace Alpe (see Robert Alpe) – wife Grace was heartbroken and died shortly afterwards; Both were in their mid-forties.
220. Grant Pool
221. Graham Leese
222. Gregory Bashaw (S)
223. Gregory Bradford Wisner
224. Gretchen Schwartz (UC)
225. Griffee Blythe (S) Drank herself to death after her son died
226. Guissepe Tomba (N)
227. Hank Deneke
228. Hans Benakee
229. Hans Van Ettinger
230. Hugh Franklin (S)
231. Hannu Hyttinon (A) (Was making bombs (possibly for the GO) accidently blew himself up)
232. Harvey Stapleton Wanganui
233. Helen Cary (S) (Shot herself after killing her husband. He was trying to fix her with Dianetics)
234. Helen Edwards (UC)
235. Helen Ralston (UC)
236. Helene M (UC)
237. Helen (O’ Ryan) Henry
238. Henning Heldt
239. Heribert Pfaff (P) (MN)
240. Hervé Hiver (M)18 months old, murdered by her psychotic scientologist nanny
241. Hi Levy (S)
242. Hillary Holten (N)
243. Ian Clarke (MN)
244. Ian Hebblewhite OTV (UC)
245. Ian Tampion (UC)
246. Ilya Rakhmanov
247. Issac Hayes
248. Jaan Joot
249. Jackie Magness
250. Jack Viehman
251. Jacob Joseph Heider (N)
252. James Dries (S)
253. James Dixon
254. James Erickson
255. Jack Dineen (S)
256. Jack Edwards Tokoroa
257. James R Fako
258. James Sharp (Murdered by The Manson Family)
259. Jane Blake
260. Jane Burka
261. Jason Tirado
262. Jean Anderson
263. Jean Lafitte (S) (N)
264. Jean-Louis H.
265. Jennifer Burpee (S)
266. Jens Bogvad
267. Jeremy Blake (S)
268. Jeremy Cassowitz (S)
269. Jeroeri de Bruiji
270. Jerry Whitfield
271. Jeroen de Bruijn
272. Jesse James Kitko (N)
273. Jett Travolta (MN)
274. Jim Coonrad
275. Jim Keith
276. Jim Larson (UC)
277. Jimmie Speeris (A) (was under incredible pressure died in car accident)
278. Jim Whyte
279. Jo Ann Blake
280. Joao Cancela
281. Joan Lonstein (UC)
282. Jocelyne Dorfmann (N)
283. Joe Harrison (A) (Died in accident due to sleep deprivation)
284. Joe Nathan Pringle
285. Joel Morris
286. John H Boucher
287. Jonathon Ramsey (S)
288. Johannes Hermanus Scheepers (S/M?)
289. John Axel
290. John Boucher
291. John Bostrom
292. John Breedlove (S) Told his mother that Scn ordered him to commit suicide
293. John Buchanan
294. John Colletto (S) After murdering his wife
295. John Kennedy (S)?(accident) Died in 1966 in Rhodesia, supposedly cleaning up his weapon; He was a Scientologist known for the conflicts he had in the local group, which he had left for open his own mental institute.
296. John Griffen (S)
297. John Roberts (R)
298. John Robert Smith
299. John Robertson
300. John Peterson
301. Johnny Lewis
302. John Neugebauer
303. John Mustard
304. John Stout
305. John X. (S)
306. John X. (S) left message: “Go to Scientology and you will understand everything!”
307. John Wordie (MN) Brother of William Drummond. John had 5 brain tumors that were diagnosed too late
308. Jonathan Nydahl
309. Jo R. (S)
310. Jorge Arroyo
311. Jorgen Nielsen (S)
312. Josephus A. Havenith
313. Jose Tirado
314. Joleen Marshall (deteriorated rapidly, died after going into psychosis)
315. Joy McBride (S)
316. Judith Foer
317. Judith Richmond (S)
318. Judy Rosenbaum (MN)
319. Judy X.
320. Julia Salmen
321. Julie Mc Kee
322. Kaja Bordevich Ballo (S) After doing personality test
323. Kaysie Dianne Wernick
324. Karen Simon (S)
325. Karin Hommeberg (S)
326. Karl Tempest (N)
327. Katrijn Borré (M) (murdered by SCN bf due to psychosis)
328. Kathryn Walicki (M) Sister stabbed her to death while in psychosis due to not taking her meds
329. Kate Parmen de Gonzalez (S) It was said at the time that she felt bad about her “mock-up” -her body- and she wanted to leave it.
330. Katie Harrold DeCosin
331. Kerri Frost
332. Keith Frost
333. Keith Klien (S) psychosis
334. Kelly Preston (MN)
335. Kerry Vale (UC)
336. Ken Ogger (M) (Weights tied to feet & found in his pool)
337. Ken Schick
338. Kevin Vavricka (N)
339. Khushroo Motivala (S)
340. Kirk Anderson
341. Kirstie Alley (MN)
342. Konrad Aigner (Organ failure from vitamins, mainly niacin)
343. Konrad A. Passau
344. Kristi Bouck (S) Shot herself in the chest
345. Kyle Brennan (M) (SU)
346. Larry Dennison
347. Larry Pollack of Los Angeles, California, OT 8, Class 6
348. Larry Wheaton
349. Larrayne Johnston (S) Disconnection
350. Laura X. (N)
351. Laura Hippe (S)
352. Laura Wolfe
353. Lauren Hiver (M) 18 months old, murdered by psychotic scientologist nanny not on meds
354. Lauren Schofield (A) (14 mths), creche at Sydney Org. Fell downstairs unattended
355. Laurie Clark (MN)
356. Laurie Madden (New Zealand)
357. Lavina Timmons
358. Lawrence Byrnes
359. Leah Theriery
360. Lee Johnstone (S)
361. Lee McNeely
362. Leigh Crundall (S)
363. Leila Leighton Brown (S)
364. Len Barke (UC)
365. Leslie Platinsky OT4 (UC)
366. Lex Povall (UC)
367. Lisa Bocklemann (S)
368. Lisa Marie Presley
369. Lisa McPherson (MN)
370. Linda Johnson (MN) Diabetes
371. Linda Quay (UC) OTIV
372. Lindy Duncanson
373. Lin Jun
374. Lloyd Speedy (S)(MN)
375. Lori Wood (Unknown cause. Was in ethics handling)
376. Louisa Shields (S) OTVIII
377. Louis Belucci
378. Louis Pagliaro (M)
379. Louise Boyle
380. Lucille Podva
381. Lucy-Lorraine Smith
382. Luigi Anonymous
383. Luzette Sparrin
384. Lyman Spurlock (UC)
385. Markus Thöss (S)
386. Marcy Rogers (UC)
387. Margarit Winkelmann (S)Psychosis
388. Margie Pearce
389. Maria de Rosario Almeida (M)
390. Marie Passmore (UC)
391. Marie-Louise Krusell
392. Marjan Witte
393. Mark Carlton (S)
394. Mark Chambers (MN) Thrown out due to ending up in wheelchair. Told he was out PR
395. Mark Foster
396. Mark Kabat (S)
397. Mark Schaatsbergen (S)
398. Maria Pia OTVII (N)
399. Maria M (UC)
400. Mario M. (S) After killing his mother. Suffering from psychological distress due to scn
401. Mario Majorski
402. Marla Panda (UC)
403. Martina Douglas (S)
404. Mary Garlick (UC)
405. Mary Florence Barnett
406. Mary Stouffer
407. Mary Lou Reilly (UC)
408. Matthew Duggan
409. Mats Norryd
410. Maude Casissu (S)
411. Melanie Bruemmer
412. Meagan Shields OTVIII (UC)
413. Michael Bamme (S)
414. Michael Bonnin
415. Michael Carr
416. Michael Friedlich (S)
417. Michael Gutmann (S)
418. Michael Leube (S)
419. Michael Walicki (M) due to psychosis
420. Micky Luell (MN) Died of influenza
421. Miguel Arguello
422. Mike Köhler (P)
423. Mike McGee
424. Millie Whitehead-Richmond (Drowned by mother who had untreated mental illness and was trying to “cure “her daughters CP with scientology
425. Murray Youdell
426. Nathan Dwyer (N)
427. Nancy Avignone
428. Nancy Graham
429. Natalie Ellis
430. Nelsan Ellis
431. Neil Liversedge (UC) New Zealand
432. Noah Lottick (S)
433. Norman Thompson (UC) Right after reaching OT 7 and getting ready at OT8, got throat cancer and died.
434. Oscar A.
435. Pamela Malinson (Worked for 9 years on the asbestos-contaminated Freewinds got sent back to RPF St Hill and died)
436. Paride Ella (N)
437. Paris Bosserman
438. Patrice Vic
439. Patrick Desmond (N)
440. Patty Barragan
441. Pat Bloomberg
442. Paula Marquez (UC)
443. Paula (Ueckermann) Quigley
444. Paul Cooper (S)
445. Paul Rendall (UC)
446. Paul Schaeffer (S)
447. Paolo Meini (OTVIII fell ill and died during auditing session)
448. Peggy Bankston
449. Peggy Labuschagne (UC)
450. Penelope Edwards
451. Penny Pince (UC)
452. Peter Briggs (UC)
453. Peter-Ernst Frei (SU)
454. Peter Lewis (UC)
455. Phillip Gale (S)
456. Phillip Mitchell (UC)
457. Pius Keel
458. Quentin Hubbard (S)?(M)
459. Quentin Schnehager (S)
460. Rachel A. Wilkinson
461. Raul Lopez
462. Randy Patterson (S)
463. Ray Cross
464. Remy Petit (S)?(M)
465. Rex Boler (UC)
466. Rick Bannerman
467. Richard Cocco (S)
468. Richard Collins (S)
469. Richard Stiles
470. Rita Ezekiel (S)
471. Rita Smith (S)
472. Robert Alpe 1965 Declared the first clear in New Zealand. He died shortly afterwards of… “Cause indeterminate”.
473. Roberto B
474. Robert Borowski (S)
475. Robert George Mills (S)
476. Robert Oakes
477. Robert Thorburn (M)
478. Roberto Deplano (S)
479. Rod Twedell (S) New Zealand
480. Rodney Gerard Brown
481. Rodney G. Rimando (S)
482. Roger Nind (A) (Run over)
483. Roland Löffler
484. Ron Corona Jr. ( N)
485. Rosa Rodriguez (UC)
486. Rose Goss (MN)
487. Ross Cooper (S)
488. Roxanne Friend (UC) (MN)
     Watch her story
489. Ruben Joseph Flores Sr. (S) After being put into an ethics program
490. Dr Rudolf Willems (S)
491. Ruth Valko-Burness OTVIII (UC)
492. Sadie Craig (MN)
493. Saima Gallop (UC)
494. Sally Chaleff (UC)
495. Sally Esterman
496. Sandra Fox
497. Sandra Meirsdorff (UC)
498. Scott Leland (S) Psychosis
499. Sharon C. Nederlander (N)
500. Shawn Lonsdale
501. Sheila Harris (UC)
502. Sheila Marsh Hautek (UC)
503. Silvana (UC)
504. Stacey Murphy ( N)
505. Stacy Grove Moxon Meyer (S)?(M)Read the investigation
506. Stan Rogers (MN)
507. Stephen Crane (S)
508. Steve Brackett (S)
509. Steve Harris (UC)
510. Steve O’Hara (UC)
511. Sue Hebert (UC)
512. Sue Mueller OT (uc)
513. Susan S. Johnson (MN)
514. Susan Lynas
515. Susan Meister (S)
516. Susan Todhunter (UC) OT7
517. Sue Mueller OT (UC)
518. Suzanne Beals
519. Suzine Van Sickle (M)
520. Syd Holbrook (UC)
521. Syma Room
522. Sylvaine Delmas (M) By scientologist son who went psychotic.
523. Tabatha Lynn Fauteux (N)
524. Taylor Tweed (S) Young and attested clear
525. Ted Cormier (MN)
526. Terri Schiavo
527. Terry McCaan (P) (His retinas detached while during Purification Rundown. Died shortly afterwards)
528. Theresa Duncan (S)
529. Therese Murphy (UC) Clear who died of cancer in her late 20s
530. Theo Box
531. Thierry X. (S) Psychosis
532. Thom Page (MN)
533. Thomas P. Ciancio (M)
534. Tommy Jonsson
535. Tom Clay + his 2 young sons in his aircraft (S)(M)
536. Tomas Ahrne
537. Tom Steiner (UC)
538. Tony Echavarria (S)
539. Torbjörn Regnell (S)
540. Tracy Yeich OT7 (UC)
541. Trina X.
542. Troy Dunn
543. Tyler Reeves (A) (8 years old. Died in house fire. Mum left him alone while working at Pheonix Org)
544. Uwe Stuckenbrock (MN)
545. Oscar. A (S)
546. Vicki Ann Benham
547. Virgil Wilhite OT (UC)
548. Virginia Kapular (UC)
549. Warren Atherton
550. Wayne Pruitt (S)
551. Wendy Ettricks (S)
552. Wendy Hebblewhite OT7 (UC)
553. Wendy Kretz (UC)
554. Wendy Lee Westling (N)
555. Wesley Clark )S)
556. Wesley Crause
557. Whitney Mills (S)?(MN)
     Watch Whitney’s story
558. William Bill Robertson (born Aaron Pfefferberg)
559. Wilhelm Mack (S)
560. William J. Fisk (M)
561. Will Long (UC)
562. William Newman (S)
563. William Rex Fowler (S)
564. Winston Dickey
565. Wilson Lauren Ferriss
566. Wolfgang End (S)
567. Yevgeny (Gene) Zharkin (S)
568. Yolanda Klug
569. Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch (UC) (MN)
570. Zane David James Gross (S)