Logan H. Merrill

Investigative Reporter

ABOUT

Logan graduated from Brandeis University under the writing tutelage of famed playwright William Gibson. After authoring scripts for film and television, Logan shifted his focus to online journalism. He specializes in media and ethics, human rights and psychiatric abuse.

LATEST STORIES

HUMAN RIGHTS

UK Targets Backpage-Like Adult Services Sites as Sex Trafficking Surges

UK authorities are probing “pimping websites”—online platforms that increasingly fuel sex trafficking and leave victims harder to reach and regulators scrambling to catch up.

SCIENTOLOGISTS

Larry Soffer Invites Millions to Believe in the Impossible Through Magic

A mentalist who has wowed royalty, celebrities and global audiences reveals how Scientology helped him reclaim his life.

MENTAL HEALTH

Major International Survey Finds Electroshock Ruins Lives—and Psychiatrists Don’t Warn Patients

A global survey spanning 44 countries shows nearly 60 percent of electroshock patients weren’t warned of the dangers, and the majority report life got worse.

DRUGS

Studies Link Ozempic to Muscle Loss, Organ Damage and Blindness

With millions of Americans prescribed GLP-1 drugs, researchers warn of catastrophic risks ignored by Big Pharma.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Federal Sweep Targets Gang Sex Trafficking Ring Along LA’s Notorious Figueroa Corridor

Authorities vow long prison terms as California, already the nation’s trafficking epicenter, reels from crimes targeting foster children and runaways.

SCIENTOLOGISTS

Beyond the Postcards: How Filmmaker Lambros Malamas Found Greece—and Himself

Through his lens, Lambros Malamas captures the unseen Greece, opening the world’s eyes to the soul of his homeland.

MENTAL HEALTH

New Bill Would Require Informed Consent for Veterans Prescribed High-Risk Psychiatric Drugs

Nearly 70 percent of veterans under VA care are prescribed suicide-inducing psychiatric drugs, most without warning—spurring 17 national veterans’ organizations to support the bill.

DRUGS

Hospitals Report Escalating Overdoses Linked to Drug Up to 300 Times Stronger Than Xylazine

Doctors warn that America faces a catastrophic new drug threat, as medetomidine—a veterinary sedative never meant for humans—spreads from coast to coast.

SCIENTOLOGISTS

This Artist Turns European Castles Into Global Painting Retreats

A Scientology Network Meet a Scientologist profile features Julie Snyder, who blends her love of travel and art to create immersive workshops in castles and historic settings across Europe.

DRUGS

Polly Wanna Crackhead? Drug Dealer’s Parrot Turns Snitch in Blackpool Raid

A £1 million drug network unraveled thanks to covert police work and incriminating pet parrot footage. Key gang members have been sentenced to decades in prison.