UNSHACKLED! Audio Dramas

George is convicted at age seven, but no one tells him how to be saved. He grows up depending on his own efforts. In college he meets Laura and they fall in love. He is a senior in Naval ROTC when Pearl Harbor comes. He and Laura marry and he goes to war. When he returns, his father dies and he works the family farm. Then he accidentally runs over his 7-year-old son who dies, and George is devasta...

Bob is born blind, and his mother dies in childbirth so his deaf but godly grandmother raises him to age 11. Then he goes to a school for the blind. He meets another blind boy and they play and sing country music together. They record a song that sells millions, and Bob goes to California where he squanders his money. He returns to Chicago, teams up with his friend and they do well. He meets Franc...

One of twelve children, David’s father sets a proud example of black fighters in World War I. But David doesn’t do well in school and drops out to join the army, and he learned to drink with other soldiers in bars. He becomes paratrooper like his brother and they carouse. When his brother is discharged, David suffers turmoil. He talks with the chaplain, receives Christ and then baits Satan. He goe...

David does poorly at college until he meets Janice, who prays with and encourages him. They marry and he goes to seminary at Princeton. After graduation he is ordained as an Army chaplain. He does well through various Army posts, even serving as an airborne chaplain. He witnesses to his brother and dying father, but neither is receptive. David rises in rank, assigned to the Pentagon during 9-11. H...

As the youngest child of four, Michelle endures a childhood of abandonment, cruelty and fear. Her mother attempts suicide; her sister is raped and Michelle lives with one person after another. At sixteen she gets pregnant and has an abortion. She keeps the second baby after her sister helps her, but she and her boyfriend don’t marry. The whole family uses drugs, but sister, Anna, gets saved and pe...

Doug grows up in abusive home. His mother beats him with a 1x2; his sister slams a rifle butt into his face when he’s four. He becomes a loner, mistrusting everyone except faces that he sees on his bedroom wall. He has nightmares, fights at school where he learns to make tiger pits, practicing on his dad. He plans mass murders to get even for his pain. At 11 he goes to Christian summer camp where...

Louis grows up in a Catholic family. Strict father. He joins the air force after graduation, becomes a medic and serves in Vietnam. Afterward, he meets Sharon, a nurse and an officer. She takes him to church, he feigns salvation and they elope. Then he prays for salvation. When their first son is born, he tells his family he is born again, and his father renounces him. Louis goes to Bible college...

Worth’s family is poor. His dad has skin cancer and drinks whiskey to deal with the pain. Scared of hell during revival, Worth joins the church at 12 but doesn’t know Christ. He drops out of school to work, then drops back in. But the Depression forces him to work. He falls in love with Dot, but gambling controls him after they marry. He mocks his sister’s faith. After his brother is killed in Wor...

Brady’s father dies when Brady’s a child, and his mother goes blind; so he grows up without supervision. He joins the navy but receives an Undesirable Discharge for drinking and pilfering cargo. Unable or unwilling to work, he turns to stealing and goes to jail for 11 months. Then he meets and marries Jettie Mae. Again he makes bad decisions and she leaves him. He finally cries out to God, quits d...

Jettie is the fourth of twelve children. She believes in God but her family doesn’t go to church. She goes occasionally with a neighbor. She has to quit school at 14 to help at home. At 18 she’s allowed to stay behind when the family moves. She works, meets Brady and he promises to get a job. He joins the army and they marry. But his bad discharge from the navy ends his enlistment. He becomes a dr...

Starting in high school, Matt drinks too much. He goes to law school after college, where he meets Kay. Before they marry in his senior year, he enlists in the Marines. He goes to Vietnam and survives. Afterward, he practices as a lawyer. Seven years into his marriage he has an affair with his secretary who becomes pregnant after seven years. She keeps the baby that Matt supports. He tells Kay and...

Kay’s troubled brother causes her anxiety and depression even though her parents are educated and loving. She tries to be perfect but suffers more depression in college until she meets Matt and they marry. She becomes a Special Ed teacher while he’s in Vietnam as a Marine. Afterward, he practices law and they prosper, having two children. When he confesses to fathering a daughter with his secretar...

Her father dies when she is four and her wayward mother leaves her with an aunt who neglects Ashley’s baby brother, who dies in Ashley’s arms. After beatings and rape from a stepfather, who also leaves her without food, she becomes homeless at age 6 when he throws her out. She tries to end her life but is rescued. Many foster homes and orphanages later, she is adopted by an American. At Bible camp...

Holland hears the gospel at a mission but his wife doesn’t want to pursue God’s nudging. Holland becomes a drunkard; but when their baby daughter falls ill, he wants to pray. The baby dies, and a drunken Holland almost knocks over her casket. Mortified, he prays, asking God to save him. He quit drinking but smokes cigars until he stops by PGM and a counselor prays with him. Holland begins preachin...

Marshall goes to church growing up but stops when he’s 18. He sneaks alcohol with friends. He marries Becky, tries college for a year then quits to run a motorcycle shop. Becky hates the drinking and drugs. When he buys a bar, she keeps the books and is there the night two drunker patrons have a shootout. No one dies, but Marshall is sick of his lifestyle. He talks with a friend who is saved and w...

Becky struggles with the assurance of salvation but finally trusts in God’s Word. Marshall becomes a preacher, and she gives herself wholeheartedly to the church. Then she’s hurt when others leave or gossip, betraying her trust. She goes into depression and struggles for two years, writing poetry to ease the pain. She learns to trust God. Their younger son walks away for ten years, then returns an...

Charlene’s family life is full of drunkenness and fighting. Her stepfather feuds with his family and they move constantly. Her step-grandmother and mother practice spiritualism, bringing fear. When she’s 12, her stepfather tries to molest her and continues trying until she’s 17. She begins using drugs, sniffing paint. A girl at school witnesses and takes her to church. Charlene runs away but has a...

Charlene’s family mocks her faith; her stepfather forbids her to go to church and she rebels briefly, trying to get drunk. Then she asks God’s forgiveness, ignores her stepfather and goes back to church. She and Bob, the youth pastor, marry. They go to Bible college, and he becomes a missionary to Indians on a reservation in Washington State. She witnesses to her family. Her parents and two brothe...

After his mother dies, Bob’s father raises him and his older sister. Speaking Cherokee at home, he struggles in school. Tribal superstitions rule. His dad remarries, a woman who takes them to church and teaches responsibility; then she dies. His dad drinks; Bob sneaks alcohol and steals, feeling shame. Finally, he graduates, goes to vocational technical school but drops out. His father dies of a h...

Rudy grows up in a Christian family, leaves home to work on the railroad around corrupting men. He marries a girl from his Sunday school class. After a few years he decides to read the Bible, then he memorizes 1000 verses. He’s made a conductor. An accident causes a train car to run over his legs, mangling them. Doctors want to amputate but he refuses. God saves his legs, and during 107 days in th...

A Jew, born in Czechoslovakia, Tom’s parents put him on the train to England to escape Hitler’s persecution. He hears the gospel and trusts Christ at age 9. His family dies during the war. He is called to missions at age 16, goes to nurses training and then Bible college in Glasgow. The first part ends as he and his foster “Uncle Jimmie” pray together.

Tom serves as a missionary in the Philippines where he meets Caroline. They marry, but when they adopt two children, their mission drops them. For 25 years they live in the U.S., serving in spite of illness and setback. They return to the Philippines to serve, but more illness interferes. When Communism falls in Eastern Europe, Tom returns to Czechoslovakia where he obtains citizenship, serves as...

Virginia’s mother dies, charging the ten-year-old to keep the six siblings together. Her dad abuses and neglects them. The next five years Virginia perseveres, feeding and watching over the family. Her dad is gone and doesn’t bring food or clothing. Their Sunday school teacher comes and shares the gospel. When she’s 12 and her brother Billy is 14, they receive Christ. Then Billy is killed in an ac...

At birth Robert is adopted into a Jewish family and raised as an only child. Spoiled by his mother, he is rebellious and self-centered. He graduates without motivation and marries, but both are immature. They have three sons, but he floats from one job to another, then begins smoking marijuana. After his mother dies, he and his wife divorce. As a traveling salesman, lonely and disconnected, he ask...

Charles goes to church with his granny but rebels at 14 and quits as he sees hypocrisy in people. He starts drinking with friends, steals, uses marijuana and drag races. He meets Jennie and they marry three months later, then he resumes his old life, refusing to go to church with her. A biker comes into his workplace and invites him to church. That day Charles is fired for insubordination, leading...