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Real people, real stories, stirring dramatic accounts of hopelessness…and the hope that changes everything. These are UNSHACKLED! Audio Dramas, with the award-winning storytelling that's been unique to UNSHACKLED! Ministries for more than 70 years -- but

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    • Jun 21, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 30m AVG DURATION
    • 1,600 EPISODES

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    The UNSHACKLED! Audio Dramas podcast is a truly remarkable and inspiring series that brings to life testimonies of individuals who have found hope, healing, and redemption in Christ. As a regular listener of the program for many years, I am continually moved by the variety of stories, situations, and characters that are portrayed in each episode. The common denominator in all these narratives is the transformative power of God's love and grace. The actors and sound effects used in the audio dramas are incredibly well-done and perfectly complement each short story, making it a truly immersive experience for the listener. This podcast is not only entertaining but also deeply moving and affirming.

    One of the best aspects of The UNSHACKLED! Audio Dramas podcast is its ability to appeal to people from all walks of life. Whether you are a longtime believer or someone who is searching for answers, these stories offer hope and encouragement. The raw honesty and vulnerability portrayed in each testimony make them relatable and accessible to listeners of any background. Additionally, the diverse range of characters ensures that there is something for everyone in this podcast.

    While it's challenging to find any significant drawbacks in this podcast, one possible criticism could be that some episodes may feel repetitive or overly formulaic due to their similar structure. However, considering the vast number of testimonies that have been shared over the years, it's understandable that certain themes may resurface. Moreover, this can also be seen as a positive aspect as it reinforces important messages about faith, forgiveness, and transformation.

    In conclusion, The UNSHACKLED! Audio Dramas podcast is an exceptional production that has touched countless lives over the years. Its ability to present real-life stories with such authenticity and sincerity sets it apart from other podcasts in its genre. If you are seeking inspiration or simply enjoy immersing yourself in compelling narratives, I highly recommend giving this podcast a listen. You will not be disappointed.



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    3884 Edmond Smagge Classic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2025 30:00


    His life started off with great loss and turmoil. So, Edmond Smagge spent years desperately searching for peace – first at home and then aimlessly across the country. He would finally encounter a peace that passes all understanding....find out how in another true dramatization on the next Unshackled!

    3883 Bob Phillips

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2025 30:00


    He grew up without his mother and never heard his father say, “I love you.” So Bob Phillips found solace in alcohol. Hear the inspiring testimony of how he went from drunkenness to new life…another true dramatization on Unshackled!

    3882 Monica McKeen (PG)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2025 30:00


    When her baby was born addicted to meth, Monica knew she needed to change dramatically for the sake of her daughter. Is such a transformation possible? Hear what happens when we bring you the true story of Monica McKeen, soon, on Unshackled!

    3881 Rose Woodberry (PG)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 30:00


    Rose Woodberry enjoyed a great job and hoped for a better life than her parents had. But the lure of parties and drugs tempts her to risk everything. Will she resist or give in to a life of addiction and loneliness? Find out what happens on the next Unshackled!

    3880 Peter Marshall (Memorial Day Special)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 30:00


    Peter Marshall is revered for his inspirational preaching and service as the United States Senate Chaplain. When asked to address the Naval Academy, he changes his prepared message at the last minute, not knowing how prophetic his sermon would be. Don't miss this inspiring story on the next Unshackled!  

    3879 Julio Velasquez

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 30:00


    Julio Velasquez studied to be an agricultural scientist, and today he sows the imperishable seed, which for a time cost him the love of his family. Invite your friends to hear the unusual story of this man from Peru, another true dramatization from Unshackled!

    3878 James Fickley

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 30:00


    He grew up without his father, but James Fickley had someone who stuck closer than a brother. Don't miss this heartwarming story of God's provision…another true dramatization coming soon on Unshackled! 

    3876 Milt Shirleson Classic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 30:00


    Part of the Navajo tribe, he was groomed to be a medicine man for his people. But would his own reckless use of hallucinatory drugs be his downfall? Join us for this compelling story of Milt Shirleson, another true dramatization coming soon on Unshackled!

    3875 Emily Myers (PG)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 30:00


    Emily's struggle with anxiety and depression were eating away at her life. Her decisions turned darker and more desperate as time wore on…would she rescued from an almost certain demise? Find out in her compelling true story coming soon on the next UNSHACKLED!

    3874 The Voyagers (Easter Classic)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 30:00


    Arrested on trumped-up charges, Paul appeals to the court to stand trial before the tyrannical Roman Emperor Nero himself. During the sailing voyage Paul encounters a man with whom he shares a much deeper connection than he could have imagined. Join us for this Easter classic, another compelling dramatization coming soon on “Unshackled!” 

    3873 Jeff Shelnutt Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 30:00


    Jeff Shelnutt is kidnapped by Muslim extremists and held for ransom. While the family prays for his release, the FBI works around the clock to negotiate his release. Don't miss the exciting conclusion of this story on the next Unshackled!  

    3872 Jeff Shelnutt Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 30:00


    Jeff Shelnutt told his parents he was an atheist, but an encounter with a youth pastor convinced him to read the Bible. Don't miss what happens next when he encounters Muslim extremists on the next Unshackled! 

    3871 Philip Foxwell Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 30:00


    Philip Foxwell was a gifted magician who entertained others until he learned of a more important purpose for his life. Don't miss the conclusion of his remarkable testimony, coming soon on Unshackled!

    3870 Philip Foxwell Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 30:00


    Today they're called Illusionists but Philip Foxwell was known as a magician as he traveled the U.S. performing sleight-of-hand tricks. Invite others to hear the first part of his unusual testimony, another true dramatization from Unshackled!

    3869 Abby Greenwald-Waterland Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 30:00


    Abby spent her early years looking for love in many different people. Marriage to a fellow musician seemed like it was the beginning of something wonderful. Instead, it led to more loss and loneliness. Would she finally find the love she sought? Find out in Part 2 of Abby's powerful story, coming soon on Unshackled!

    3868 Abby Greenwald-Waterland Part 1 (PG)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 30:03


    Abby Greenwald, came of age in America during the 1960s, when many of the young people were looking for peace and love. So why is everything she tries just bringing her more loneliness and depression? Listen to Part 1 of Abby's story, another true dramatization on the next UNSHACKLED!

    3867 Harold Witmer Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 30:00


    Harold Witmer joined the army to get an education, and ended up traveling the world, boldly sharing what he had learned in the book he read. Don't miss the inspiring conclusion of his true testimony coming soon on Unshackled!

    3866 Harold Witmer Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 30:00


    Being a daydreamer kept Harold Witmer from succeeding in school, and almost stood in the way of his succeeding at life. Invite others to hear the first of his two-part story, another true dramatization coming soon on Unshackled! 

    3865 Blythe Hardy Part 2 (PG)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 30:00


    Blythe Hardy experienced many years of addiction and one failed marriage after another. His life felt hopeless...until someone showed him unconditional love and forgiveness. Don't miss the conclusion of this powerful story on the next UNSHACKLED!  

    3864 Blythe Hardy Part 1 (PG)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 30:00


    Blythe Hardy was abused as a young child, which led to years of addiction and hiding the shame of what happened to him. Just how far would these vices take him? Don't miss this powerful story, on the next UNSHACKLED! 

    3863 Charlene Phillips Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2025 30:00


    Charlene Phillips was ridiculed by her Cherokee Indian family when she found the answer to her broken spirit. But one by one they agreed. Don't miss the inspiring conclusion to her testimony…another true dramatization coming soon on Unshackled!

    3862 Charlene Phillips Part 1 (PG)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 30:00


    Hatred drove Charlene Phillips to fight with a fury until someone taught her to love. Don't miss the first of this Cherokee Indian's two-part testimony, another true dramatization coming soon on “Unshackled!”

    3861 Peter DeChat Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2025 30:00


    Peter DeChat survived a horrible fire but endured years of painful surgeries. Doctors were sure he'd never regain his vision, but Peter trusted God to do the impossible. Don't miss the conclusion of his powerful story on the next Unshackled!  

    3860 Peter DeChat Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2025 30:00


    Peter DeChat worked hard at everything he did, including working out every day and becoming a successful entrepreneur. But when a plane crashes into his home, his life is instantly changed! Don't miss this powerful true story on the next Unshackled!  

    3859 Children of Wrath (New Year's Classic)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2024 30:00


    Close to New Year's Eve, Jennifer and her daughter Evie end up at the mission after an incident of domestic abuse drives them from their home. But it would be a very different kind of resolution on New Year's Eve that would deliver them to the ultimate safety. Find out what happens in this special holiday Classic on the next Unshackled!

    3858 Sainthood for Nicholas (Christmas Classic)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 30:07


    A friendship develops at the Golden Years Retirement Community, where Philip learns that his new buddy Nick does not have a full grasp on reality. After an emergency event, Nick is faced with a critical choice…one of life or death. Find out what happens on the next Unshackled!

    3857 The Greenwood Angel (Christmas Classic)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 30:00


    In their excitement to choose and cut down their own Christmas tree in the forested winter wonderland of Greenwood Farm, the Carnes family overlooked one important detail—a doozy of a winter storm. Would they be stranded without hope? Find out on the next Unshackled!

    3856 George Eager

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 30:00


    All he wanted at age seven was for someone to tell him how to be saved. Today George Eager does exactly that for millions of children. Don't miss this heartwarming dramatization, another true testimony coming soon on Unshackled!

    Emily Lawson

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2024 30:00


    With Emily Lawson lacking confidence to make her own decisions, she's led to join a cult. But it wasn't all she thought it would be. Will she be freed from this deceptive and dangerous sect? Find out on her exciting true story coming soon on UNSHACKLED!

    Giving Thanks Always Classic

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 30:00


    A chance meeting at a grocery store gives Tom an opportunity to investigate and scrutinize the religion that has caused a wedge between he and his wife. Will his worst fears be realized, or will he be surprised by the truth? Find out in this special Thanksgiving Classic coming soon on Unshackled!

    3853 Charles Daymon (PG)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2024 30:00


    Charles Daymon suffered horrible abuse as a child. As an adult, he's arrested for drug trafficking and faces a hundred-year prison sentence. Don't miss this powerful story of how an encounter with a prison chaplain changed his life forever, on the next Unshackled!  

    3852 Holland Oates Classic

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 30:00


    For years Holland Oates was a stonecutter and a drunk. Then he stumbled over a Stone the builders rejected, and he was never the same. Don't miss this remarkable true testimony from the Classic files of Unshackled!

    3851 Joseph Stump

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 30:00


    Joe Stump had a problem he couldn't solve that drove him to despair. He found the answer in the most unlikely place as you'll hear in this Classic true dramatization coming soon on Unshackled!

    3850 Laura Swaringim

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2024 30:00


    The truth may hurt, but denying the truth can hurt even more as Laura Swaringim learned when her husband left her for another woman. Don't miss this relevant exploration of commitment, another true dramatization coming soon on Unshackled!

    3849 Louis Holguin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2024 30:00


    If you feel that you're being tested to the limit of endurance, don't miss the dramatic story of Louis Holguin who was tested repeatedly. Invite others to hear his true testimony coming soon on “Unshackled!”

    3848 Daniel Martin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2024 30:00


    With such a rough childhood, it was no surprise that Daniel's life centered around just getting by — coping. In high school, the consequences caught up with him and landed him in jail. Will he make it out? Don't miss his exciting true story coming soon on UNSHACKLED!

    3847 The Not-So-Great-Reset Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 30:00


    Cal and Marie Freeman were a happy couple. They took full advantage of the lifestyle the government provided. But almost overnight, their lives changed when they decided they didn't want to take the life of their unborn daughter. Sound far-fetched? Listen to “The No-So-Great Reset Part 2,” coming soon on UNSHACKLED!

    3846 The Not-So-Great Reset

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 30:00


    Cal and Marie Freeman are a happy couple. They don't make waves, and they abide by the rules the one-world government has put in place for the betterment of people-kind. What does a good person do when the government expects you to kill your own child? Listen to The Not-So-Great Reset, coming soon on UNSHACKLED!

    3845 Virginia Sartin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2024 30:00


    What kind of father would all-but-abandon his six motherless children? Virginia Sartin will give you the answer in her gripping testimony…another true dramatization coming soon on “Unshackled!”

    3844 William Livezey

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2024 30:00


    As a child, Bill Livezey's life was ransacked as he witnessed his father become a drug dealer and fugitive from the law. Bearing the same name, would he follow in his father's footsteps? Find out in this exciting true story coming soon on UNSHACKLED!

    3843 Michael Buhrman Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 30:00


    Michael Buhrman received a 40-year sentence for a crime he planned but never committed. He reluctantly agrees to read his cellmate's Bible, but only if his cellmate promises never to talk about God again. Don't miss the compelling conclusion of Michael's story, all on the next on Unshackled! 

    3842 Michael Buhrman Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 30:00


    Michael Buhrman was five years old when his father left. Michael numbs his rejection with alcohol and drugs, which eventually leads to an armed robbery. Don't miss Part 1 of this powerful story and of just how far his rebellion would take him, all on the next Unshackled!

    UNSHACKLED! Audio Drama Podcast - Yolande Murdock

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2024 30:00


    Donate here to UNSHACKLED's Office Renovation!: https://gofund.me/84156573When Yolanda's mother left the family for a married man, life was never the same.Without anyone caring if she was coming or going, Yolande believed what she did,didn't matter. Expelled from college she embraced the partying life until she reached her end. What did she find there? Find out in her exciting true story coming soon on UNSHACKLED!

    UNSHACKLED! Audio Drama Podcast - 3840 The Dairyman's Daughter

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024 31:57


    Donate here to UNSHACKLED's Office Renovation!: https://gofund.me/84156573A Reverend honors a request from a poor family in the community, not expecting anything in return. But what he received would show him a blessing and kindness of supernatural proportions. Don't miss Legh Richmond's story of The Dairyman's Daughter on the next UNSHACKLED!

    3839 Mary Slessor

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 30:00


    Donate here to UNSHACKLED's Office Renovation!: https://gofund.me/84156573A uneducated woman living in the slums and working in a mill hears the adventurous stories of a missionary and decides she too can venture out for God. In the foreign jungles of Africa, what would it take for her to stand for God against tribal gods and superstitious killings? Don't miss Mary Slessor's historic true story, right now on UNSHACKLED!

    3838 "Hope" Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 30:00


    Donate here to UNSHACKLED's Office Renovation!: https://gofund.me/84156573Hope's journey to escape addiction and find a better life took her to frightening and dangerous situations. Would she find the strength to survive? Find out in Part 2 of the true story of Hope.

    3837 "Hope" Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2024 30:00


    Growing up in a stepfamily, Hope searched for ways to fit in. But when her searchled to overwhelming addictions, she was faced with an unexpected choice. Wouldher decision keep her from destroying her life? Find out in Part One of her true story, right now on Unshackled!Donate here to UNSHACKLED's Office Renovation!: https://gofund.me/84156573

    3836 Ike and Billy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 34:16


    Dwight Eisenhower was a General and the 34th President of the United States — the leader of the free world following World War 2. But like everyone he had doubts, doubts about his abilities and doubts about his spiritual condition. Will his friendship with a well-known evangelist deliver the assurance he needs? Don't miss the true story we call, “Billy and Ike,” right now on UNSHACKLED!

    3835 Charles Palmer Classic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2024 30:00


    Although his marriage was crashing on the rocks of selfishness, Charles Palmer kept rejecting the Lifeline thrown to him…until he himself almost sank. Don't miss this true dramatization from the Classic files of Unshackled!

    3834 Jettie Evans Classic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2024 30:00


    She grew up in poverty and had to quit school, but Jettie Evans dreamed of having a good home. Invite your friends to hear the story of how her dreams came true…another true dramatization from the Classic files of Unshackled!

    3833 Hijack Classic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2024 30:00


    What starts out for Ray and Mary Carney as an Independence Day vacation trip in a motor home…soon devolves into a scene of abduction and danger. Don't miss this riveting holiday classic called “Hijack”...all on the next Unshackled!

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