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2907 James Holland Pt 1 Classic Sep 27, 2026

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Jim quits school in 6th grade to work. Age 20 he’s sent to fight in the Korean War where he learns of his dad’s death. His mom gets him a hardship discharge. He joins the Air Force, learns to drink hard with another airman. His C.O. punishes him but Jim still drinks. Finally, he is sent to Guam where he gets drunk, wears an officer’s rank and then breaks into a shoe store while drunk. He feigns mental illness, is shipped home and given a Dishonorable Discharge. He fails to show up for his own wedding because he’s drunk. His Mama gives up on him and he sells his blood to buy wine. Goes to a rescue mission, hears the gospel but not saved as the first part ends.

2908 James Holland Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Jim begins a 20-year odyssey, drifting around the country, staying at rescue missions, riding freight trains. When he tries to cash a stolen Treasury check, he’s arrested and sent to prison, where he studies college courses. After three years he is paroled but violates his parole by getting drunk and riding a train out of state. He goes back to prison. When he’s released, he still drinks, ends up in jail but his family helps him, sending him to an alcohol recovery center. He stays sober, graduates from college and works for the state. He goes to see a blind and paralyzed woman who leads him to Christ. Married and in ministry.

2909 Samuel Hyde Sep 27, 2026

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Sam is raised on a North Carolina farm near a godly grandmother. He goes forward at age thirteen during revival but no one explains how to follow Christ. At fifteen he abandons godly efforts and drinks with friends. At seventeen he and a cousin leave home and don’t tell their parents for eight weeks. He is drafted, goes to the Korean War and when his girlfriend breaks their engagement, he drinks harder. His sergeant and captain warn him, and he promises God during a fierce artillery battle that he will live for Him. He doesn’t. He comes home, drinks too much and has an accident, then lives with his sister who is saved. He falls in love with Shirley, whose family he helps one day. Finally, he surrenders to Christ, marries Shirley and goes to Bible college. Still in ministry.

2910 “Valerie” Sep 27, 2026

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Valerie grows up on a large dairy farm. Her older brother molests her until she’s nine and refuses. Her father dies when she is sixteen and she and her mother move to a small town where Valerie blossoms but has illicit encounters. She works to stay in college for two years, then meets a man in the air force, thinks she’s in love and talks him into marriage. They are miserable. He’s transferred to Germany where he confesses to meeting prostitutes and selling on the black market. She forgives and they return to the states where she has an affair with a man and both leave their spouses. When she gets pregnant and has an abortion, both are guilt-ridden; but they marry. A woman visits, wanting to take their children to church. Finally, they go and Valerie unburdens to the pastor. After several moves, she hears the gospel and prays for salvation.

2837 "Bryce Robertson" Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Bryce’s family is an alcoholic who batters the family. Parents divorce when Bryce is fifteen. He joins the air force but stays in trouble, attempts suicide, goes AWOL. At home his mother refuses to take him in, and he and friends commit burglaries. Grandfather urges him to turn himself in. He spends eleven months in jail, reads a book about peace with God, is discharged from the air force. When he gets in trouble at home, he violates probation and leaves the state, going to see his father in Florida. There a witness leads him to Christ. Still facing a warrant for his arrest as first part ends.

2839 Harvey Thomas Classic Sep 27, 2026

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Harvey grows up in London, goes to school at Westminster Abbey but finds the chapel service stiff. He hears the gospel at a Bible camp and gives his life to Christ. His parents want him to study law and he does for two years. Then Billy Graham comes to Manchester and Harvey drops the study of law to assist in setting up the crusade. He meets Sylvia, goes to the U.S. and she follows. The two marry and witness at Pacific Garden Mission.

2840 Gary Waddell Sep 27, 2026

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Abuse displaces love in Gary’s family. His parents drink; his father beats him; he is a poor student who becomes a bully. He joins the air force, marries and has two children. His wife leaves him as does the second wife, who makes life miserable for him. In desperation he cries out to God but isn’t obedient. Then he finds a good church and is discipled. He learns to trust in the Lord and witness boldly.

3336 Bobby Hopper Classic Sep 27, 2026

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We usually think of carnival workers as liars, cheats and thieves. This was true of Bobby Hopper, a carnie from California. But his life and addiction to prescription drugs turned around and he became a new man. Don’t miss this exciting story on this week’s episode of UNSHACKLED!

3315 Mickey Kalman Classic Sep 27, 2026

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How do you stop someone who’s headed down a slippery slope? For one man it came when someone kindly asked, “Why don’t you stay around awhile and do some work?” For that man, a drifter who was sliding deeper into a life of crime, the question led to a new life. Hear the true story of Mickey Kalman, on this episode of UNSHACKLED!

3296 James Bailie Sep 27, 2026

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Irishman James Bailie tried to relieve his anger in the boxing ring. Don’t miss the story of how peace finally came to his war-torn soul, another true dramatization on UNSHACKLED!

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