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| ==Characters and stories== | | ==Characters and stories== |
− | Each episode dramatizes the testimony of someone who converts to Christianity, sometimes involving a visit to Pacific Garden Mission, or through hearing ''Unshackled!'' on the radio. Radio episodes include the life stories of baseball-great-turned-evangelist Billy Sunday, who is a Pacific Garden Mission convert, and Dominic Mance, an international banker who became a homeless vagabond nearly overnight. Past cast and crew range from current actors such as Rick Plastina, [[Les Golden]], and Pamela Easton to Golden Age of Radio personalities such as Bob O'Donnell, Jack Bivens, Stan Dale and Russ Reed. | + | Each episode dramatizes the testimony of someone who converts to Christianity, sometimes involving a visit to Pacific Garden Mission, or through hearing ''Unshackled!'' on the radio. Radio episodes include the life stories of baseball-great-turned-evangelist Billy Sunday, who is a Pacific Garden Mission convert, and Dominic Mance, an international banker who became a homeless vagabond nearly overnight. Past cast and crew range from current professional actors such as Rick Plastina, [[Les Golden]], and Judith Easton to Golden Age of Radio personalities such as Bob O'Donnell, Jack Bivens, Stan Dale and Russ Reed. |
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| The scripts are derived from actual testimonies and actual events, in the same way that ''Dragnet (series)|Dragnet'', a radio series that began its broadcasts around the same time that ''Unshackled!'' began broadcasting, is based upon actual police reports. | | The scripts are derived from actual testimonies and actual events, in the same way that ''Dragnet (series)|Dragnet'', a radio series that began its broadcasts around the same time that ''Unshackled!'' began broadcasting, is based upon actual police reports. |
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− | Beginning in the 1950s, comic book versions of ''Unshackled!'' stories have also been produced; and they, along with the radio shows themselves, are said to be highly influential on the works of Jack Chick.{{Fact|date=April 2007}} | + | Beginning in the 1950s, comic book versions of ''Unshackled!'' stories have also been produced; and they, along with the radio shows themselves, are said to be highly influential on the works of Jack Chick. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| *[http://onelovestudios.com/one_love_studios_021.htm ''The Dominic Mance Story''] | | *[http://onelovestudios.com/one_love_studios_021.htm ''The Dominic Mance Story''] |
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