Part 64: Wild Riley Shepard: A Memorial
Today is Sunday, February 7th. I heard something the other day about how when a death toll reaches a certain number, people begin to...
Part 62: Video From "The Riley Shepard Show" and Liner Notes by Kevin Coffey, Riley’s Career
Today is Sunday, January 24th, 2021. There is a new strain of the COVID-19 virus that seems to be more contagious. N95 masks and KN95...
Part 59: Riley Often Claimed He Wrote The Song "Blue Christmas."
When I was a little girl, my father told me that he wrote the song "Blue Christmas". I'm pretty sure the first time he told me that is when
Part 56: How I Met My Mother, by Marion Kminek, Plus Video of Riley Shepard
When I was young, I would watch TV and wonder if my birth mother was an actress. In fact, my high school Spanish teacher told me I looked a
Part 52: Riley’s Second Wife, Riley’s Performances, Press Clippings, Klym Hawley
Today is Sunday, November 15, 2020. The 45th president of the United States still refuses to concede the election to President-elect Joe...
Part 24: Living the Life of Riley
Victor Shepard had stories to tell. He loved to gossip. "Your father was the horniest man I've ever met," Victor said.
Part 23: "He Enjoyed Tricking People," She said.
Here's what I grapple with. Did my father believe his lies sometimes, or lie so often that he became confused about reality?
Part 16: Women, a Nudist Lawyer, Colonel Tom Parker, and Hillbillies.
My Dad introduced me to Colonel Tom Parker, telling Parker that it was my 16th birthday."Oh? Sweet sixteen and never been kissed?"
Part 15: Women, Sid Grauman, and Hillbillies.
In 1937 I went to California. I felt the need to explore new possibilities. Sid Grauman saw me perform at a theater and agreed to be my agen
Part 14: Alma Anderson, Riley’s First Wife’s Suicide
When I was a little girl, Dad told me about Alma. He announced, out of the blue, that his first wife committed suicide.