Part 90: Dream On
They told their mother in Spanish "we brought home a stray dog." I didn't speak Spanish, but much later, the sisters told me...
Part 81: What Did I Know and When Did I Know It?
Riley Shepard sold shares in his "Encyclopedia of Folk Music" to multiple investors.
Part 80: Good Riddance
In 1977, I met my half-sister for the first time. She was seventeen, I was twelve.
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 49: Boo! Halloween, Boobs, and Scary Art
This painting scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. It is one of my earliest memories... this doll, separated from it's head....
Part 18: Riley's Journal Fragments: "There is Suffering and Misery Everywhere Throughout America."
The most productive nation in the world, yet unable to properly feed, clothe, and shelter a third of its population. --- Riley Shepard 1938
Part 17: Riley's Early 20s and His Journal: A Look Back
“They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by...
Part Four: The $10,000 Question and Riley's Detailed Journals
If I hadn't submitted my story to the Hidden Brain podcast, I don't think I would have ever been reunited my father's missing boxes again.
Part One: Was My Father a Crook? Riley Shepard's History in North Carolina
I could tell the man was elderly, and there was something in the tone of his voice that overwhelmed me with dread.