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Round the Bend Now and Then
Registrace 30. 06. 2023
Local history nerd Matt Emery strives to tell the story of South Bend and Mishawaka through interviews with local leaders, business owners and community members. Learn how intertwined the South Bend and Mishawaka area's past is to our present.
On this CZcams channel, you will find full episodes of our audio podcast and also videos that help tell the story of our area!! Within the videos are historic & current pictures, maps, aerials, & engaging narration that helps tell these stories. On the podcast, you'll hear stories from the South Bend & Mishawaka area told through engaging interviews with local leaders, business owners, & community members. The Round the Bend Now and Then podcast is also available wherever else you find your podcasts (Apple, Spotify, Amazon, etc.) or at the website link below! Be sure to like or subscribe!
I also ask that you share our content with ANYONE who would appreciate it!
On this CZcams channel, you will find full episodes of our audio podcast and also videos that help tell the story of our area!! Within the videos are historic & current pictures, maps, aerials, & engaging narration that helps tell these stories. On the podcast, you'll hear stories from the South Bend & Mishawaka area told through engaging interviews with local leaders, business owners, & community members. The Round the Bend Now and Then podcast is also available wherever else you find your podcasts (Apple, Spotify, Amazon, etc.) or at the website link below! Be sure to like or subscribe!
I also ask that you share our content with ANYONE who would appreciate it!
The Murder of a South Bend Tavern Owner
In 1984, the sometimes controversial owner of the very popular 5 Point/Eddy St. Corby's Tavern was shot execution style in his York Rd. home - in the normally quiet Twyckenham Hills neighborhood. The bar's manager escaped alive, but was traumatized by being strapped to a chair with a pillow case over his head. For three years, the case went cold, until a WGN reporter tipped off the South Bend Police to a possible connection to the murder of a wealthy Chicago businessman.
The story surrounding his murder is a tangled web that connects police officers, bitter divorces, tax liens, missing persons, wills, and girlfriends.... among other layers.
In this episode, Dieudonné Bayingana joins to help tell the story of the Corby's Tavern murder. He recently wrote a wonderful narrative, "The Midwest Connection" detailing all of the twists & turns the story contains. He & brothers collaborate on a web site dedicated to the arts. www.thefamilypsm.com/
Be sure to check out his article & also all of the other music, videos, pictures, & reading content that their website contains!
"The Midwest Connection" article: www.thefamilypsm.com/post/midwest-vice
PLEASE NOTE... Obviously, murder is something that is beyond tragic, & we mean NO harm or disrespect to anyone involved in this story… we researched public news accounts & tried to share the story as respectfully as we could. Also, you’ll obviously hear the name “Corby’s” a lot throughout…. just remember: the Corby’s Tavern we speak of & the Corby’s Irish Pub we love now, are NOT the same bar at all.
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ALL of our audio podcast episodes are now on CZcams! Check out our channel! Be sure to like and subscribe! Link below!
You Tube Link: youtube.com/@RoundtheBend574
Be sure to follow Round the Bend Now and Then on Twitter: @roundthebendpod ( roundthebendpod?s=21&t=FgRdkGauv7hn7oIpJ_x47Q)
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To contact the show, you can email at roundthebend574@gmail.com (mailto:roundthebend574@gmail.com) or message on Twitter.
For current & historical pictures and commentary on the South Bend & Mishawaka area, follow @roundthebend574 ( roundthebend574) on Twitter.
Lastly, as I mentioned in the episode, be sure to share Round the Bend Now and Then with somebody who you think will appreciate it!
The story surrounding his murder is a tangled web that connects police officers, bitter divorces, tax liens, missing persons, wills, and girlfriends.... among other layers.
In this episode, Dieudonné Bayingana joins to help tell the story of the Corby's Tavern murder. He recently wrote a wonderful narrative, "The Midwest Connection" detailing all of the twists & turns the story contains. He & brothers collaborate on a web site dedicated to the arts. www.thefamilypsm.com/
Be sure to check out his article & also all of the other music, videos, pictures, & reading content that their website contains!
"The Midwest Connection" article: www.thefamilypsm.com/post/midwest-vice
PLEASE NOTE... Obviously, murder is something that is beyond tragic, & we mean NO harm or disrespect to anyone involved in this story… we researched public news accounts & tried to share the story as respectfully as we could. Also, you’ll obviously hear the name “Corby’s” a lot throughout…. just remember: the Corby’s Tavern we speak of & the Corby’s Irish Pub we love now, are NOT the same bar at all.
_________________________________________________
ALL of our audio podcast episodes are now on CZcams! Check out our channel! Be sure to like and subscribe! Link below!
You Tube Link: youtube.com/@RoundtheBend574
Be sure to follow Round the Bend Now and Then on Twitter: @roundthebendpod ( roundthebendpod?s=21&t=FgRdkGauv7hn7oIpJ_x47Q)
Like us on Facebook: roundthebendnowandthen ( roundthebendnowandthen?mibextid=LQQJ4d)
To contact the show, you can email at roundthebend574@gmail.com (mailto:roundthebend574@gmail.com) or message on Twitter.
For current & historical pictures and commentary on the South Bend & Mishawaka area, follow @roundthebend574 ( roundthebend574) on Twitter.
Lastly, as I mentioned in the episode, be sure to share Round the Bend Now and Then with somebody who you think will appreciate it!
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I never belived she was real! I remember in high school,guys would joke about going there. I thought it was all some madeup story. Wow , just wow! She was a beauty! For the first time in I at a loss for words! More power to her! She was a grand old Dame! Live and let live. Rest in peace. Mamma.
Real and she used to run things! Thank you so much for watching! I appreciate it!
Had my first “real” drink there on my birthday May 25, 1984
Dang! That's right before his killing...
Interesting story that obviously is not well known. Takes a while to get into it. And please can we do without the music or turn it down greatly?
Appreciate the feedback for sure! Appreciate you listening! Such a wild and sad story.
Wow
Crazy right?
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great episode!
Much appreciated! Thank you for listening!
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Grandiose plans. Grandiose egos.
For sure!
It would no longer be a south bend of the river.
True!
The toll road was supposed to be free. Yet they sold it to an English business to make more grift.
Griffon is awesome!!!
Kudos for Roger Parent fast action to build the stadium even without approval of the funds, and the forward thinking to include the suites and the foundation for the second level of the stadium that would eventually happen 30+ years later
Man you're not lying! We all owe him and his team quite the gratitude because The Cove today is a gem! That point about the foundation is HUGE! Thank you for listening! I truly appreciate it! Be sure to share the good word!
your not a nerd :)
Hahaha! We're making this local history stuff cool!
I'm laughing as I type this not because of your vid, just the sheer boldness of this plan lol. Followed you on Twitter about a year ago. Great video! I have a music studio downtown on Michigan & Monroe, been there forever. Anyhoo, Keep it going!
Oh I was cracking up the whole time I was researching and putting it together! So crazy! Haha! Thank you SO much for watching and engaging with the content! I truly do appreciate it! Are you in the old Ralph's Newsstand Building there? I'm sure that's a cool old building!
I really enjoyed the pictures and videos included with this.
I appreciate you watching! I love this kind of stuff!
Very interesting. It certainly would have changed the look of South Bend. I'm glad the project didn't go through.
I am SO glad it didn't go through as well! Haha! Thank you SO SO much for watching! I appreciate it!
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Thank you for making this video! I grew up on Belmont Ave. and lived there from 1978-84. I went to Jefferson Elementary too. I started listening to your podcast a few days ago and was surprised to see this specific neighborhood was being covered. I love your enthusiasm for South Bend history!
Thank you so much for listening and watching! I appreciate it!
I thoroughy enjoyed watching this video....I am so familiar with the neighborhood, but didn't know any of its history. Your extensive research was so interesting. Thank you so much.
I appreciate you watching! Thank you!
Just watched this. Was just a kid in SB in the early 60’s and went to St Pats school and church so was somewhat near the area of Chapin. I got roughed up one day going home so the area was getting a little more dangerous as you mentioned in your story. Good job on the content and production of Mama Chickie. She was quite a woman !!
Many thanks for watching! I appreciate it!
Haven’t listened to podcasts yet but I plan on it. It doesn’t look like you do many video type stories like Mama Chickie. You should. You did a great job. One you might do is about SouthBend Central High School. So much great Hoosier history, basketball, there and there should be a ton of South Bend Tribune articles. My brother went there and the wooden floored halls were filled with trophies from multiple sports. The cafeteria was epic with awesome food. Just a thought. Keep up the good work !!
Yeah I started dabbling into the audio podcasts first with interviews. I dove into these first two videos this winter and definitely plan on doing more! Great idea about Central! A lot of memories and history there!
I appreciate it!
I hope you make more videos
Thank you so much for watching! Much appreciated! I definitely plan on doing more!
Interesting, I would always hear people crack jokes about the hookers on Chapin st.
Dad built his 3rd home in this neighborhood in 1956 at 1715 Wall Street. I lived in that house until I went to the Army in 1967. I attended Jefferson and Adams from 5th grade to my senior year of high school. Sunnymede was our stomping and growing up neighborhood. As kids, we loved it, so many things to see and do. My brother and I roamed the nearby neighborhoods, from the pond at Potawatomie Park hunting crawdads which we to the fishermen along the St. Joe Riverbanks. We walked the train tracks often. We played sports at both schools. We became men by living in Sunnymede and were sent to Vietnam for it. I look on the experience now and realize the Sunnymede experience is what taught us to survive. Fantastic Documentary.
Man thank you for sharing that! I 100% agree with you about growing up here! We were ALL over the place! Including the tracks, trains, etc. My friends and I who grew up here cherish those memories and experiences! Everyday was a new adventure! I even started a podcast a few years back called MemeryMission where the first several episodes are about growing up in Sunnymede. Just some stories told by myself, friends, and parents who lived them. The link is below if you ever get a chance to listen. On the website you can scroll down to see the list of episodes. Real fun! memerymission.captivate.fm/episodes/6#showEpisodes
Very informative, Matt. As a police officer back in the day, I had many run-ins with Chickie and her girls. All in the line if duty. The SBPD, when pressured by “concerned citizens,” would conduct undercover prostitution details. I worked several details, and Mama Chickie was quickly at the police station bailing her girls out of the city jail. Her houses were a block west of Chapin Street, which was a criminal activity haven for years. She ran a strict business and was an anti-crime madam. (oxymoron) If her walls could talk, many businessmen, judges, and politicians would be trembling. Most, however, are long gone.
Thank you SO much for watching! I appreciate it tons! Also, THANK YOU for sharing your memories about her as well! Such a different time in our history! You could also write a book with your experiences in law enforcement!
Wow Matt. That is a great story. Of course I knew about Mama Chicki because of the time period she was in her prime. I would love to read some of the articles especially the one of the Roast. My dad never missed them & the ones you mentioned were all his friends. Are they at the library? Last but not least I love that laugh of yours. Thanks for all you do with our local history.
Thank you SO much for watching! Also for sharing on Facebook! You know I appreciate it! I'll send some of the articles your way in the coming days on Messenger. Real cool!
Great story 😮😁
I appreciate you watching! I hope you learned about a piece of our local history!
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Awesome Sunnymede documentary ! Love the train info
Thank you for watching sir! Much appreciated! I think we share a common love of trains... all started right here in Sunnymede.
Thank you for sharing your your knowledge on the history of the area! The video is very well made.
Many thanks! I appreciate you watching and commenting! Stay tuned for more videos and also podcasts (Apple, Spotify, etc.).
That was really great and informative! next up...a documentary on the Railroads in our area and the Elkhart NS train yard(Formerly NYC station) 😊