Lockkeeper's Inn
(A.K.A. Zimmerman's Tavern)

Canal Road, Independence

The original structure, once located across the canal from the newer restaurant, had been in use since the early says of the canal as a tavern. The small unassuming blue building held the secrets of past lives and an unexplained murder.

In the 1950's, "Sophie", the bar's manager, was gunned down near the staircase leading upstairs. Some say it was suicide, but the 5 bullets found in her body and in the walls seem to tell a different story. Death could not keep her from her business though. Former employees and partons alike have experienced her presence in the form of voices, footsteps, and moving objects.

In the summer of 2007, the original Lockkeeper's Inn/Zimmerman Tavern was razed to make room for a parking lot. The restaurant across the river went out of business.

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