A haunted house near Travelers Rest is asking guests to do more than scream and run — they have to think their way out. The Sunken Manor, a haunted house built around escape-room style puzzles, opened for its third season this month on Keeler Mill Road, with a new circus carnival tent and a kid-friendly lights-on event taking place Saturday morning.
The attraction requires guests to solve puzzles to move from room to room while actors work to slow them down, according to WYFF News 4. One room reportedly requires guests to read a bedtime story posted on the wall before they are allowed to leave. Owner Chase Green described the experience as something distinct from a typical walkthrough. “You become the main hero, or at least you must in order to escape,” Green said, per the station's report.
A Fictional Legend Brought to Life
Now in its third season, The Sunken Manor is built around a fictional legend about a decaying mansion that sank beneath the earth, the station notes. The attraction's own website echoes that milestone, promoting the 2026 run as the haunted house's return for “Year 3.”
For 2026, the property added a circus carnival tent featuring room-by-room setups where guests can throw water balloons at monsters or take a whipped-cream pie to the face, per the same account. It is a lighter counterpoint to the scares happening elsewhere on the grounds.
A Gentler Option for Younger Trick-or-Treaters
Not every visitor wants to be chased through a haunted mansion, and The Sunken Manor built an event around that. The attraction is offering lights-on trick-or-treating inside the haunted house for children on Halloween, running from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31. Green said guests had specifically asked for a less scary, lights-on option for children, the station reported.
During the lights-on event, kids can meet friendly characters, take photos, and collect candy and small prizes in different rooms throughout the house, according to the station's report. The outing wraps up with a ride down the property's 150-foot mega slide.
Tickets, Hours and Address
Regular haunted-house tickets cost $35, while the lights-on event for children costs $10 per ticket, per WYFF's reporting. The attraction is open Friday, Oct. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 31, from 7 to 11 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 1, from 7 to 10:30 p.m.
Sources differ slightly on the exact street address: WYFF lists the location as 2185 Keeler Mill Road in Greenville, while The Sunken Manor's website lists 2185A Keeler Mill Road in Greenville. Either way, the property sits on Keeler Mill Road near Travelers Rest.
Bigger Plans for the Property
The haunted house isn't the only thing happening on this stretch of Keeler Mill Road. A 2025 report from the Post and Courier described the owners as proposing a larger agritourism expansion that would include restoring the historic Keeler Mill and creating a functioning farm alongside visitor activities. Separately, Greenville Journal reported that the Greenville County Planning Commission voted to approve a rezoning application tied to the former Sunken Manor site.
Ticket prices have shifted over the attraction's short history. A 2024 Greenville Journal report listed general admission at $25 and express tickets at $35, with the full experience expected to take 20 to 25 minutes — though that reporting doesn't confirm whether those are still the current prices. More recently, a 2026 review from The Scare Factor rated the attraction a 9 out of 10 for how easy it was to find information about, park at, and navigate the property, while disclosing that the reviewer received free or comped tickets from The Sunken Manor in exchange for the writeup.
More details on tickets and hours are available at www.thesunkenmanor.com.
