You have found Frightmare Manor - THE Money Back Haunt® - and 5 Attraction Screampark. Frightmare Manor returns in 2015 to continue to expose the dark secrets hidden within this historic, blood-soaked property of Tennessee serial killer - Jeremiah Lexer. Recently named the #1 Must-See Haunted Attraction in TN by HauntedHouseRatings.com, the #6 Scariest Haunted House in America by U.S.City Traveler, "One of America's Best Haunted Attractions" by Hauntworld.com, repeatedly named the #1 Haunted Attraction by the Knoxville News Media and featured in National Haunted House Magazines, Frightmare Manor is the ultimate, authentic Haunted Screampark, found on the outskirts of Knoxville in sleepy Morristown, TN.
, Frightmare Manor is the ultimate, authentic Haunted Attraction experience, found on the outskirts of Knoxville in sleepy Morristown, TN. Frightmare Manor features high tech animatronics, professional special effects, and countless psychotic and demented souls determined to bring TRUE TERROR to your final moments...
Located on the abandoned Jeremiah Lexer plantation, Frightmare Manor spans 20 acres, offers 3 independent, walk thru, Haunted Attractions on site, boasts a heart-pounding Free-Fall Attraction unlike anything you've ever seen in the "Lexer Jump", and features the Nationally Recognized Nightmare at Frightmare Challenge. If all 5 Attractions are successfully completed, you WILL get your money back. You’ve been warned – TRUE TERROR EXISTS HERE.
Dare Yourself, Double Dare Your Friends…
This enormous barn-structure is a labyrinth of Fear, Torture, Desperation and Slaughter that literally drips with innocent blood. Every Fall, a different section of this kill-structure is highlighted and unsealed for the public to feel firsthand the actual, gruesome secrets of its historic past. For 2015, Frightmare Quarantine reveals the cavities of the barn where Lexer would segregate and then “gas” his victims – sending them into a hyper-sensitive, psychotic state of intense paranoia. This chemically induced paranoia would eat away at their minds while accentuating and exposing their own fears. The “Mist” of the Quarantine was designed to circulate through the victim’s lungs where the vapors would cling to the inner walls and immediately be absorbed into the bloodstream. Lexer experimented with different chemical serums to break-down their minds and transform them into animalistic, flesh-eating creatures. New for 2015, victims of Frightmare Quarantine will be given a glowing Death Spike in an attempt to repel the Mist’s effects and guide their way through the endless, dark corridors infested with these rabid, blood-hungry inhabitants. Jeremiah Lexer was not only a ruthless serial killer but remnants show that he was obsessed with being in control and seeing people break. Lexer’s torturous tactics and Quarantine experiments pitted his victims against one another. Most within these walls were transformed into cannibalistic flesh-eating humans where only the luckiest would be eaten quickly.
This intimidating structure was rebuilt to the exact specifications of the original Lexer blueprints found within the Manor by Sheriff Hays on July 5th, 1902. The evil, master plan of Jeremiah Lexer is now available for viewing upon request within the Hamblen County Archives. Prepare yourself as the Quarantined, tortured spirits of the countless Lexer victims return for vengeance on anyone within these blood-stained chambers. Experience your worst nightmares and inhale your greatest fears but whatever happens, “Don’t breathe the Mist.” – Frightmare Quarantine.
in 1913 by Emma Polston, the next person brave enough to occupy this plantation 11 years removed from the Lexer Family Murders. Dismissing the idea of a curse, Polston attempted to live on the land with her young son and resume natural farming. Her hopes of a normal life in Hamblen County were quickly shattered as farm animals soon went missing only to be discovered the following day with blood streaks leading to the shredded, mutilated and dissected carcasses within the woods directly behind Psycho Hill. The random, night-time slaughter of the animals went on for 2 weeks until October 23, 1913 when she and her son were awakened to loud bangings on the doors of the Manor and bloody animal parts shattering windows.
Being a headstrong, independent farm-woman and not to be intimidated by thieves or wild animals, Emma acted. As recalled by her 9 year old son Haywood hours after the incident –
“Momma grabbed the shotgun, ran me into the parlor closet, kissed me and told me not to leave or make a noise. I wanted to cry because the sounds just kept getting louder outside. I watched her run towards the noises.
Momma yelled and said a bad word as I heard her throw open the back door…She screamed “get off our {removed} land and leave us alone”. I heard 2 pops as she left the house and then I heard my Momma scream – nothing like I’d ever heard before or ever since. I had an awful feeling that she was being eaten by something. I was scared frozen. Momma’s screams lasted like 10 seconds and then it all went away.”
Emma was found soonafter at the entrance to the Lexer Cabin on Psycho Hill with deep gashes across her face and body – her legs severed below the waist. Legend says that Jeremiah Lexer is the killer on Psycho Hill - others claim there was a 2nd mysterious killer that night. To this day, no one knows what happened to Emma Polston. Haywood Polston was orphaned and died alone 9 years later after being committed to the East Tennessee Hospital for the Insane in 1915.
This thick-brushed, wooded area lying beyond Psycho Hill wreaks of decomposed flesh and marks where the majority of Lexer’s 31 dismembered victims were unearthed in July of 1902. Many have claimed to see the image of the Psycho Hill killer standing atop the hill at night – some claim even holding an axe.
Still standing today and sitting atop Psycho Hill, the original Lexer Cabin is listed (along with the Manor) on the Hamblen County Historical Preservation List. Walk amongst these woods and you will begin to see, feel, touch, smell and experience for yourself the True Terror on Psycho Hill.
