Getting Spooky in Charleston: A Halloween Driving Tour

It’s Spooky Season and one of my favorite traditions with my kids is to drive around the neighborhoods of Charleston looking at the spooky homes creatively decorated for Halloween.

While some homes from last year did not return this year — most noticeably absent was the “Dino” house on Daniel Island — we are delighted to present this fourth annual edition of the spookiest homes and neighborhoods to see at Halloween, including some newcomers and many veterans of the Halloween decorating scene.

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A Halloween Driving Tour

Ivy Hall: 3241 Morningdale Drive (MOUNT PLEASANT)

3241 Morningdale Drive is THE home to see in North Mount Pleasant. Owner, Kelly Frazier Miller, and mastermind behind the Halloween decorations said that she makes many of her props by hand. Miller starts building the props in April and usually spends eight hours a day for several weeks to set everything up. In total, it takes her hundreds of hours to complete her masterpiece.

A yard full of spooky characters, a sign saying Mount UNPleasant, and purple lights.“Seeing the joy that I bring to all of the people who come to see it makes all the work worth it! That’s really what it is all about for me,” said Miller.

This is definitely one to see! You can even watch a preview clip from 2023 ahead of time.

skeletons, spooky lights, and jack-o-lanterns.


Old Village: 605 Pitt Street (MOUNT PLEASANT)

Owned by Jennifer Hankey, she has a full display every night through November 7th. Go from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for a creepy “Skelly Show” every night.

605 Pitt Street, on the corner of Pitt and Queen, is owned by Jennifer Hankey, who puts on a full display of spookiness every night. Go from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. for a creepy “Skelly Show” every night. In addition to numerous skeletons — and skeleton dogs — dressed as pirates, they also have a full pirate ship on display. Check out this preview to see — this is one not to miss!

skeletons in a yard


Dunes West, Whispering Marsh Subdivision: 2184 Tall Grass Circle (MOUNT PLEASANT)

2184 Tall Grass Circle has long been the iconic Halloween home in Dunes West. This corner house is complete with multiple giant animatronics, a carefully crafted light display, a headless Horseman, a laser fog show, and a creepy moving hologram.

A foggy yard with spooky lights, scary jack-o-lanterns, skeletons, etc.

The Whispering Marsh neighborhood in Dunes West is known for going all out at Halloween complete with a costume parade, chili and cornbread cook-off, and people “BOO-ing” homes with secret bags of treats. *Please note that this is a gated community.

spooky skeletons, witches, and demons in purple and red lighting on a halloween driving tour


Park West: West Canning Drive (MOUNT PLEASANT)

They have a skeleton apocalypse!


Six Mile: Rifle Range Road (MOUNT PLEASANT)

If you have ever driven down Rifle Range Road in North Mount Pleasant during any holiday, you’ll have noticed a corner house on Jefferson Street that goes ALL out for EVERY holiday!


3109 Kilby Lane (MOUNT PLEASANT)

A graveyard display with skeletons (one massive one), fog, and spiders.


Carolina Park: 1557 Bourne Xing (MOUNT PLEASANT)

Owner Kat Goldberg is a professional artist with experience in set design. She begins working on her Halloween decorations in May/June after the school play has wrapped.

skeletons set up with different set designs: underwater cave, mermaid, and treasure trove.Goldberg’s husband was in the film industry and handles the lighting and the cannons that fire.

pirate skeletons in an ocean display with a ship and octopus, on a halloween driving tourIn previous years, they have held a cannon battle between their pirates and their neighbor’s pirates. They have also previously built a voodoo lady with a bubbling cauldron and glowing potions.

voodoo skeleton lady with a cauldron


(WEST ASHLEY) Carolina Bay 

a neighborhood halloween driving tour with witches and skeletonsFamilies — and their fur babies — enjoy walking or biking around this neighborhood where everyone participates in creating displays of creative, spooky magic.

halloween driving tour with skeletons


(NORTH CHARLESTON) Wando Woods

Owner Olivia Isgett-Rubin uses dozens of dolls for her elaborate display of possessed baby dolls.

spooky dolls interacting with skeletons“When my kids were younger, I went all out on their costumes,” said Isgett-Rubin. “Now, I focus on the yard. I have Halloween decorations like most people have Christmas decorations.”

halloween driving tour: spooky skeletons


R.I.P. DINO HOUSE, DANIEL ISLAND

If you know, you know . . . the Dino House on Daniel Island last year was an impressive feat. With hundreds of skeletons and incredibly generous homeowners who allowed hundreds of people to visit their remarkable display of dinosaurs, it earned the nickname “Dino House.” Alas, it is no more, but we’ll hold out hope that it will come back in 2025. For now, R.I.P. Dino Home. You are missed.

A large tombstone telling of how the Grinch stole Halloween! "Everyone down in Charleston liked Halloween a LOT . . . But the GRINCH, who lived just north of Charleston, did NOT! The GRINCH HATED Halloween! The whole Halloween season!"Did we miss any must-see neighborhoods or houses? Let us know in the comments!

Erin DiNicola
Erin is a single mom of four young kids (8-year-old, 6-year-old and 4-year-old boy and girl twins). A former US diplomat, Erin has lived and worked all over the world. She is a former nationally ranked 100m and 300m hurdler, a certified yoga and prenatal yoga instructor, and holds additional certifications as a CrossFit Level 2 Coach, Precision Nutrition Coach, USAW L-1, Barre, TRX Barre, TRX Yoga, NASM CPT and as an ACE group fitness trainer. She owns Mount Pleasant Fitness, offering group/personal training. On a daily basis, she aims to show her babies that women can be both soft and strong, and that one must never give up, no matter what!

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  1. Carolina Park – How did you not got to ‘Terror on Timmons’? Timmons street done up too yearly -should check it out (moreso at night)

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