Blennerhassett Hotel

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Blennerhassett Hotel has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Morbid. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Kelley says John F. Kennedy campaigned at the hotel in 1960 and stayed twice in room 216, then its largest suite.
“JFK campaigned there in 1960, and he stayed on two separate occasions in May of that year. Apparently, he stayed in room 216 both times”
Morbid: Haunted Roadtrip: West Virginia Edition! (Mar 30, 2026) · Listen from 34:55
Kelley notes the hotel's 1889 amenities included combined electric and gas lighting, steam heating, elevators and modern plumbing.
“It also had steam heating. Whoa. Both service and passenger elevators, which like that was huge at the time”
Morbid: Haunted Roadtrip: West Virginia Edition! (Mar 30, 2026) · Listen from 31:09
Kelley says the Blennerhassett Hotel opened in 1889 after six years of construction, managed by Colonel William Nelson Chancellor with the goal of being West Virginia's most opulent hotel.
“The hotel took six years to build, and the whole entire project was managed by Colonel William Nelson Chancellor. The goal was to make this like the most opulent hotel in West Virginia”
Morbid: Haunted Roadtrip: West Virginia Edition! (Mar 30, 2026) · Listen from 29:20

Urquhart argues modern American buildings are unattractive compared with ornate Victorian-era architecture.
“our buildings, I'm like... They're ugly. Can we... and everything is just condos now i just want i want it to be back to like ornate intricate carvings victorian era shit”
Morbid: Haunted Roadtrip: West Virginia Edition! (Mar 30, 2026) · Listen from 32:08

Haunted Roadtrip: West Virginia Edition!
Morbid · Mar 30, 2026 · 51 min
Morbid hosts Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley pair a 1996 West Virginia murder at Babcock State Park's Cabin 13 with hauntings at the Blennerhassett Hotel.