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Somewhere between Bukowski and Jarmusch lies the Motel 6 in Hammond, IN. Room 115 has seen some things. Some dark, twisted, disturbed things. I feel dirty trying to find words to describe our memorable and surreal experience there. Iāll start with a word of praise for the person at the front desk: competence! I do not blame you for doing your job as quickly and efficiently as possible. Thank you for processing the charge and handing us our keys and telling us the location of the room relative to the office. The brief interaction with you was the highlight of our stay. As for the room, I hardly know where to begin. Perhaps with the inch tall gap under the door? It graciously allowed rainwater to flow into the room and create a small pond. The roaches in the room didnāt reveal themselves until the middle of the night, but we had already assumed they lived there. The broken switch plate and outlet covers, coupled with the exposed electrical wires, caused some alarm. We did not stand in the aforementioned water and touch anything electrical, so we were spared the joy of finding out if those were live wires. The sink didn't drain. Large piles of crumbs and areas of glitter and dirt on the bathroom floor made it clear that housekeeping was just a vague suggestion. This sense was reinforced by the large smear of something brown on the floor in front of the toilet, which we presumed was feces. The stained sheets and the human hair on the pillowcases and stuck to the bathroom wall suggested that management and ownership have given up caring. The refrigerator was frozen inside, with a large sheet of ice and frost coating the rear wall inside of it. Clearly, maintenance is as unnecessary at this location as housekeeping. I have photos of almost all of this. Room 115 was horrific. Bonus prizes outside the room came in the form of other guests with their revving motorcycle engines and spinning donuts in the parking lot. This was enhanced by the guest with her pit bull (she was clearly the sanest person living or staying at this location) and the people fighting in the parking lot of the hotel next door. We liked that the building did not collapse on us. We liked that no one burned the structure down or caused it to explode. We liked that no one broke down our door while we were there. We barely slept for four hours and left in the middle of the night, grateful to escape and move on. It makes the skankiest single room occupancy hotel on skid row look appealing. You donāt just want to cross the street to avoid it and its denizens, you want to climb back in your vehicle and flee the area. Even at his most debauched and when actively searching for the depths of existential Hell, one doubts that Hunter S Thompson wouldāve been willing to stay in room 115. The building would be improved by being razed and replaced with an empty lot. Which should then be torched with a flamethrower and doused in thousands of gallons of bleach. Sometimes you just donāt want someone to leave the light on for you.
Natalie Sadler
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Room was clean and air worked great and there was a giant wreck that burst into flames on the highway ramp in front of the building so there was entertainment too?
James
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