The Haunting Hour: The ghost with a broken heart

As the Halloween season approaches, the Whitman County Gazette is kicking off its special feature, “The Haunting Hour”, a section dedicated to ghost stories, mysteries and chilling local tales throughout the month of October.

PULLMAN — With its rich history, Washington State University’s campus is home to several unsettling stories—none more haunting than the tragic explosion that shook Perham Hall in 1979.

A young man, heartbroken and consumed by despair, detonated a bomb that killed himself and injured five others, leaving an eerie mark on the university that lingers to this day.

On a cold T...