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Lazy horror movie creators definitely overuse the haunted gadget routine. Tapping into people's mistrust of technology and their fear of the unknown, directors frequently regurgitate stories involving cursed televisions, radios, movies and cell phones. One of those film themes may be experiencing a mysterious reversal in reality, though, as a Bulgarian mobile firm has reportedly suspended the use of a murderous cell number. Since 2001, three owners of the deadly digits (0888 888 888) have suffered untimely deaths. The first, Vladimir Grashnov, died of cancer in 2001 at the age of 48. Reputed mob boss Konstantin Dimitrov next received the number, and then an assassin promptly snuffed out the 31-year-old in 2003. Two years later, unknown gunmen gruesomely murdered the next owner, Konstantin Dishliev. While police investigated Dishliev's demise, Mobitel suspended the number, and the firm has apparently now deemed it completely unusable. According to the Telegraph, "Callers now get a recorded message saying the phone is 'outside network coverage.'"
If true, cursed numbers can certainly provide a terrifying new folk tale, but the death-by-digits horror story still pales in comparison to being constantly monitored, scalded and ridiculed by the irritating iPhone ghost of Steve Jobs. [From: The Huffington Post and The Telegraph]
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Subscribe to commentscmgMay 27th 2010 8:21AM
I also thought #666, was a bad #, never heard of the 0888 888 8888, thing till just now!!
JosephMay 27th 2010 11:44AM
Well, if you're going to break it down like that, let's try a REAL numerology lesson: 0888 888 888 breaks down to 0+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8. Add up those numbers and you get 72 which then breaks down to 7+2 which equals 9. Amazingly, when you take the numbers 666 as 6+6+6, they add up to 18 which breaks down to 1+8 which equals 9. You're conflating two different principles. The "number of the beast" from the Bible is based on letters of a name having certain numeric values; the ancient Biblical languages (Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek) all imparted numeric values to each letter for counting purposes. Numerology, on the other hand, assigns the numbers themselves (and ONLY the numerals 1-9; 0 literally has no place in the practice of numerology) with various powers and ALWAYS breaks down multi-digit numbers to their "lowest" absolute value. (IOW, the numbers 5, 41, 113 and 1121 all signify the same thing in numerology because they all represent a 5--5, 4+1, 1+1+3, and 1+1+2+1, respectively. Similarly, the numbers 9, 36, 666, and 1089 all have the same value for numerologists since they all break down to "9".)
thomas.houstonMay 26th 2010 3:01PM
@justinopinion updated in the post: 0888 888 888
cathy rohrscheibMay 26th 2010 4:28PM
are you silly people going to try that number ? o888 888 8888 Boo scary sorry number is out of signal please try later DUMMY it stated the owner died not the caller anyway. so really who cares what it is or was. interesting connection though
cloverMay 26th 2010 3:03PM
maybe it has nothing to do with the phone but with their weirdo last names all ending in V. or um there professions?? mob boss? this is such a bizarre story.
SkyBlueMay 26th 2010 3:03PM
I'm with you, Justin. What is the cell number?
JayneMay 26th 2010 3:05PM
I think it was the "professions" of these men, not the phone number!
terrieMay 26th 2010 3:04PM
lmao no it ain't just you JustinOpinion dang why didn't they tell the numbers!
roadkingrcMay 26th 2010 5:03PM
You're all idiots, every one of you. And the scariest part is that I'm walking around on the same planet with you fools.
BrendenJMMay 26th 2010 3:06PM
0888 888 888 is the phone number according to The Telegraph from the UK. You can see the original Telgraph article if you follow the link in this article entitled "now deemed it completely unusable."
TerapinpwMay 26th 2010 3:26PM
Are all of you people just stupid, or can't you read? They list the #'s in this article!!! Go back and read it again!!
b54999998May 26th 2010 4:20PM
0888-888-8888..omg its right there!!!!! So give some of these crazy people this number take care of our problems! That way we dont half to pay for them to be in jail rest their life!! lol
x0somuchbsxoMay 26th 2010 4:28PM
Cancer is a horrible thing to die from, but it isnt a grisley death is what I meant.
JESOPHMay 26th 2010 4:39PM
This is an example of why millions believe cell phones cause brain damage. I see the number, but maybe it's because my phone is a land line.
DennisMay 26th 2010 4:42PM
This will be the next choice for my powerball lotto numbers ;) 0888 888 888
LeeMay 26th 2010 5:25PM
For all the dummies who didn't see the cell number in the article...go back to school!
PaxVobiscumMay 26th 2010 5:30PM
I did some research on my old phone numbers....those new owners of those numbers did not win the lottery either.... in fact some have died as well.... so my old numbers are worse... they died and did not win the lottery.... now, speaking as a numerologist, and I "am just say'n"... that the 10 digits add up to 72 divided by 10 equals 7.2..the average...now 5/26/2010 is the 150 day of the year and if you divide 150 by 7.2 equals 20.83 and if you add those whole numbers of 2 , 8, and 3 you get 13.... "13".... wow.... this can not be a coincidence.... frogs blocking roads in Greece... bad cell numbers... what is next? locust.....run and run fast.. go home and kiss your children and forget this nonsense... you all should be embarassed!!!!!!
ennuiMay 26th 2010 5:58PM
uh....okay...umm...how about them Yankees?
littlecowsaysmooMay 26th 2010 6:28PM
Sorry, but I do not think dying of cancer at 48 is an untimley death.
dsherlineMay 27th 2010 8:18AM
littlecowsaysmoo said 6:28PM on 5-26-2010
"Sorry, but I do not think dying of cancer at 48 is an untimley death."
You must still be a pre-teen or possibly in your early teens. If so I understand your looking at a death at 48 and thinking it doesn't seem untimely. Once you grow up some you'll have a better understanding.