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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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Comments
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Subscribe to commentskingkovinsMay 26th 2010 2:08PM
dumbest thing ever!
RobertMay 26th 2010 6:19PM
SWEET SHERRY would you repete that i didnt get itthe first two hundred times
CatmovesMay 28th 2010 1:38AM
Must be a slow day at AOL.
Drivel is as drivel does.
JustinOpinionMay 26th 2010 2:39PM
Uh, is it just me or can someone else tell me what's wrong with this story? WTF are the D**N phone numbers??
JOHNNIEMay 26th 2010 3:02PM
This isn't the first time. Remember a few weeks back the headline about the expensive wedding gown and the girl was shown in a cocktail dress? Story about a dress and no picture. Here, they tell us about a dangerous number, but do they provide it? OHhhhh No. Terrible journalism
box9May 26th 2010 3:02PM
0888 888 888
duckMay 26th 2010 3:12PM
you are stewpid
LoriMay 26th 2010 3:35PM
The number is just what the article said it was. You may have missed the part where they said it was in BULGARIA. They have very different phone numbers in Europe than we do here, so if you were looking for the standard area code + 7 digit phone number, you would have been confused.
CathyMay 26th 2010 4:21PM
Just, like the others said....the damn numbers are right there. lol 3 grisley deaths? Dying from cancer isnt grisley. The other two who were murdered, their lines of work is what probably got them killed.
JESOPHMay 26th 2010 4:29PM
The number is 088-888-8888.
Joe Papierz JrMay 26th 2010 6:12PM
Justine, read the article again. The first line of he second paragraph is:
"Since 2001, three owners of the deadly digits (0888 888 888) have suffered untimely deaths. It the went on to identify the victims and what the died of. 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."
Samwise246May 26th 2010 6:25PM
The number was 0888-888-888. Did you not read the story?
duffhessian1776May 27th 2010 9:04AM
three owners of the deadly digits (0888 888 888)
how could so many people possibly miss soemthing so obvious??
DeeMay 27th 2010 8:29AM
Try reading the story again, honey. The number is given. It's 0888 888 888.
JulieMay 27th 2010 11:07AM
The numbers that begin with "0" are European - didn't the names tip you off?
CatmovesMay 27th 2010 3:24PM
So this web site just gives us proof that people do NOT read what is written but read what they want to. Paying attention is part of passing grades in school.
Do I now assume that all those who didn't see the numbers don't need to bother trying to attend college?
jotwinowskiMay 27th 2010 6:17PM
Justin Opinion: European numbers are somewhat differently arranged than ours. They don't go in the xxx-xxx-xxxx system but can vary such as xxxx-xxxx or xx-xxxxx or various other systems.
J.D.May 26th 2010 3:03PM
If anyone ever slightly studied numerology, they would know that 8+8+8=24, or (2+4)=6, so the numbers equal 6+6+6 or 666. Don't know. I'm just sayin'...
ominer0906May 26th 2010 5:24PM
no its 765
diplobratMay 26th 2010 7:00PM
Best explanation yet...