The Bizarre Mystery of Cursed Phone Numbers | Mysterious Universe
In the early 2000s, a Bulgarian mobile phone company called Mobitel issued the number (+359) 0888 888 888. Although certainly easy to remember and a tad unusual, there is nothing on the face of it that should seem especially sinister or evil about this particular mobile number. In fact, the number 8 is actually considered quite lucky in some countries, such as China, where companies will pay big money in order to purchase phone numbers that hold as many 8s as possible. However the tale of Mobitel’s all-8 number is not one of luck, but rather of death and whispers of mysterious curses, as since that fateful day when the now notorious phone number was first released, it seems that every single person who has owned it has met with an untimely, often violent death.
The first person to own the ominous number was the CEO of the company himself, Vladimir Grashnov. Within less than a year of acquiring the number, the relatively young, 48-year old executive was quickly ravaged by a highly aggressive form of cancer and died in 2001. It was curious since he had been in perfectly good health before the turn of the millennium, and this in turn led to rumors that the cancer had its origins in an assassination attempt by a business rival using dangerous radioactive materials. This in and of itself would not be unheard of, as radiation poisoning has been used as a method of assassination before, especially in Russia and eastern Europe. The most high profile such killing would be that of the Russian officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and KGB turned British spy, Alexander Litvinenko, who died from acute radiation syndrome induced by a lethal amount of the isotope polonium-210, which was believed to have been intentionally administered by Russian security forces for the purpose of assassination. The odd thing about the death of Grashnov is that he was not known to have any enemies and was known for his honest business practices. At the time, no one really made any connection between the unusual death and the phone number, but this would change with a succession of other holders of the number meeting sudden, violent ends.
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Coincidence? Or can something be cursed and cause deaths?
In the early 2000s, a Bulgarian mobile phone company called Mobitel issued the number (+359) 0888 888 888. Although certainly easy to remember and a tad unusual, there is nothing on the face of it that should seem especially sinister or evil about this particular mobile number. In fact, the number 8 is actually considered quite lucky in some countries, such as China, where companies will pay big money in order to purchase phone numbers that hold as many 8s as possible. However the tale of Mobitel’s all-8 number is not one of luck, but rather of death and whispers of mysterious curses, as since that fateful day when the now notorious phone number was first released, it seems that every single person who has owned it has met with an untimely, often violent death.
The first person to own the ominous number was the CEO of the company himself, Vladimir Grashnov. Within less than a year of acquiring the number, the relatively young, 48-year old executive was quickly ravaged by a highly aggressive form of cancer and died in 2001. It was curious since he had been in perfectly good health before the turn of the millennium, and this in turn led to rumors that the cancer had its origins in an assassination attempt by a business rival using dangerous radioactive materials. This in and of itself would not be unheard of, as radiation poisoning has been used as a method of assassination before, especially in Russia and eastern Europe. The most high profile such killing would be that of the Russian officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and KGB turned British spy, Alexander Litvinenko, who died from acute radiation syndrome induced by a lethal amount of the isotope polonium-210, which was believed to have been intentionally administered by Russian security forces for the purpose of assassination. The odd thing about the death of Grashnov is that he was not known to have any enemies and was known for his honest business practices. At the time, no one really made any connection between the unusual death and the phone number, but this would change with a succession of other holders of the number meeting sudden, violent ends.
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Coincidence? Or can something be cursed and cause deaths?
