Creepy Stories Of Those Who Had The Deadly Phone Number
PixabayThe number was eventually pulled from circulation after it was linked to multiple deaths.
Some superstitions hold that certain numbers are bad luck. One cellphone number issued by a Bulgarian mobile phone company in particular actually seems to be connected to the deaths of at least three people — all of whom had used the same number before their ominous deaths.
Whether a coincidence or not, the unlucky cell phone number 0888-888-888 has since become synonymous with deadly bad luck.
The first victim, in fact, was the former CEO of the mobile phone company MobilTel named Vladimir Grashnov. He died of cancer at the age of 48 in 2001 shortly after receiving the number from his former company. Rumors suggest the real cause of Grashnov’s death was that he was being slowly poisoned by a competitor.
Two years later, the alleged curse hit the next victim of the unlucky mobile number. Konstantin Dimitrov, a Bulgarian mafia boss gunned down while having dinner with his model girlfriend, was killed at the age of 31. Investigators suspect it was a hit job by a rival drug boss.
Valentina Petrova/AFP via Getty ImagesAfter being linked to three deaths in five years, many believe this phone number is cursed.
The third and final victim to hold the ill-fated number was Konstantin Dishliev, who was shot to death while sitting down at an Indian restaurant in 2005. Dishliev, like the previous owner of the mobile phone number, was engaged with the underground criminal world. He was known as a crooked businessman who operated a secret drug-trafficking operation.
It might strike an observer of this true scary story that these high-profile victims would likely have died with or without the number, particularly those who were entangled in drug trafficking. But the fact that all three men died within a five-year period was enough for the mobile phone company to pull the number out of circulation. Yet the creepy stories of the deadly number live on to this day.
