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One Saturday,2 Months ago, my wife and I watched,on DVD, an episode from' Hammer House of Horror' originally broadcast in the 70s. It was entitled 'The Mark of Satan' and it involved a Mortuary attendant ,new in his job, who becomes obsessed with the number 9. The previous attendant whose name was Holt was similarly cursed by number 9 and had killed himself.<br /> When the DVD ended I switched on the TV to watch 'Match of the Day' and the Norwich teamsheet<br /> highlighted one change to their side which was a player named Holt at Number 9. </p> <p>Richard Davies
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:09:09 +0000Coincidence ID:4765

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Sun, 15/01/2012 - 5:16pm

Many years ago, I was passing the time on a holiday flight reading a book with a character called Captain Tanner. Then the plane intercom came on . "This is Captain Tanner, welcoming you on board...."