Talk Haunts - Gary Numan - Monsters in the Machine
Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained
Steven Holloway
4.5 • 652 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2025
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Electronic music has always carried something ghostly.
A voice through circuitry.
A machine that seems almost alive.
A sound that feels as though it’s arriving from somewhere just beyond the room.
In this Talk Haunts Christmas Special, Haunted UK Podcast sits down with Gary Numan — one of the most influential figures in electronic music — for a conversation about creativity, fear, atmosphere, haunted spaces, and the strange ideas that have helped shape his work.
Taking a break from rehearsals for his UK Telekon 45th anniversary tour, Gary joins Steve and Marie to discuss his iconic career, songwriting, the ghosts and darker themes that have influenced his music, and the unsettling possibilities behind the idea of monsters in the machine.
From era-defining tracks such as Cars and Are “Friends” Electric? to later albums including Splinter, Savage, and Intruder, this special episode explores the meeting point between music, memory, machinery, hauntings, and the imagination of an artist whose sound has always felt both futuristic and deeply human.
Atmospheric, thoughtful, and intimate, this Christmas edition of Talk Haunts offers a rare conversation about the supernatural edge of creativity — and the strange shadows that can live inside sound.
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| 0:00.0 | Ramadan is a time to reflect, connect and experience the world more meaningfully. |
| 0:07.0 | In Abu Dhabi, Curiosity leads the way through adventure, wildlife and moments of wonder, |
| 0:14.0 | culture, movement and well-being create lasting connections, while shared tables and rich flavors turn every meal into a story. |
| 0:24.3 | Travel deeper, travel richer. |
| 0:27.3 | Experience Abu Dhabi. |
| 0:31.6 | Have you ever had a moment that made your skin crawl? |
| 0:35.0 | A shadow where there shouldn't be one? |
| 0:37.1 | A whisper in an empty room, |
| 0:39.0 | or something you simply can't explain. If so, we want to hear from you. Here at the Haunted |
| 0:46.0 | UK podcast, we're always on the lookout for spine-tingling stories to feature in our end-of-season |
| 0:52.0 | listener episodes and our short haunt series. |
| 0:56.0 | Whether it's a chilling encounter, a mysterious experience, or something that's haunted you for years, |
| 1:01.8 | we want your tale. |
| 1:04.1 | Send your story to contact us at haunted UK podcast.com. |
| 1:09.2 | And don't forget to follow us on social media. Facebook, X at Haunted UK Podcast.com. And don't forget to follow us on social media. Facebook, X at Haunted |
| 1:14.4 | UK pod, TikTok and Instagram at Haunted UK podcast, or visit our website www. www.com. |
| 1:25.3 | Now, if you love what we do and what even more haunted goodies, then you can support the |
| 1:30.6 | show on Patreon and coffee. We've got two brilliant tears, possessed and spooked, both packed with |
| 1:37.5 | bonus content, exclusive episodes and extra material that'll keep you up all night. But that's not all. |
| 1:45.1 | We've launched a brand new sister podcast, |
| 1:48.0 | Haunted UK Fiction, |
| 1:49.9 | and we're calling all storytellers. |
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