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Dr Diane A Rodgers
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Doctor of Folk Horror & Wyrd TV | Centre for Contemporary Legend | President-elect of ISCLR | National Folklore Survey | Dracula Returns to Derby | The Sleazoids | All views my own (she/her) https://linktr.ee/dr.diane.rodgers
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Dr Diane A Rodgers @dianearodgers.bsky.social · 27d
Pleased to have a new co-authored research article ALGORITHMIC ALCHEMY: THE POWER OF THE WITCH ON YOUTUBE(with Zhang, Belinskaya + @monrodriguez.bsky.social) published in FOLKLORE, bridging research in folklore studies and algorithmic networks! #folklore
doi.org/10.1080/0015...
Algorithmic Alchemy: The Power of the Witch on YouTube
This article explores the implications of the algorithmic representations of videos recommended by YouTube. The analysis is based on the mix of computational and qualitative explorations of an auto...
doi.org
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historyonfilm.bsky.social
You're in for a treat! I'm doing a mini-series on teaching with the X-Files (with some fantastic scholars like @memorieschild.bsky.social and @dianearodgers.bsky.social), so you can check those out when you're done :D

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the series!
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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drdjohnston.bsky.social
A reminder that @dianearodgers.bsky.social and I have a CFP out for an academic edited collection on Folk Horror on Television. Proposals of 500 words to derek.johnston@qub.ac.uk AND d.rodgers@shu.ac.uk. Closing date for proposals is 15 January 2026.
Thread of prompts … #FolkHorror #academia
January 5, 2026 at 9:52 AM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
I saved the best #wyrdchristmas gift for last, I got a gorgeous Stylophone Theremin! I've been listing after one of these ever since a chum brought their existence to my attention. It's the MOST fun. I'll post a video in comments if I'm able.
January 2, 2026 at 1:24 PM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
Another one! I was gifted a copy of the beautiful map of #folkhorror, related to the brilliant Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched doc <3
December 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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orm-irian.bsky.social
mediaeval/60s themed pop group called The Mummers & The Paupers
December 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
Another #wyrd #folkhorror gift I was lucky enough to receive, my very own copy of the @weirdwalk.bsky.social book! I've only dipped in so far to pages about Thaxted (as I frequently visit family there) and Norfolk (where I'm familiar with & mentions EF Benson!) but it is a lovely thing indeed!
December 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
Another #wyrd #folkhorror adjacent gift: nothing says Christmas like a Central Office of Information 'Stranger Danger' jigsaw, and makes a nice pair with the sinister policeman!
December 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
Oh yes, this is rather wonderful, a great piece of the Kneale oeuvre for those who may not have already heard it!
mrgeetsromo.bsky.social Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 10d
On BBC 4 Extra at 4pm: a repeat of @tobyhadoke.bsky.social’s estimable and effective 2018 radio adaptation of The Road. Genuinely not to be missed if you’re a Nigel Kneale fan.

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BBC Radio 4 - The Road by Nigel Kneale
The legendary 1963 lost TV play. Adapted by Toby Hadoke.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
First of several #wyrd #folklore #folkhorror related festive gifts I have been lucky to receive this year - on green vinyl, no less!
December 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
This year's musical Merry Christmas ridiculousness from Paul Dorrington and I x youtu.be/Uq8GE2m9oG4?... #christmas #sleighride #ronettes
Paul and Missy Sleazoid sing Sleigh Ride
YouTube video by babyrobot16
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December 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
Yes! X
thebowlerhatman.bsky.social Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social · 18d
Did you have one of these?
December 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
Today is the day I got a Christmas card from Robert Wynne-Simmons (writer of legendary folk horror film Blood on Satan's Claw) that almost gave me a heart attack as it had one of those rubber band flappy things in it. Well played, sir. #folkhorror #christmas
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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The short days and long nights of winter provide us with the opportunity for reflection on dark topics such as the supernatural.
Why do so many love a good ghost story at Christmas? A psychologist explains
The short days and long nights of winter provide us with the opportunity for reflection on dark topics such as the supernatural.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
Christmas news from the National Folklore Survey for England team! www.shu.ac.uk/news/all-art... #folklore #Christmas @nfsengland.bsky.social
Watching Christmas film and TV is just as important as putting the decorations up – National Folklore Survey reveals top 10 Christmas Traditions | Sheffield Hallam University
Watching Christmas film and TV is just as important as putting the decorations up – National Folklore Survey reveals top 10 Christmas Traditions
www.shu.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
Here is my Christmas card for this year to the boy, sharing here for all to enjoy (using ye olde Photoshop, no AI!). Also, the tagline should perhaps read 'This time they're OUR cats'. #gremlins #Christmas #cats
December 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
Exciting news! Replica vintage Derby Dracula merch - lifesize playbill, Lugosi fans! derbydracula.bandcamp.com/merch/derby-... #dracula #horror #lugosi
Derby Hippodrome Bela Lugosi Playbill—UK Xmas free postage! from Derby Dracula
Derby Hippodrome Bela Lugosi Playbill—UK Xmas free postage! from Derby Dracula
derbydracula.bandcamp.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
This is a jolly pleasant thing
thebowlerhatman.bsky.social Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social · 22d
Have you seen this?
It's the literary map of London.
I think it's Fabulous!!
December 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
THE LAST SACRIFICE now to rent on Amazon Prime, if you fancy an atmospheric documentary about a mysterious, folkloric murder in the 1940s that helped inspire THE WICKER MAN, ROBIN REDBREAST + other folk horror classics! I also pop up in it here and there too :)

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...
Watch The Last Sacrifice | Prime Video
Valentine's Day, 1945, a man is ritualistically murdered in Britain, inspiring a cult legend and creating a new form of horror still worshipped today.
www.amazon.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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facesofjeff.bsky.social
Best thing he’s done since STROSZEK.
lilabrock.bsky.social lilabrock @lilabrock.bsky.social · 24d
el instagram de herzog es una de las mejores cosas que me pasó en este último tiempo.
December 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/the...
The Last Sacrifice - movie: watch streaming online
Find out how and where to watch "The Last Sacrifice" on Netflix and Prime Video today - including free options.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
What @drdjohnston.bsky.social said!
drdjohnston.bsky.social Derek Johnston @drdjohnston.bsky.social · 26d
I'm not sure why it's flashing like that, but the image contains the CFP for the edited collection @dianearodgers.bsky.social and I are putting together on Folk Horror on Television. We're looking for a wide range of texts, contexts, and academic approaches. Proposals by 15 January.
Folk Horror on Television: Call for Proposals for an Edited Collection Editors: Derek Johnston and Diane A. Rodgers Since the first academic conference on the subject in 2014 to the present day, there has been a blossoming interest in the genre or mode of folk horror. There has been a particular boom in academic publishing on the subject in the past few years, including edited collections and monographs. However, this work has tended to focus on folk horror in film and literature, despite there being many televisual texts which can be seen as part of or closely related to the genre. The shared importance of ideas of identity of region and nation form a particular connection between television and folk horror. This collection would seek to address some of this gap. Authors are encouraged to engage with examples from a range of national and transnational contexts. Contributors are also urged to consider the breadth of different definitions of and approaches to folk horror, taking into account the concept of genres as cultural categories, defined by their usage rather than by particular textual characteristics. This can lead to a consideration not just of a wider selection of texts, but also to look beyond the text to consider what different audiences may be doing by claiming particular productions as 'folk horror'. We use here the broadest understanding of folk horror as that which also embraces the ‘wyrd’: texts which may be considered uncanny or unsettling rather than necessarily ‘horrific’. We are also keen to include a wide range of approaches to folk horror on television, whether textual studies, histories, fan studies, folkloristics, or other suitable approaches to broaden and deepen our understanding of the connections between folk horror and television. We have strong interest from Bloomsbury’s Spectres, Hauntings and Horrors series. Proposals of 500 words to derek.johnston@qub.ac.uk AND d.rodgers@shu.ac.uk. Closing date for proposals is 15 January 2026.
December 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
Pleased to have a new co-authored research article ALGORITHMIC ALCHEMY: THE POWER OF THE WITCH ON YOUTUBE(with Zhang, Belinskaya + @monrodriguez.bsky.social) published in FOLKLORE, bridging research in folklore studies and algorithmic networks! #folklore
doi.org/10.1080/0015...
Algorithmic Alchemy: The Power of the Witch on YouTube
This article explores the implications of the algorithmic representations of videos recommended by YouTube. The analysis is based on the mix of computational and qualitative explorations of an auto...
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
Looking forward to this episode! @nfsengland.bsky.social
lilithepunk.bsky.social 🧟‍♀️ Liza Frank @lilithepunk.bsky.social · 27d
Had a cracking time talking about Christmas folklore and traditions at Broadcasting House today while recording the Christmas Day episode of Woman's Hour!

Never has a sphincter been so clenched though...
#HouseholdLore #Christmas #WatkinsWisdom #BBCRadio4 #WomansHour
The sign outside Broadcasting House - The British Broadcasting Corporation. Inside the Woman's Hour studio - there is a big screen with Woman's Hour on it. From the POV of the producers and studio managers, looking into the recording studio. Nuala and Anita are doing a social media promo. Nuala McGovern, Liza Frank and Anita Rani.
December 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
dianearodgers.bsky.social
Went home from work via Sheffield Cathedral and serendipitously caught this gorgeous magical light show from my bus stop! @sheffieldcathedral.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Welcome my newest PhD student to the academic fold, I'm proud to be Josiah's Director of Studies, in a dream supervisory team with @davidwclarke.bsky.social researching ghost stories on TV! www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/introdu... @nfsengland.bsky.social #folklore
Introducing… Josiah Eames — National Folklore Survey for England
Introducing CCL’s new PhD student, Josiah Eames, with his recommendations for creepy Christmas viewing.
www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM