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OMINOUS THRILL

OMINOUS THRILL

Jeff Schmidt Productions, LLC

A genre-bending audio drama of character-driven adult dark fiction, thrillers, horror & suspense. Each story is fully dramatized with exceptional actors and sound so vivid, you’ll feel like a witness.


Listeners call it "horrifying, disorienting, fiendishly thrilling, erotic and heartbreaking."


What will you call it? Listen for yourself. Grab those headphones or earbuds and vanish inside Ominous Thrill.


Ominous Thrill is a multi-award-winning, twice Ambie Award-nominated anthology created by the acclaimed sound designer and director Jeff Schmidt, the creative force behind the vivid, immersive sounds of fiction-podcast thrillers Blood Ties and Aftershock, and the true-crime mega-hit Dr. Death.


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Learn more about OMINOUS THRILL at https://ominousthrill.com/

EMAIL: [email protected]


Ominous Thrill Cover Design: Jeff Schmidt

Ominous Thrill Title Design: GlassVoid

Photography: Mircea Bezergheanu



  • 19 minutes 17 seconds
    HER HORRORWEEN - When the Motherf**ker Just Won't Die

    Our month long celebration of women authored horror concludes with this fierce transgressive take on the masked killer and final girl tropes. Every woman in her family has faced him. Now, she contains him. But will she contain what boils within herself?

    Genre: Transgressive horror / Slasher subversion

    Content warning: Graphic violence, premeditated murder, transgressive content

    Written by Tiffany Michelle Brown

    https://tmbwrites.com/

    Performed by Ellie Gossage


    Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt


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    29 October 2026, 7:01 am
  • 23 minutes 33 seconds
    HER HORRORWEEN - We Are But Conduits

    I do not remember what I was before; I cannot fathom what has been made of me. To cheat death is to create monsters.

    Genre: Gothic body horror / Supernatural

    Content warning: Body horror, death, disturbing imagery

    Written by H. Marin

    https://hmarinliterary.com

    Performed by Allison Cossitt

    Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt


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    28 October 2026, 7:01 am
  • 15 minutes 40 seconds
    HER HORRORWEEN - You Are in the Heart of the Corn Maze

    Every October you come back here. Every October you face the same decision. Choose.

    Genre: Folk horror / Second person

    Content warning: Supernatural horror, psychological horror, ambiguous ending

    Written by Abra Staffin-Wiebe

    http://www.aswiebe.com/ 

    Performed by Spooky Spring

    Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt

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    26 October 2026, 7:01 am
  • 42 minutes 35 seconds
    HER HORRORWEEN - Stella in the Belly of the Beast

    The nightmares haunting Stella since she was a kid are beginning to spill into daily life. Does anyone but her cats see what she can? And what's with all the missing person posters going up around town?

    Genre: Supernatural horror, Indigenous mythology horror

    Content warning: Childhood sexual abuse referenced, parental suicide referenced, death

    Written by Kyla Tucaya Garcia

    Performed by Kyla Garcia

    www.kylagarcia.com

    Dedication:

    For Abuela Victoria, Nana Julia, and Grandpa.

     For my Mom Elsa and my Titi Frances.

     For my sisters, Shaina, Ava, and Bella.

     And for my Dad Freddie, who never let the monsters get near me.


    Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt


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    23 October 2026, 7:01 am
  • 18 minutes 32 seconds
    HER HORRORWEEN - Placentophagy

    Elizabeth's placental encapsulation business is interrupted when a mysterious pregnant woman arrives demanding a solution to a maternal curse.

    Genre: Body horror

    Content warning: Body horror including amputation, cannibalism, reproductive loss, legal denial of medical care, moral complexity

    Written by H.V. Patterson

    hvpatterson.com

    Performed by Robyn Buck

    With Gracie Lacey as The Pregnant Woman

    Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt


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    21 October 2026, 7:01 am
  • 53 minutes 12 seconds
    HER HORRORWEEN - Watcher of the Wisps

    When college lurker Levi answers a bizarre personal ad posted by his latest crush, he finds himself drawn into a ritual of blindfolds, midnight road trips, and a goddess who’s been waiting for a man like him.

    Genre: Folk horror / Feminist horror

    Content warning: Predatory behavior in first person, sexual objectification, ritual violence, body horror

    Written by Amanda Cecelia Lang

    Performed by Michael Ursu

    Erica Dawson as Ivy

    Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt

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    19 October 2026, 7:01 am
  • 33 minutes 54 seconds
    HER HORRORWEEN - The Lycanthropy Is Not a Metaphor

    Channing falls for the mysterious new redhead she meets at the university coffee shop and soon discovers both women share a secret about who they become during the full moon.

    Genre: Coming of age / queer supernatural romance

    Content warning: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Explicit sexual content, werewolf transformation, implied prior trauma

    Written by Selene Grande

    https://hollyhefner.com/#as-selene-grande

    Performed by Bree Mignano 

    Syd Kilroy as Sienna

    Abigale Turner as Dana

    Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt


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    16 October 2026, 7:01 am
  • 25 minutes 59 seconds
    HER HORRORWEEN - Gray Rock Method

    A psychiatrist seeks out an unorthodox solution to help a client with a triggering traumatic history.

    Genre: Psychological horror / Supernatural

    Content warning: Psychological manipulation, body horror, death of narrator

    Written by Lauren C. Teffeau

    https://www.laurencteffeau.com

    Performed by Ann Sonneville

    Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt


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    14 October 2026, 7:01 am
  • 15 minutes 14 seconds
    HER HORRORWEEN - Brown Widows

    An unlikely cult member with an unsettling lineage races to recover an escapee before an ancient, otherworldly plan is disrupted.

    Genre: Dark comedy / Cosmic horror

    Content warning: References to ritual violence, adult themes, mild body horror

    Written by Karly Foland

    karlyfoland.com

    Performed by Leah Voysey

    Jennifer Scott as Grandmother

    Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt


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    12 October 2026, 7:01 am
  • 24 minutes 41 seconds
    HER HORRORWEEN - The Weight

    You wake up, bound, in a place you don't recognize. A woman shrouded in darkness asks, do you remember me?


    Genre: Allegorical second person horror

    Content warning: Violence against women, body horror, disturbing imagery

    Written by Allison Cossitt

    www.allisoncossitt.com - www.ylemmediaproductions.com

    Performed by Jolene Andersen

    Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt


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    9 October 2026, 7:01 am
  • 35 minutes 22 seconds
    HER HORRORWEEN - Maternity Leave

    Three weeks postpartum. No sleep. No help. New mother, Erica's grip on reality slips, and something lurks outside her window. 

    Genre: Postpartum horror / Dark comedy

    Content warning: Postpartum psychosis, self-harm ideation, violence, infant in peril

    Written by Jen Mierisch

    www.jenmierisch.com

    Performed by Chelsea Krause

    Sheree Wichard as Nosy Nelly

    Erica Dawson as Ellen

    Raven Morales as the shoppers

    Created, produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt


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    7 October 2026, 7:01 am
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