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OMINOUS THRILL
Escape into the gritty worlds of this multi-award-winning, twice Ambie-Award-nominated anthology of character-driven adult dark fiction, thrillers, horror, and suspense, fully dramatized with exceptional actors and sound so vivid, you’ll feel like a witness.

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ABOUT THE CREATOR


Since 2015, Jeff Schmidt has created the highly cinematic sounds of popular fiction and non-fiction podcasts series like true-crime mega-hit podcasts Dr. Death, Dirty John and award winning hit audio fiction thrillers Blood Ties and Aftershock.

Inspired by modern anthologies like "Black Mirror," "Love, Death & Robots" American Horror Story and del Toro's "Cabinet of Curiosities" OMINOUS THRILL employs full-cast dramatizations and 3D Spatial Audio to bring these devious audio delights to life.

"From the story concepts to writing, casting, directing, and final sound production, Ominous Thrill is the series of devious audio delights I have long wanted to make.”

--Jeff Schmidt 

Until next time... thrill ya later!

JEFF SCHMIDT

Creator, Writer, Director, Sound Designer
JEFF@JEFF-SCHMIDT.COM

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OMINOUS THRILL 2025 LISTENER SURVEY RESULTS

OMINOUS THRILL 2025 LISTENER SURVEY RESULTS

Hi Thrillers! Last summer, I put out a call on the podcast feed to take the temperature of listeners in my first ever listener survey. You s...

OMINOUS THRILL ANNOUNCES INK:

OMINOUS THRILL ANNOUNCES INK:

A FOUR-PART AUDIO DRAMA EXPLORING GRIEF, POSSESSION, AND THE DARK SIDE OF HOLDING ON. Psychological Horror Mini-Series Premieres February 26...

OMINOUS THRILL SNAGS SECOND AMBIE AWARD NOMINATION

OMINOUS THRILL SNAGS SECOND AMBIE AWARD NOMINATION

Jeff Schmidt's Dark Character Study Recognized by The Podcast Academy for Excellence in Audio Drama Writing

OMINOUS THRILL AMBIE AWARD NOMINATION - Best Scriptwriting Fiction

Well, this happened. 🤯 Ominous Thrill snags a “Best Fiction Scriptwriting” nomination in the 2026 Ambie Awards for the three-episode mini-s...

RANKING THE OMINOUS BEASTS

This was shared on the FREE LEVEL of the Ominous Thrill Patreon 'RED ROOM " and I'm sharing here also. Hiya Thrillers!  I was tagged on...

OMINOUS THRILL Wins 4 GOLD in Signal Awards!

Ominous Thill was recognized in these categories in the 2024 podcast Signal Awards.   GOLD - Best Paranormal or Horror GOLD - Best...

OMINOUS THRILL NOMINATED

I'm stunned & amazed to learn that OMINOUS THRILL received (FIVE!) Signal Award nominations. 😊 And YOU can help by VOTING! It's easy, f...

Jeff Schmidt talks OMINOUS THRILL with Horror In The Margins podcast

Wow - this interview was SO much fun!  Tiffany & Nicole of Horror In The Margins have incredible Horror Media knowledge and terri...

Interview with Jeff Schmidt about Ominous Thrill by Tea in the Sahara

I am happy to talk to podcast critic Kevin Wan from Tea in the Sahara about  Ominous Thrill. Listen here. SHOW NOTES: Jeff Schmidt ...

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