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Drama · Jeff Schmidt

OMINOUS THRILL

by Jeff Schmidt

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. Loved it? Leave a review and tell a friend who loves immersive dark fiction. Support OMINOUS THRILL on PATREON for early access to new episodes, and AD-FREE listening of all episodes. https://www.patreon.com/OMINOUSTHRILL Learn more about OMINOUS THRILL at https://ominousthrill.com/ EMAIL: ominousthrill@gmal.com Ominous Thrill Cover Design: Jeff Schmidt Ominous Thrill Title Design: GlassVoid Photography: Mircea Bezergheanu

Latest episodes

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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 ha

Oct 29
19 min

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 wa

Oct 28
23 min

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, psychologic

Oct 26
15 min

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 pers

Oct 23
42 min

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 Conten

Oct 21
18 min

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

Oct 19
53 min

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 m

Oct 16
33 min

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: Psycho

Oct 14
25 min

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 Con

Oct 12
15 min

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: Vio

Oct 9
24 min

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 Co

Oct 7
35 min

HER HORRORWEEN - The Three Deaths of the Blue Moon Ripper

A serial killer who turns beastly by moonlight discovers his past victims aren’t as powerless as they seem when his latest kill flips the hunt inside-out. Genre: Transgr

Oct 5
27 min

HER HORRORWEEN - Fill The Pot

Four women. One apartment. A man upstairs who has hurt one of them and will never face consequences for it. A modern coven performs a bold spell to hold their male enemie

Oct 2
20 min

HER HORRORWEEN - Nailbed

She found something under her skin that shouldn't be there. She’ll need to take care of this herself. Genre: Absurdist Body horror / Dark comedy Content warning: Extrem

Oct 1
23 min

HER HORRORWEEN - The Solitude Of Birds

Tormented by dark visions, a woman must piece together memories about what happened to her before the shadows claim her forever. Genre: Literary horror / Ghost story Co

Oct 1
28 min

HER HORRORWEEN - Chase The Dark (poem)

This dark tone setting poem invites you into the dark murky world of Her Horrorween Genre: Horror Poetry Written by Tiffany Michelle Brown https://tmbwrites.com/ Perf

Oct 1
2 min

Welcome to HER HORRORWEEN!

Start here for a quick introduction to Ominous Thrill's HER HORRORWEEN -  a 15 story celebration of what horror can do when women are its authors and its subject.  Omino

Oct 1
2 min

OMINOUS THRILL: HER HORRORWEEN Trailer

Beginning October 1, a new season - Ominous Thrill: Her Horrorween 15 fearsome tales from the feral minds of fearless women. Her Horrorween celebrates women authored ho

Sep 17
1 min

Ominous Thrill Recommends: Campfire Radio Theater - Abominations

NEW OMINOUS THRILL is cooking and will be ready for October - RED ROOM members on Patreon will get all the goodies early and ad-free, consider joining here: https://www.p

Sep 1
36 min

THE PATIENT - JANE DOE

When dedicated night-shift nurse Claire is assigned to monitor a mysterious nameless patient, she finds her professional detachment shattered as the boundaries between re

Aug 20
55 min

Chart trend

Position in the Drama chart (US), last 90 days.

#14
all-time peak
438
days in the top 50 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where OMINOUS THRILL ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Nov 5, 2026).

#42 ▲ 4 Drama US
#109 ▲ 4 Fiction US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

The writing, voice acting and sound production are absolutely outstanding. This is how fiction podcasting is done right.

Patrol G60 · Aug 2026

The stories are compelling, but the voice acting is phenomenal. This podcast should be a blueprint for all short story productions.

MN Wiggins · Jun 2026

Top level of editing and sound design/ quality … Also it’s not one of those podcasts that just have one person reading the whole story this actually has real actors.. this show is one of the top 3 horror/drama podcasts

THE NICK BURR · May 2026

Always some how ending up deeply invested in these stories and they never cease to make me cry when they end, but in the best way

🎧FiC🎧PoD🎧BRoaD🎧 · Apr 2026

I don’t know what’s going on with this podcast. It was great when it started. I’ve listened from the start. It seems that the ‘line in sand’ keeps being pushed out with each new season. Is this a shock value increases downloads thing? Unfortunately for me, the Lilith season goes too far. It was very spicy and graphic. I don’t want to actually hear b j s and sa. There are tasteful ways to portray this. It was gross and uncomfortable. I really was excited for that storyline too. Finally unsubscribing. Too uncomfortable and don’t want coworkers and family to stumble on it.

KarlisaJade · Mar 2025

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