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OMINOUS THRILL

OMINOUS THRILL

Written by: Jeff Schmidt
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A genre-bending audio drama of character-driven adult dark fiction. 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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EMAIL: ominousthrill@gmal.com


Ominous Thrill Cover Design: Jeff Schmidt

Ominous Thrill Title Design: GlassVoid

Photography: Mircea Bezergheanu



© Jeff Schmidt Productions, LLC 2026 Drama & Plays Science Fiction
Episodes
  • INK - Part 4 of 4

    INK - Part 4 of 4
    Apr 9 2026

    🌶️🌶️🌶️ Be advised - this episode contains scenes which are sexually explicit, and may not be suitable for all listeners.

    Time skips, jumps, and stops. Mya is everywhere now… too close, too hungry, threatening to devour Kaylee’s entire world. Then… a voice. Familiar. How did she get here? When a simple question shatters everything, Kaylee must make a terrible decision.


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    INK - Created, Written, Directed, and Sound Designed by JEFF SCHMIDT - OMINOUSTHRILL@GMAIL.COM

    FEATURING:

    SYD KILROY as KAYLEE

    GRACE LACEY as MYA

    RACHEL ADDINGTON as LIV

    CARA KLUVER as SYD

    MILLY SANDERS as AURA

    FAYE HOLIDAY as DENISE

    HANNAH TRAUSCHT as ANNA

    ROMY EVANS as DANICA


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    Episode cover design: Jeff Schmidt

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    “Instead of dreaming, now I love. And while loving, I create what I afterwards recognize as a dream.”

    Anaïs Nin, The Early Diary of Anais Nin, 1923-1927



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    34 mins
  • INK - Part 3 of 4

    INK - Part 3 of 4
    Mar 26 2026

    🌶️🌶️🌶️ Be advised - this episode contains scenes which are sexually explicit, and may not be suitable for all listeners.

    Mya has returned to Kaylee, and their reunion is intense, visceral, and blissful. But there’s something else… just under the surface… a need.

    How long can Kaylee play along? What will she lose if she doesn’t? Does she even have a choice?


    Listen to the FULL story, in a single ad-free presentation. Join the REDROOM on Apple Podcasts and Patreon.


    INK - Created, Written, Directed, and Sound Designed by JEFF SCHMIDT - OMINOUSTHRILL@GMAIL.COM


    FEATURING:

    SYD KILROY as KAYLEE

    GRACE LACEY as MYA

    RACHEL ADDINGTON as LIV

    CARA KLUVER as SYD

    MILLY SANDERS as AURA

    KURT OBERHAUS as CORBIN

    MICHAEL URSU as THE DRIVER


    SUPPORT OMINOUS THRILL for ad-free listening and other perks

    JOIN US ON PATREON

    ⁠https://www.patreon.com/OMINOUSTHRILL⁠

    Direct Support.

    Ko-Fi - ⁠https://ko-fi.com/ominousthrill⁠

    Supercast -https://ominousthrill.supercast.com/donations/new⁠

    Thank you.

    Episode cover design: Jeff Schmidt

    Assets licensed from iStockPhoto by Getty Images


    “Instead of dreaming, now I love. And while loving, I create what I afterwards recognize as a dream.”

    Anaïs Nin, The Early Diary of Anais Nin, 1923-1927


    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    31 mins
  • INK - Part 2 of 4

    INK - Part 2 of 4
    Mar 12 2026

    Aura delivers on her promise, giving Kaylee, Liv & Syd an audience with Markos. But things do not go as planned, and now Kaylee finds herself drawn into a mysterious world where nothing is as it seems, and a broken heart tattoo mysteriously appears on her wrist. And somewhere in the ink, Mya’s voice is calling.


    Listen to the FULL story, in a single ad-free presentation. Join the REDROOM on Apple Podcasts and Patreon.


    INK - Created, Written, Directed, and Sound Designed by JEFF SCHMIDT- OMINOUSTHRILL@GMAIL.COM


    FEATURING:

    SYD KILROY as KAYLEE

    GRACE LACEY as MYA

    RACHEL ADDINGTON as LIV

    CARA KLUVER as SYD

    MILLY SANDERS as AURA

    ANN SONNEVILLE as MARKOS

    ALLISON COSSITT as THE NURSE

    MICHAEL URSU as THE DRIVER


    SUPPORT OMINOUS THRILL for ad-free listening and other perks

    JOIN US ON PATREON

    ⁠https://www.patreon.com/OMINOUSTHRILL⁠

    Direct Support.

    Ko-Fi - ⁠https://ko-fi.com/ominousthrill⁠

    Supercast -https://ominousthrill.supercast.com/donations/new⁠

    Thank you.

    Episode cover design: Jeff Schmidt

    Assets licensed from iStockPhoto by Getty Images

    “Instead of dreaming, now I love. And while loving, I create what I afterwards recognize as a dream.”

    Anaïs Nin, The Early Diary of Anais Nin, 1923-1927


    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    29 mins
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