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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Her Horrroween kicks off TODAY with an opening poem to set the stage and two wildly different stories. And that’s just a taste of what’s to come. 😈 Search OMINOUS THRILL in your listening app of choice 🖤

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’m thrilled to announce OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween - Celebrating women authored horror in 15 episodes released all October. This has been a massive undertaking and I can’t wait for you to hear the devious audio delights these women have conjured for you. Starting Oct 1 everywhere you listen

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

OMINOUS THRILL honors the derangement caused from obscene hoarding of wealth in episode : SUNDAY FUNDAY. The women protagonists may fight, but they join hands on the lever we’d all love to pull. LISTEN 🖤🔪🩸🖤🔪🩸🖤 pod.link/1726990321/e...

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

New OMINOUS THRILL - MOTHER LINE - part one of four out now pod.link/1726990321/e... why does bluesky crush video so bad? bleh…. 🤔

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Thrilled you made it back 🖤🙏😁

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

New OMINOUS THRILL: INK - a four-part, grief-fueled psychological slow burn through the seductive allure and dark consequence of holding on too tightly. Part 1 of 4 out now on the audio podcast places. Ep 2: Mar 12 Ep 3: Mar 26 Ep 4: Apr 9 ominousthrill.com/episode/ink-...

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Amazing! I need to update the post 😁

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Thank you, that means a lot! Fyi - I shared a short post about this on the free level of Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/rankin...

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Love it! I could not do this so it’s fun to see. Thank you! 🖤🙏🖤🙏🖤🙏🖤

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Eternally grateful!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Deceit? ☑️ Betrayal? ☑️ Murderous revenge and a chilled glass of Chenin Blanc?☑️ SAFE SPACE out now Kat and Logan seek healing from a recent infidelity at a Costa Rican retreat where the mysterious guru Iris is ready with bizarre therapy. pod.link/1726990321

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

It was all there from the jump in the 2011 short. Just got more comical (thus commercial) with each film. 3 also veered into overt biblical themes which… meh. Not fan, but I was low key inspired by Leone’s interview with Mick Garris Oct 23. He rolled indie for a decade and it paid off.

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

💯 Most people who decline the edgier roles I post say they’re busy, or don’t connect with the content (I’m very up front about what’s involved) but this was too funny. Also, a twisted source of pride 😁

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

No time to post a clip so I’ll share this comment from an actor who refused to audition for this story. 🖤

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

All three parts of LIES out now for subscribers - public version drops Thursday. Join me in the REDROOM for early and ad-free ominous bliss! ominousthrill.com/redroom

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

NEW Ominous Thrill - LIES Pt 2 (of 3) Skydiving as foreplay is fun! 👀 ominousthrill.com/episode/lies...

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

NEW Ominous Thrill - LIES Snuggle in with Sia & Devin from devious meet-cute through 2 Eps of psycho-sexual edging, culminating in an explosively bloody 3rd Ep climax where the truth is left bleeding out on ceramic tile bit.ly/4lubrwH #audiodrama #audiofiction #thriller #eroticthriller #yurmom

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

This writing - so fucking devastating.

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I always find that place baffling.

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

If you appear in three more episodes you’ll qualify for SAG 🤣

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

New Ominous Thrill - Advice After Death - a two-part sequel to Advice After Dark story from last year. Desperate to leave a dangerous relationship, Kate goes to extreme lengths to conjure the spirit of dead radio advice host Bella Donna to help her Listen now on all the places pod.link/1726990321

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Ahh, sorry to hear that. I just went through a takedown by bot, took a week to resolve. I did find the creatorsupport@spotify.com account to be responsive

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Hmm, curious what the message from Spotify said regarding the take-down. I know from experience they have bots flagging “potentially infringing” material having to do with music, but I suspect content take-downs would be based on complaints or listener flags rather than automated processes.

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

They took down a new ep of mine last week. After sending them proof I have music licenses they replied that the episode will be reinstated. Super annoying. I have no confidence it won’t happen again. I know the labels are pressuring Spotify claiming there is massive infringement in podcasts. 🤷‍♂️

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

1997 I moved to San Francisco and made a 3 min radio piece that included the THX Deep Note thinking it was a kind of “tribute.” It aired in morning drive and within 30 mins we got a Cease & Desist lol. 🤣 All these years later I’m working with the Atmos version legitimately.

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Just a taste of the final episode of Ominous Thrill - “The Chant” (part 3) out now on all the places. episodes.fm/1726990321

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

A quiet, creepy moment from the cursed cassette tape Ominous Thrill story - “The Chant” (Part 2 of 3) Part 1 & 2 out now on all podcast places. Part 3 out May 8th ominousthrill.com

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Literally just re-watched it the other night and I loved it. Could it use a few snips here and there? Maybe. But it is a fully realized atmospheric dread fest that oddly makes Longlegs feel like earlier work.

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

OMG - loved it! Gonna go back for another theatrical viewing before it goes off screen

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Wow - I just mounted mine on a wood post to use a Mailbox. 😝

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Twiglets @twigletsaregre.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Chilling, terrifying and so immersive. Another excellent and sound designed story from @jeffschmidt.bsky.social - Ominous Thrill - The Chant - Part 1 of 3. Don’t miss out if you’re not afraid of some scary moments💜 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

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THE CHANT - Part 1 of 3

Podcast Episode · OMINOUS THRILL · 10/04/2025 · 26m

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Fellow fiction nominee (performance) I won’t be able to make it, but I encourage you to accept on my behalf if we win. 😝

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Oh hey 👀 - Ominous Thrill episode “The Final Cut” was nominated for best sound design and horror/thriller in the 2025 LA WEBFEST 🎉🖤🔪🎉🖤🔪🎉🖤🔪

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

New Ominous Thrill is live “Becoming Lilith” a two part paranormal, erotic urban fantasy about a gender morphing being that feeds on human malevolence. Is my theme too on the nose? 😝 Listen now on all the pod places. Spice meter:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ ominousthrill.com/episode/beco...

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BECOMING LILITH - Part 1 of 2 | OMINOUS THRILL | A HORROR ANTHOLOGY

Crushed by guilt and grief for horrors and loss she cannot remember, Lily meets Azmera, who gifts her escape and insatiable hunger that will force her to...

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Jeff Schmidt @jeffschmidt.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Dean Hurley has a few out as well - Anthology Resource Vol 1 is mostly score elements from TP:The Return.

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