A 17 disc DVD version of the series was released in the U.K. as Ultimate Crimes: The World’s Most Infamous Murders by Odeon Entertainment in 2002.
Narrator (U.S.): Don Peoples Music: De Wolfe Music Music Advisor: Alan Howe Production Facilities: Barnes Trust Television On-line Editor: Joe Turner editor: Crispin Julian Rostrum: Frameline Research Director: George Marshall Script Writer: Nicolas Wright Line Producer: Ron Glenister Producer/Director: Jonathan Martin Executive Producer: Philip Nugus Produced by Nugus/Martin Productions Ltd. Angels of Death (2001) Nurses sometimes kill: Donald Harvey, Orville Lynn Majors, Beverly Allitt Bizarre Murders (2001) Young Ronald DeFeo shoots his family; mountain-gorilla researcher Dian Fossey is hacked to death; Italian banker is found hanging from a bridge.
The Cannibals (2001) Several killers, both real and fictional, consume their victims: Jeffrey Dahmer, Andrei Chikatilo, Ed Gein Celebrity Murder (2001) Sometimes famous people also get killed: Sharon Tate; Gianni Versace; Joe Orton.
Crimes of Prejudice (2001) Deaths of civil-rights workers; political and ethnic killings; murders of gay men.
Death in the Country (2001) Even America's heartland is not immune to violent crime: Billy Cook, Gaston Dominici, Ángel Maturino Reséndiz.
Final Justice (2001) Criminals who received the capital punishment: Robert Alton Harris, Gary Gilmore, Steven Timothy Judy.
Gangland Murders (2001) Prohibition-era gangsters Al Capone and Lucky Luciano fight for supremacy; bank robber John Dillinger becomes public enemy number one.
Henry Lee Lucas, William Bonin, Joseph Paul Franklin Inheritance Killers (2001) Money can be the motive for murder: Steven Benson, Jeremy Bamber, Lyle and Erik Menendez.
Intent on Murder (2001) Some killers choose their victims by type: Belle Gunness, John Wayne Gacy, Gary Heidnik, Kenneth Erskine.
Murder for Hire (2001) Hit-men are paid to kill: Judge Peel, Mother Duncan, Carlos the Jackal.
Murder for Profit (2001) Some kill to satisfy their greed: Dorothea Puente, Michael X, John George Haigh.
Premeditated Murder (2001) Some killers plan their actions to the very last detail: Ruth Snyder, Mark David Chapman, Leopold and Loeb.
Spree Killings (2001) Two young couples become serial killers; a misfit crosses America and murders at least 20 people: Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate, Paul John Knowles Stalking the Innocent (2001) Some killers select their victims randomly: David Berkowitz, Gerald and Charlene Gallego, Peter Manuel.