Darrin Ramage, who would later become the founder of Brain Damage Films, would become the host for the third, fourth and fifth volumes.

Unlike Faces of Death, the footage throughout the entire films are real and are not staged or reenacted.

[1] In Traces of Death, some notable scenes are included in the film, the murder of Maritza Martin,[2] the Iranian Embassy siege in London,[2] the suicide of Pennsylvania treasurer R. Budd Dwyer,[2] and the archive footage of the evidence of Ilse Koch.

[3] The music featured in the film include: The original Traces of Death has run into controversy worldwide due to its graphic content.

She also contacted multiple animal rights groups after witnessing a scene in the film wherein a pig is experimented on with a blowtorch.