As the media scrum has gone quiet and the news cycle has moved on from the Homeland Security raids into... more

Join hosts Nicole Luciano and Johnny ‘The Greek’ Anagnopoulos, two of the producers of The Dossier, as they break down all... more

In this final episode of this audio series, I needed to come full circle with an idea that I started... more

Join hosts Nicole Luciano and Johnny ‘The Greek’ Anagnopoulos, two of the producers of The Dossier, as they break down... more

As the news cycle churns, and people search for more answers around the HSI investigation of Puff, this last week... more

91 MURDERS in Hip-Hop, that is the current number of Hip-Hop artists who have been killed since 1987 when Scott La... more

Join hosts Nicole Luciano and Johnny ‘The Greek’ Anagnopoulos, two of the producers of The Dossier, as they break down... more

When the ticker came across the screen on CNN on March 26th, 20024 there was news footage of a HSI... more

The story of the Hip-Hop Cops when I started the documentary back in 2004, was that it was a secret... more

Join hosts Nicole Luciano and Johnny ‘The Greek’ Anagnopoulos, two of the producers of The Dossier, as they break down... more

Where to begin, with the news of Homeland Security Investigations raiding the homes of Diddy in Los Angeles, New York,... more

As my persistence to tell the story of the Hip-Hop Cops increased, my “fixers” —Steve Lobel and Pistol Pete, delivered on their promise to... more

As I have started the introspective study of my life since the documentary I created 17 years ago, I don’t... more

If you have been listening in, a New York Times article about rap lyrics that I read by a pool in the... more

In Episode one, I talked about securing a weird dossier that was compiled by federal and state law enforcement to... more

My name is Don Sikorski. I grew up in the confines of suburban Norwalk, Connecticut, a fan of the hip... more

In 1999, LAPD detectives Buford Watts and Fred Miller (whose name should ring a bell) served a sweeping search warrant... more

As we get deeper into the FBI Files data dump, one correlation came to mind: at every step of the... more

Here at Dossier HQ, it is with a melancholy sadness that we end our years long quest to get disgraced... more

The FBI investigation documents are broken out into a few categories: the last two episodes really looked at the idea... more

Don Sikorski continues dissecting what we’re calling the ‘Origin Document’ of the FBI’s investigation into Biggie’s murder, and this is... more

In Season One of The Dossier, retired FBI agent Phil Carson walked listeners through the origin of his investigation into... more

Detective Frank Lyga had already been through more in the last few years than most officers deal with during a... more

After being cleared by LAPD’s Robbery Homicide Detectives, the District Attorney’s office and THREE Shooting Boards, Detective Frank Lyga thought... more

As Detective Lyga’s career twisted in the wind following the shooting death of Kevin Gaines, he would face a multitude... more

When any police department gets into trouble, leadership will do their best to triage the problems right away. At the biggest... more

In the immediate aftermath of the death of Kevin Gaines, the story of the cop versus cop shootout in broad... more

If you say the name Rampart to anyone, maybe they have heard and identify it with an immense police scandal... more

March 18th, 1997 - The events of that afternoon would have far reaching effects that are still felt to this... more

Rehashing the day after Biggie was killed is old news, for you maybe it isn’t. What isn’t old news is Chuck... more

Since March of 1997, former LAPD Detective Frank Lyga has been an enigma, followed by whispers and innuendo regarding his... more

It was in 1995, that the relationship between Chuck Philips and his obsession with Suge and Death Row Records started. Suge... more

Randall Sullivan has built a journalistic legacy over the course of his career. He was a contributing editor at Rolling... more

In 2002, Randall Sullivan decided to publish LAbyrinth, what I consider the best piece of journalism ever written about the LAPD... more

It must be five years now that I have kept a color-coded binder of information under my desk inside my home... more

After coming across Waymon Anderson’s name in numerous LAPD, FBI and civil trial documents, Don Sikorski tries to unpack his... more

In June of 2005, the Wallace Family Civil Trial was in court, the wheels of justice were spinning. On a... more

As we’ve discussed in detail, the city and the LAPD continually hid the existence of information, as well as witnesses... more

In this week’s bonus episode, Criminal Minded Media's Don Sikorski and Senior Producer John Anagnopoulos of The Dossier Season II:... more

In January of 2001, the LAPD instituted a formal internal affairs investigation bearing LAPD Internal Affairs number CF-01-0190. In what... more