The Fronczak Files
Mysteries, DNA, and the Search for Who We Really Are. The Fronczak Files is a gripping podcast that delves deep into the investigation of the abduction of Paul Fronczak, the abandonment ofJack Rosenthal, and the disappearance of Jack’s twin sister Jill. This true crime podcast takes you on a rollercoaster ride through Paul’s experiences, searching for his family and uncovering new mysteries along the way. In April 1964, a woman disguised as a nurse walked into a Chicago hospital room and took a one-day-old infant out of the the arms of a young mother named Dora Fronczak. That day, Chic...
The WITNESS: A Babysitter’s Chilling Account | The Fronczak Files Ep. 5
Hidden Abuse • Firsthand Testimony • 1960s Cold Case • Mob Ties • Twin Disappearance
A knock on the door. A mother’s strange request. A terrified pair of twins hidden upstairs.
In this haunting episode of The Fronczak Files, Paul and Tracy speak with Susan Woolard, a babysitter who, in 1965, was pulled into a disturbing household secret in Pitney Village, New Jersey. Her memory is vivid. Her guilt has never left. What she reveals may be the last eyewitness account of Jack and Jill together.
Could this teenage girl have unknowingl...
The Reveal: The DNA Detective Who Found Jack | The Fronczak Files Ep. 4
Genetic Breakthroughs • Identity Found • Cold Case Clues • Genealogy Experts • First Family Connection
A stranger’s email. A shrinking database. A second chance to find out who Jack really is.
In this pivotal episode of The Fronczak Files, Paul is joined by CeCe Moore—the world-renowned DNA detective known from The Genetic Detective—and Carol Rolnick, the tireless researcher who was the first to say: “I think I found your family.” What unfolds is the turning point in the mystery: the moment they stop searching for Paul… and start finding Jack.
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The Discovery: The DNA Test That Changed Everything | The Fronczak Files Ep. 3
The Test. The Silence. The Truth. | The Fronczak Files: Episode 3 – “The Discovery”
DNA Revelations • Identity Crisis • Family Secrets • Genetic Genealogy • Media Breakthrough
A simple over-the-counter DNA kit. A quiet kitchen conversation. A decision that would change everything.
In this revealing episode of The Fronczak Files, Paul finally confronts the truth he’s always suspected: he’s not the Fronczaks’ biological son. What begins as a personal journey spirals into a media storm and a national search to find the real Paul Fronczak. Alongside Emmy-winning journalist George Knapp, who was the first to believe his story, Paul shar...
The Abandonment: Their Son Was Kidnapped | The Fronczak Files Episode 2
A Phone Call. A Black Eye. A National Manhunt. | The Fronczak Files: Episode 2 – “The Abandonment”
🔍True Crime • Unsolved Mysteries • Identity Discovery • Foundling Case • FBI Cold Case
Two years after a newborn was stolen from Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, a single unexpected phone call reignites a family's fading hope—and unravels one of the most shocking true crime stories in U.S. history.
In this powerful episode of The Fronczak Files, Paul Fronczak reveals the moment his life changed forever, from being found in a stroller with a black eye in Newark, NJ, to becoming the cen...
The Kidnapping
In 1964, a woman disguised as a nurse walked into a Chicago hospital, took a newborn from his mother’s arms, and vanished. The baby was never seen again… until a 10-year-old boy found a box of newspaper clippings hidden in a crawlspace. That boy was Paul Fronczak.
The Fronczak Files isn’t just a true crime podcast. It’s Paul’s firsthand account of a mystery that shattered his identity and changed hospital security forever.
In Episode 1, Paul and co-host Tracey Hastings take you from the hospital room where it began to the moment in December w...
Season One Trailer
In April 1964, a woman disguised as a nurse walked into a Chicago hospital room and took a one-day-old infant out of the the arms of a young mother named Dora Fronczak. That day, Chicago police kicked off the biggest manhunt in the city's history in an effort to find the kidnapped "Baby Fronczak." Weeks passed without any sign of the kidnapper or the infant. Two years after the kidnapping, the case went cold…
Co-hosted by Paul Jack Fronczak and Tracey Hastings, Season 1 pulls you into the decades-long search for answers, identity, and justice. No theories. No holding ba...
