View Top 200 Chart

Back to Rankings Page

True Crime

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 of Jack 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 from 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 back. Just the raw, unfiltered truth – told straight from the source.

www.thefronczakfiles.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/thefronczakfiles

TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@thefronczakfiles

Facebook: https://facebook.com/thefronczakfiles

Threads: https://threads.net/@thefronczakfiles.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest Episodes:

The Answer Pt. 1: Finding the Real Paul | The Fronczak Files Ep. 6 Aug 05, 2025

Show notes

A baby stolen. A shocking DNA discovery. A search for the truth that only leads to more questions.

In Episode 6: The Answer (Part 1) of The Fronczak Files, Jack and Tracey sit down once again with genetic genealogy expert CeCe Moore to unravel the unbelievable journey of identifying the stolen Fronczak baby. After decades of searching, the boy is finally located—but the answers only open new mysteries. Who kidnapped Paul? Why was he taken? And could there be a deeper conspiracy behind it all?

In this episode, we explore:

• The decades-long hunt to find the real Paul Fronczak

• The shocking truth about his identity

• Theories surrounding the 1964 kidnapping

• The emotional impact on everyone involved

👍 Like this episode

💬 Share your reactions and theories

🔔 Subscribe for what’s coming next in the search for Jill

🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms

📺 Watch full episodes on YouTube

📲 Connect with us:

thefronczakfiles.com | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Threads

Theme Music by Paul Jack Fronczak and Rick Holland

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/moving-ahead

License code: QFMANFWDIOUL3PVR

https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/triumph

License code: GR8KMZT6IA1R1QNX

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The WITNESS: A Babysitter’s Chilling Account | The Fronczak Files Ep. 5 Jul 22, 2025

Show notes

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, Jack 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 unknowingly witnessed the early signs of a tragedy? Was fear—and the shadow of the Mob...what kept her silent?

🎧 This episode explores:

• Susan’s firsthand account of the abuse and neglect she witnessed

• Why neighbors still won’t talk, nearly 60 years later

• The chilling detail about Jill’s condition and Jack’s black eye

• How this one act of courage may have changed the investigation forever

💬 Drop your thoughts and theories in the comments

🔔 Subscribe for new episodes

🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms

📺 Watch full episodes on YouTube

📲 Connect with us: thefronczakfiles.com | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Threads

Theme Music by Paul Jack Fronczak and Rick Holland

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Reveal: The DNA Detective Who Found Jack | The Fronczak Files Ep. 4 Jul 15, 2025

Show notes

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, Jack is joined by CeCe Moore, 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.

🎧 This episode explores:

• How CeCe Moore found Jack in one of the earliest successful DNA solves

• Why 2014’s tiny testing pool made this discovery nearly impossible

• Carol’s role in piecing together the first real family connections

• What it means to carry an identity that isn’t yours—and finally face the truth

• The emotional moment the real story begins to surface

👍 Like this episode

💬 Drop your thoughts and theories in the comments

🔔 Subscribe for more twists in the story still unfolding

🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms

📺 Watch full episodes on YouTube

📲 Connect with us: thefronczakfiles.com | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Threads

Theme Music by Paul Jack Fronczak and Rick Holland

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Discovery: The DNA Test That Changed Everything | The Fronczak Files Ep. 3 Jul 08, 2025

Show notes

The Test. The Silence. The Truth.

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 shares the emotional toll, the silence that followed, and the courage it took to mail that test.

This episode explores:

• The emotional weight behind taking a DNA test

• Why Paul’s parents begged him not to send the results

• The devastating moment Paul’s identity was shattered

• How a single email to George Knapp changed everything

• The media whirlwind that reignited a 50-year-old mystery

💬 Share your reactions

🔔 Subscribe for new episodes

🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms

📺 Watch full episodes on YouTube

📲 Connect with us: thefronczakfiles.com | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Threads

Theme Music by Paul Jack Fronczak and Rick Holland

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Abandonment: Their Son Was Kidnapped | The Fronczak Files Episode 2 Jul 01, 2025

Show notes

A Phone Call. A Black Eye. A National Manhunt.

🔍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 center of a coast-to-coast FBI manhunt.

👁️‍🗨️ This episode explores:

The chilling phone call that reopened a cold case
What it means to be labeled a “foundling”
How the FBI narrowed one kidnapped child from over 10,000 potential matches
The foster family that gave Paul a name, a birthday, and a second chance
The bittersweet reunion with parents who barely recognized him

💬 Share your reactions

🔔 Subscribe for new episodes

🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms

📺 Watch full episodes on YouTube

📲 Connect with us: thefronczakfiles.com | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Threads

Theme Music by Paul Jack Fronczak and Rick Holland

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Kidnapping Jun 24, 2025

Show notes

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 when everything changed.

What really happened to Baby Paul?

Who was the woman in the nurse’s uniform?

And why did no one tell Paul the truth?

Subscribe now and turn on notifications. The truth is finally coming out, and some people don’t want it told.

📲 Connect with us: thefronczakfiles.com | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Threads

Theme Music by Paul Jack Fronczak and Rick Holland

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season One Trailer Jun 20, 2025

Show notes

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 back. Just the raw, unfiltered truth - told straight from the source.

📲 Connect with us: thefronczakfiles.com | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Threads

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Related Podcasts