The Fronczak Files

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 myste...

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...

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...

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....

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, Pa...

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...

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 cas...