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 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

If you’re drawn to:

• Real-life identity revelations

• Foundling and cold case investigations

• Stories of truth, loss, and family loyalty

• Groundbreaking uses of DNA in unsolved cases

…this episode will leave you stunned.

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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 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

Watch as emotional truths surface, forgotten trauma is uncovered, and long-lost connections are pieced back together.

If you’re fascinated by:

• Real-life identity swaps
• Child abduction stories
• DNA discovery & genetic genealogy
• FBI cold case investigations
• Emotional family reunions

…this episode will grip you from start to finish.

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What would YOU do if your past wasn’t what you thought it was?

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.

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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?

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