Kidnapped at Birth (Part 1 of 2)
The Knife: A True Crime Podcast
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In 1964, Paul Fronczak was kidnapped from a Chicago hospital just one day after he was born. Miraculously found and returned two years later, he grew up unaware of his past until a childhood discovery sparked a search for the truth. As an adult, Paul’s investigation into his own identity uncovers astonishing secrets that rewrite everything he thought he knew.
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| 0:58.0 | Everything I thought I knew about myself |
| 0:59.6 | just vanished. And I sat there |
| 1:02.0 | going, I don't know anything about me. |
| 1:05.0 | I don't know how old I am. |
| 1:06.8 | I don't know my name. |
| 1:25.3 | Music I don't know my name. Welcome to The Knife. I'm Pasha Eaton. |
| 1:27.5 | I'm Hannah Smith. This week we have part one of a two-part series. Part two will air next week. |
| 1:33.3 | Today we're speaking with Paul Franksack. In December of 1974, Paul was 10 years old when he accidentally learned that he'd been kidnapped as a newborn baby, just one day old. |
| 1:44.8 | Later, found states away and returned to his family. |
| 1:47.8 | It was a miracle. |
| 1:49.3 | But as Paul got older, he dug deeper and deeper into his own abduction. |
| 1:53.6 | And with every answer, came more questions. |
| 1:56.3 | And then in 2012 came a DNA test that would upend the story Paul had been told about his life. |
| 2:02.4 | Let's get into the interview. |
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