Kidnapped at Birth (Part 2 of 2)
The Knife: A True Crime Podcast
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Paul Fronczak discovered that he was not biologically related to his parents, Dora and Chester Fronczak, but was born in New Jersey as Jack Rosenthal. He also learned he had a twin sister, Jill, who was missing. Paul's search for his identity had expanded. He was now looking for three people: the real Paul Fronczak who was kidnapped in 1964, the kidnapper, and his biological twin sister, Jill.
Referenced in the episode:
Paul Jack Fronczak's podcast: The Fronczak Files
Paul Jack Fronczak's books: The Foundling and True Identity
Documentary: The Lost Sons
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| 0:57.6 | I promised my mom, |
| 0:59.3 | not only will I find her kidnapped child, |
| 1:01.9 | which we did, |
| 1:03.1 | but I'm going to find the kidnapper as well. |
| 1:05.2 | And we are so close to that right now. |
| 1:07.2 | Oh my God. |
| 1:23.3 | Oh, my God. Welcome to The Knife. I'm Hannah Smith. I'm Pasha Eaton. This is part two of a two episode series where we're speaking with Paul Frankzac. If you have not heard part one, we recommend you go back and listen to that now. We will be back at the end of the episode to discuss the series. Let's get into part two. |
| 1:43.7 | When Paul Franzac was 10 years old, snooping in the attic looking for Christmas presents, |
| 1:49.4 | and he stumbled upon an old newspaper article and was shocked to see his name. |
| 1:54.7 | He was told that when he was only one day old in 1964, he was kidnapped from Michael |
| 2:00.1 | Reese Hospital in Chicago, and then he was missing for |
| 2:03.5 | almost two years before being found and returned to his parents. It wasn't until Paul was an adult |
| 2:10.5 | that he discovered that he wasn't actually biologically related to his parents, Dora and |
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