The Kidnapping of Paul Fronczak - 656
Generation Why: True Crime
Wondery
4.6 • 18.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
April 27, 1964. Chicago, Illinois. Paul Fronczak was abducted from his mother’s hospital room less than 48 hours after he was born, sparking a nationwide manhunt. Paul's kidnapping is one of the strangest stories you will ever hear about
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| 0:18.4 | Mom and dad. Mom and mom. Dad and Dad, whatever, parents! |
| 0:22.4 | Are you about to spend five hours in the car with your beloved kids this holiday season? |
| 0:27.1 | Driving old Granny's house? |
| 0:29.0 | I'm setting the scene, I'm picturing, screaming, fighting, |
| 0:32.7 | back-to-back hours of the K-pop Demon Hunter soundtrack on repeat. |
| 0:36.6 | Well, when your ears start to bleed, I have the perfect thing to keep you from rolling |
| 0:40.3 | out of that moving vehicle. |
| 0:41.3 | Something for the whole family! |
| 0:43.3 | He's filled with laughs. |
| 0:44.3 | He's filled with rage. |
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| 0:51.3 | And like any insufferable influencer these days, |
| 0:54.4 | I'm bringing my crew of lesser talented friends along for the ride |
| 0:57.8 | with A-list guests like Gromk, Mark Hamill, |
| 1:01.1 | and the Jonas Brothers, whoever they are. |
| 1:03.7 | There's a little bit of something for everyone. |
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| 2:11.2 | We have a very interesting case tonight. Researching this, I was like, what? It would be so many twists and turns. So what are we |
| 2:20.0 | talking about? Right. When you say that, I think, what, what, what? That's what this is. |
| 2:24.9 | This case is known as the triple disappearance of Paul Franzac. It takes place in Chicago in the 60s. |
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