It’s 1964 and a baby is stolen, straight from his mothers arms. 15 months later, a toddler is found and returned to his mother, but was this the WRONG baby? Instead of a happy ending, the returned child only leads to the discovery of 2 more missing children and loads of unanswered questions.
00:00 - Intro
1:07 - Taken
3:32 - The Manhunt
5:19 - The Initial Investigation
9:31 - The Founding
13:24 - Identified?
16:07 - Reunited
21:20 - Paul’s Child hood
25:48 - Identity Search begins
28:23 - Going public
36:04 - True Identity
38:20 - Rosenthal Family
42:32 - The Twins
45:21 - Jill
46:41 - The Real Paul
48:48 - Who Kidnapped Paul?
53:26 - Search for missing Twin Sister
SOURCES:
If you have any information about the disappearance of Jill Rosenthal or recognize the woman in the photo, please contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST. Jill Rosenthal Missing Poster— https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1419009/1/screen For more information on Paul Fronczak, visit his website here: https://www.foundlingpaul.com/ For more information on long-term missing cases and age progressions, visit NCMEC’s website here: https://www.missingkids.org/theissues/longtermmissing Check out Pauls books: The Foundling: https://amzn.to/45zJFdt True Identity: https://amzn.to/45zJFdt https://promega.foleon.com/theishireport/november-2020/updates-on-paul-fronczaks-story/ https://www.woodtv.com/news/target-8/mi-man-idd-as-baby-kidnapped-from-chicago-hospital-in-1964/
https://nypost.com/2019/12/23/ancestry-test-played-role-in-solving-decades-old-paul-fronczak-baby-abduction/ https://cw39.com/news/entertainment/mystery-wire-the-strange-case-of-paul-fronczak/https://torontosun.com/news/world/baby-boy-kidnapped-in-1964-finally-found-reporthttps://www.bbc.com/news/stories-44242626https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/newborn-baby-abducted-from-chicago-hospital-55-years-ago-found-living-in-michigan/ More about the as called “Welfare Queen:” https://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2013/12/linda_taylor_welfare_queen_ronald_reagan_made_her_a_notorious_american_villain.html
BOOK: The Queen by Josh Levin
Jack/Paul’s YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFronczakFiles
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