My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

544 - Everything Is Worth It

August 6, 2026·1h 20m·6-min readconversationaltrue crime
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TLDR
Paul Fronczak's life is a decades-spanning mystery of identity, loss, and rediscovery. Stolen as a newborn from a Chicago hospital in 1964, he was replaced two years later with a different child—himself a foundling abandoned in New Jersey—who was raised as Paul. Decades later, DNA testing r

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Paul FronczakPaul FronczakChester FronczakC. C. MooreLacey "Moon" BrownDebbie WilliamsVic Wasoski

Books

The Foundlingby Paul Fronczak

Research & Papers

The Wedding Stingby Jeff Mash

Topics

American HistoryCold CasesCriminal JusticeForensicsHistory Of ScienceMissing PersonsTrue Crime

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