The Balloon Boy Hoax captivated the nation in October 2009, when Richard and Mayumi Heene claimed their 6-year-old son, Falcon, was trapped in a homemade helium balloon shaped like a silver flying ...

Falcon Heene became the biggest news story in the country in October 2009 when he was reported to be floating over Colorado in a homemade balloon — then his family's story really blew up Jessica Sager ...

‘Balloon Boy,’ Now 22, Speaks Out About Infamous 2009 Hoax in New Netflix Doc originally appeared on Parade. In 2009, the world was captivated by “Balloon Boy” and his terrifying situation that ended ...

One of the more infamous apparent hoaxes to ever come out of Colorado is the subject of a new documentary on Netflix that will debut next week. The balloon boy saga will featured in a new installment ...

Trainwreck: Balloon Boy — the latest in Netflix’s Trainwreck documentary series — is already one of the most popular films on the streamer in the U.S. What is the Heene family featured in the ...

Netflix's Trainwreck docuseries has covered everything from 2013's Carnival "Poop Cruise" to the deadly crowd crush at 2021's Astroworld Music Festival. Now the series turns its lens on one of the ...

The Balloon Boy hoax, which took place in Fort Collins, Colorado, in 2009, is revisited in a Netflix docuseries, "Trainwreck." The incident involved a homemade helium balloon that allegedly carried ...

Hoax is such a flimsy word, far too feeble to describe the wickedness of which the Heenes, Richard and Mayumi, now stand accused. Theirs was sleight of hand for the soul: now we see it, now we don’t; ...

Richard Heene defended the story that he thought his son Falcon floated away. It's been 10 years since police called the search for the infamous balloon boy a hoax, but even now, the boy -- now a ...