Netflix's latest Trainwreck documentary revisits the controversial Balloon Boy saga that captivated the nation. In 2009, audiences watched in horror as a homemade balloon believed to have a 6-year-old ...

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 ...

Netflix's new documentary, Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, explores how a young boy named Falcon Heene was caught up in one of the most unusual nationwide investigations and what happened to him in the years ...

Anyone who watched the news in 2009 will remember “Balloon Boy,” the viral news story about a six-year-old boy who, supposedly, was trapped inside a helium-filled flying saucer, soaring through the ...

Now that the balloon boy is yesterday’s news, the saga having apparently run its course and the wheels of justice about to slowly grind the Heenes into dust, it may be time to step back and appreciate ...

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 ...

FORT COLLINS, Colorado -- A report of a 6-year-old Colorado boy trapped inside a runaway helium balloon engrossed the nation 10 years ago. It happened near Fort Collins, Colorado on Oct. 15, 2009 and ...

We have many questions for the folks at Netflix regarding Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, a documentary that premieres July 15 about an infamous 2009 hoax that briefly obsessed a healthy slice 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 ...

This story ballooned out of control. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It has been 16 years since Falcon Heene supposedly snuck ...

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