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 ...

The frantic search for 6-year-old Falcon Heene, dubbed Balloon Boy, flooded the news in October 2009 after his parents reported that he was alone in a homemade, helium-powered balloon flying over ...

'Trainwreck’ filmmaker Gillian Pachter examines the possibility for Netflix, and in conversation with The Hollywood Reporter. By Tony Maglio When filmmaker Gillian Pachter watched the 2009 “Balloon ...

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 ...

Parents were interviewed Saturday, but sheriff would not say who will be arrested. FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A sheriff said Saturday that his office will file criminal charges in the case of a 6-year-old ...

Experts say thrusting kids into the spotlight can cause damage. Oct. 20, 2009 — -- From the Dionne quintuplets in the 1930s to Balloon Boy Falcon Heene, children have been paraded in front of ...

Richard Heene, who settled in Bradenton last month after the "balloon boy" hoax landed him in a Colorado jail, has started a new business offering relief for those who "itch like a son of a twitch." ...

The Heene family built this helium balloon in two weeks. Credit - Courtesy of Netflix Turns out Falcon—nicknamed “Balloon Boy”—was in his family’s house the entire time, nestled in a space above the ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The father of a six-year-old boy who was believed to be floating above Colorado in a helium balloon is lashing out at suggestions that it was all a publicity stunt. Richard Heene ...