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 ...

On October 15, 2009, millions of people were glued to their TVs, watching what appeared to be a terrifying event: a homemade helium balloon floating over Colorado, allegedly carrying a 6-year-old boy ...

For the past few years, the acclaimed true crime documentary series, Trainwreck, has revisited some of the strangest and controversial moments (and figures) in modern history. From the intense ...

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 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 ...

The bizarre incident from October 2009 is being told by the entire Heene family “for the first time” in the upcoming Netflix documentary 'Trainwreck: Balloon Boy' It has been nearly 16 years since the ...

Fort Collins' infamous Balloon Boy hoax is getting the Netflix treatment. The story will be the center of an episode of Netflix's "Trainwreck," an anthology docuseries that has explored "everything ...

A shiny metallic disc flying in Colorado skies captured the nation on Oct. 15, 2009. Richard Heene, a father of three boys, said his homemade weather balloon had unexpectedly untethered and had taken ...

For a few days in October 2009, 6-year-old Falcon was the focus of national attention after his family claimed he was adrift in a saucer-shaped helium balloon, as high as 1.3 miles above Colorado Soon ...

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 ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado is no stranger to strange objects floating or flying across the sky (remember “Balloon Boy” from October 2009?), and many residents wanted answers for a strange balloon seen ...