At the age of 6, Falcon Heene became the center of National news. On October 15, 2009, the Heene family from Fort Collins, ...

The Balloon Boy became world famous in 2009 after his family said he was floating thousands of feet in the air in a homemade ...

Trainwreck: Balloon Boy' revisits the controversial saga of the Heene family, who became a media sensation when their ...

While authorities desperately searched for "Balloon Boy" Falcon Heene, his parents allegedly plotted the flight as a publicity stunt ...

O n July 15, the Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Balloon Boy takes flight, chronicling the saga of the Heene family in Colorado, who sparked wall-to-wall cable news coverage in October 2009 when they ...

The 2009 spectacle of a balloon drifting miles with—allegedly—a child on board captivated the nation then turned darker.

Richard Heene made headlines in 2009 when an eccentric backyard experiment put his and his family’s future in great turmoil.

Trainwreck’ filmmaker Gillian Pachter examines the possibility for Netflix, and in conversation with The Hollywood Reporter.

Streaming Domination: As part of Netflix’s hit Trainwreck series, which dissects infamous disasters and scandals, the Balloon Boy episode is racking up views and engagement worldwide.

Little Falcon Heene didn't fly away in a homemade flying saucer 16 years ago. So what really happened? "The whole story was not told," his dad says now ...

Millions tuned in as helicopters pursued the balloon across the sky, only to learn later that Falcon was safe at home the entire time. This new documentary attempts to reframe the story, but it’s not ...

One of the more infamous apparent hoaxes to ever come out of Colorado is the subject of a new documentary on Netflix that ...