‘Trainwreck: Balloon Boy’ on Netflix: Mayumi Heene Admits She Asked Her Kids to Lie in Police Interrogation Footage By Anna Menta Published July 15, 2025, 11:00 a.m. ET ...

The Balloon Boy episode is set to premiere Tuesday, July 15, with currently available episodes covering “The Astroworld Tragedy, ” “Poop Cruise” and “The Cult of American Apparel.” ...

Netflix released a documentary about the infamous “Balloon Boy” hoax — and News 8’s Adam Chodak was featured in it. The documentary “Trainwreck: Balloon Boy” covered the 2009 incident in Fort Collins, ...

DENVER — The notorious Balloon Boy hoax that captivated the world 16 years ago will be featured in Netflix's upcoming docuseries "Trainwreck." The "Balloon Boy" incident happened in October 2009 ...

While authorities desperately searched for "Balloon Boy" Falcon Heene, his parents allegedly plotted the flight as a publicity stunt The frantic search for 6-year-old Falcon Heene, dubbed Balloon ...

"Balloon Boy" saga to be subject of new documentary on Netflix 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 ...

The Heene family, who was at the center of the "balloon boy" controversy in 2009, is speaking out in an upcoming Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Balloon Boy PEOPLE has an exclusive look at a new ...

The Balloon Boy Hoax centered on Richard Heene, a “fame-seeking backyard scientist,” per the same New York Times report, and his wife, Mayumi Heene. The couple falsely claimed their 6-year-old son, ...

Falcon Heene, a.k.a. Balloon Boy, is now 22 years old and specializes in building tiny homes. Per the New York Post, he owns and operates Craftsman Tiny Homes in Archer, Fla.