Falcon Heene became the biggest news story in the country in October 2009 when he was reported to be floating over Colorado ...

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

Trainwreck: Balloon Boy is a Netflix documentary film that released on July 15, 2025. The documentary explores the Balloon Boy Hoax, which occurred on October 15, 2009, and gained national attention.

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

The family at the center of the infamous 2009 “Balloon Boy” hoax that took the nation by storm has a new excuse for their ...

Now, more than 15 years later, Netflix is revisiting the incident with Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, a new documentary directed by ...

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

"Balloon boy" Falcon Heene was the focus of national attention in October 2009, after his family claimed he was adrift in a ...

Released on Tuesday (July 15) was Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, which centres around a story that made global headlines in 2009.

Netflix’s latest Trainwreck docuseries revisits the infamous 2009 “Balloon Boy” hoax, revealing how a family’s stunt became a ...

Balloon Boy is sorta like Fyre Festival or Savior for Sale crossed with Bubble Boy. Sorta. Performance Worth Watching: There ...

O n July 15, the Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Balloon Boy takes flight, chronicling the saga of the Heene family in ...