Balloon Boy

Remember that whole balloon boy hoax, wherein a terrible man exploited his family to achieve fleeting notoriety…

Remember Balloon Boy and his fame-seeking, hoax-creating family? Turns out that despite the criminal charges, fines,…

The grand total cost of pulling off a national hoax is whatever balloon-making supplies go for, $42,000 in fines,…

Ah, Balloon Boy. It happened barely two months ago, yet it already seems ready to show up on an I Love the 00s…

Auto-tuned science was fun, but an auto-tuned retelling of the year's more ridiculous news events such as the…

According to court records made public today, Mayumi Heene, Balloon Boy's mom, has admitted that the whole incident…

Many were shocked when it was revealed that Falcon Heene's fictitious balloon ride was nothing more than a…

Wondering why anyone would want to trick the world into thinking their 6-year-old was flying away in a gigantic…

After a thrilling chase sequence, Balloon Boy was found...to have never been in the balloon in the first place.…

World-class Jeopardy loser Wolf Blitzer got an exclusive interview with Balloon Boy and his family, and not…

Wonderful news! Falcon Heene has been found alive and at home. He was never in the balloon. We are overjoyed. But…

While authorities still search for Colorado's Falcon Heene, and we dearly hope he turns up unharmed, we wondered why…

Police in Fort Collins, Colorado are desperately attempting to save a 6-year-old boy who floated away in a 20-foot…