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Balloon Boy

July 18, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 206

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Where were you on October 15th, 2009? Were you like Nicole, probably tuned into MTV’s Real World/Road Rules Challenge? Or like Noelle (and the rest of America), glued to the news, holding your breath as a silver, UFO-shaped balloon floated over Colorado with a child supposedly inside? Noelle brings us the story of the Heene family’s bizarre grab for fame that floated straight into infamy.

Sources

https://time.com/7302213/trainwreck-balloon-boy-netflix/

https://people.com/where-is-the-balloon-boy-now-11770596

https://www.5280.com/the-balloon-boy-hoax-solved/

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/24/950074173/balloon-boy-parents-pardoned-by-colorado-governor-for-2009-hoax

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