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

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

Balloon Boy is the latest episode in Netflix’s Trainwreck docuseries. Via brand-new interviews with the family who became a viral sensation over 15 years ago, director Gillian Pachter spends the first ...

For a few days in October 2009, then 6-year-old Falcon was the focus of national attention after millions stared in disbelief ...

Now, more than 15 years later, Netflix is revisiting the incident with Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, a new documentary directed by Gillian Pachter. The film features new interviews with Richard, Mayumi, ...

Trainwreck: Balloon Boy is the series’ latest ballyhoo documentary, chronicling the misadventures of a Colorado family who launched a homemade helium-powered “UFO” into the air, then roused ...

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 family behind the "balloon boy" controversy is speaking out in an upcoming Netflix documentary, and PEOPLE has an ...

Netflix’s “Trainwreck” anthology series will revive the story that took place on Oct. 15, 2009, as part of its survey of ...