The American Journal of Losers

#51 - Balloon Boy: The Heene Family Hoax


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Go ahead and mark “episodes about balloons” tied with “episodes about birds” as this week we talk about the family behind 2009’s zaniest media fiasco: when inventor/reality tv star wannabe Richard Heene accidentally sent his son Falcon into the sky in a homemade flying saucer. Or so he says. Tune in to find out if Cosmo has COVID! 


Sources: 

The Balloon Boy Hoax—Solved!

Balloon boy hoax in Fort Collins, Colo., still amazes 10 years later

Balloon Boy | The Untold Story

"Wife Swap" Heene/Martel (TV Episode 2008) - IMDb


Adam McShane, Joey Bednarski, and Cosmo Nomikos are stand up comedians based out of Chicago, IL.

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