Day 18 of the Crimetober Series is about the day that law enforcement determined that the Balloon Boy incident was a hoax which occurred on October 18, 2009.
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https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/10-years-balloon-boy-family-denounce-idea-saucer/story?id=66604256 https://www.cpr.org/2020/12/23/colorado-balloon-boy-parents-pardoned-governor-polis/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_boy_hoax https://popculturecrime.medium.com/today-in-true-crime-history-october-18-60373ccdede0