The family at the center of the infamous 2009 “Balloon Boy” hoax that took the nation by storm has a new excuse for their scam: the media “skewed the narrative to fulfill their need.” In 2009, the ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story also appears in this year’s edition of the Summer in Aspen/Snowmass magazine. Flying in the mountain towns like Snowmass can be dangerous: Get a little too ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this article: The Balloon Boy Hoax captivated the nation in October 2009, when Richard and Mayumi Heene claimed their 6-year-old son, Falcon, was trapped in a ...