The 6 Year Old, the UFO and the PR Stunt of a Lifetime (allegedly) | The Wild Story of Balloon Boy

Pop Culture Curiosities: Episode 18
In today's episode (with Gabe away) Avery takes Madison back to 2009 to tell her the story of the Heene family and the alleged PR stunt they pulled to get a reality show. From Richard Heene's insane science, to the day we all spent thinking a kid was in a flyaway weather balloon. Join us in a trip back to simpler times of the late 2000s.
Shout out to Mile Higher Podcast for being by far my favorite source while researching this case. Watch them dive into even more detail about this case.
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[@shellinsanity9936]

being a fnaf fan I got real confused by Balloon Boy being in the title for a sec, lol

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Lol, I haven't kept up with that franchise in a while so when I was looking up stuff for this case I kept seeing the fnaf character and getting confused. 😭

[@shellinsanity9936]

Oh no! 🤣

[@sasamichan]

KZbin has been bad at showing me your videos but I do remember this. Followed it live as we tried to logic out if this was real or not. Alien Autopsy was around this same time as I recall. BTW strike is over. reacting to News clips is a good work around for the strike. I like the idea. You could do Al Kapone's vault or some thing.

[@PaulonotPaul8]

Yup I remember this, and how friggin' bizarre it was.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

It lives in my head rent free.

[@daniellel230]

holy shit Balloon Boy, I remember hearing about this one!! my favorite part of the story is the "Heene Boyz" band lmao. also it's lovely to see miss Maddie on the show today, hope she's doing well!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I know! This story is wild and I'm fascinated by it. I will tell Maddie that she's been warmly received. 😊

[@natyc19]

Spencer ends up banning Maddie

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

I'm crocheting him stuff to make up for it. 😅

[@vzanto4630]

Am I trippin or is that a new intro? Its frickin awesome!

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

It our podcast intro that Spencer made and I think he did a great job as always. 😊

[@vzanto4630]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuffmy bad, checked the first one with Tommy Wiseau , it's always been there I just forgot. Big props to Spencer!

[@kolbythurlow2422]

Storm chaser thats a Transformer name if I ever heard one..

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

The balloon is a transformer 😂😂😂

[@kolbythurlow2422]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff it is more than meets the eyes 👁👁

[@natyc19]

Oh i remember this one

[@DisabledDragon]

Fun Star Wars fact: In the book *Master and Apprentice,* Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan come to the conclusion that Yoda assigned them to each other (despite general practice being for jedi who, unlike Qui, actually *want* apprentices to choose their own) because Obi-Wan was naturally rebellious, and since Qui frequently and vocaly disagrees with the Council and trusts his own view of right and wrong over theirs, Obi-Wan would rebel against him by being, well, *not* rebellious, being kind of a stickler for the rules instead. It...*kind of* worked, I guess? I mean, if you compare him to a other generations in his kind of padawan line, he's certainly the most traditional.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Perhaps that's where my dad got the whole bit from 😅

[@DisabledDragon]

17:56 This comment is not at all related to the contents of the video, but I feel your ADHD brain will understand that I have to share that I am pretty much incapable of hearing the phrase "other mother" and not immediately picturing the Other Mother from the Coraline movie, usually in her horrifying spider-y final form.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

YES! ME TOO!!

[@tony711fz1]

The scream sound effect is hilarious haha (timestamp 5:00)

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Thanks and sorry Spencer!

[@texaskc]

So I am so tired of being a part of historical events

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Same girl 😭

[@c17sam90]

This was on international news I remember watching it live in the UK 😂

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

That's hilarious! I never could tell if it went international so thank you for letting me know!

[@c17sam90]

@@AveryTalksAboutStuff yeah it was around like 6pm in U.K. time I think so I remember it being on the 24 hour news

[@Tirnel_S]

The bear scratch guy is behind the balloon boy???

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Yes!!