Hoaxes

My Amityville Horror filmmakers on getting personal with America's most famous haunting

The Amityville Horror is the best-known haunting in American history, spawning multiple films, countless books and speculation to this day about what really happened more than thirty years ago. At this point, it seems like there couldn't be any angle on the story that hasn't been beaten to death -- ... More >>

An attempt to sell the Heene family's balloon falls a little flat

Falcon "Balloon Boy" Heene and his brothers are flying high in a heavy-metal band

See also: Richard Heene, Balloon Boy's dad, invents crazy stuff, makes crazier infomercials

"Balloon Boy" balloon flying high at an Aurora store

The new owner of the balloon boy ballon.​Almost two years after Falcon Heene did not float away in his father's homemade helium balloon, the legend is still flying high. And Michael Fruitman, the owner of Mike's Stadium Sportscards in Aurora, plans to enjoy the ride. He just bought this "uniqu ... More >>

Balloon Boy family auctioning their helium-filled hoax: Now if only the Heenes would float away

Richard Heene.​Balloon Boy hoaxers Richard and Mayumi Heene have been prohibited by a judge from making money off their story until 2013 (and make no mistake, they will start trying one tick into New Year's Day). But that doesn't mean they can't still make some hay. Earlier this week, the Heen ... More >>

Beetle overkill: John Hickenlooper appoints Michael Scott to a state post?

Hick's latest appointment?​Governor John Hickenlooper hit the ground running in January, quickly appointing a host of people to his cabinet and also coming up with some creative, cost-saving job combinations. Which made today's announcement of his new "Director of Paper Distribution in the D ... More >>

Six great Colorado hoaxes

Aaron Carter and Charlie Sheen, is Twitter a celebrity death machine?

Dead, you say?​As a social phenomenon, probably the most interesting thing about celebrity death hoaxes is that they are a social phenomenon at all. There's no point to them. They're not particularly funny (aside from the resulting lulz if the celebrity in question gets all offended about it), ... More >>

Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene's Bear Scratch ad shows he's crazier than we thought (VIDEO)

Richard Heene.​You figured former Fort Collins resident Richard Heene was a little off after that whole Balloon Boy hoax thing that got a little bit of attention a while back, right? But the way he's pimping his latest money-making plan, the Bear Scratch, is so off-the-charts loony that it ma ... More >>

Are Denver cops auditioning for Crank Yankers?: DPD officers allegedly make prank call about suicide scare

Wonder if that cop was named Seymour Butz...​Colorado's become Hoax Central lately thanks to the bizarre case involving a certain Balloon Boy. But the latest alleged pranksters are hardly Richard Heene clones. Rather, they're members of the Denver Police Department. As first reported by Chann ... More >>

Balloon Boy family shouldn't have to pay for sheriff to "look pretty on TV," lawyer says

Wasn't chasing this sucker more fun than rescuing Mr. Whiskers?​Two weeks ago, David Lane, attorney for Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene, griped that a $47,000-plus restitution charge for leading law-enforcement officials on a wild experimental-craft chase was way too high. That complaint has no ... More >>

Balloon Boy dad's latest bitch: Restitution costs are too high

"On second thought, you guys should pay me!"​We knew Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene wouldn't go away quietly. But with the help of attorney David Lane, he's managing to make noise even while serving a jail sentence for pretending that his son, Falcon, had floated away in an inflatable silver ch ... More >>

Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene's latest TV appearance nearly causes more vomiting

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Remember that beautiful day in October when Balloon Boy Falcon Heene puked on the Today Show as his dad, Richard Heene, tried to convince America that the entire fiasco involving his runaway "experimental craft" had been genui ... More >>

Richard Heene and wife Mayumi to plead guilty in Balloon Boy hoax

Richard Heene during the infamous Today Show appearance when son Falcon puked for the nation.​That e-mail blast attorney David Lane mentioned around this time yesterday came through at 12:51 a.m. today. In it, Lane confirms that Richard Heene and his wife Mayumi will enter guilty pleas tomorro ... More >>

How America's favorite crime dramas will tackle Balloon Boy

What will happen when David Caruso gets his hands on Balloon Boy?​It'll happen any day now: You'll come home from work, sink into your couch and flip on your TV, hoping for a Real World-Road Rules marathon or something equally vapid, and there it will be: that damn balloon, flying through the ... More >>