Greatest Hits: Balloon Boy & The Hillbilly Heist
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It's a two-fer baby! Jacob and Rosie need a little break so we're pulling out two more stories from the archives - revisiting two wild stories from the Just The Gist live tour; The Hillbilly Heist and Balloon Boy. We give you just the gist but if you want more;  Balloon Boy  Watch "Balloon Boy's' family discusses life 10 years after incident" from Nightline via Youtube https://bit.ly/balloonboy-interview . Read 'The Ballon Boy Hoax - Solved!' by Robert Sanchez for 5280.com from 2019 https://bit.ly/3CDFEW9 .  Read 'Couple behind 2009 'balloon boy' hoax in US granted pardons' from Colorado for The Guardian https://bit.ly/balloonboy-theguardian . Read The Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_boy_hoax The Hillbilly Heist of 1997  Read 'The Book of Dave: A New Path After a $17 Million Misstep' by by David Gantt  https://bit.ly/3p4M8u6 . Watch 'Masterminds' trailer - the movie based on the Loomis Fargo robbery in which Zach Galifianakis plays David Gantt https://bit.ly/3NBcOMc . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley  Executive Producer: Elise Cooper Audio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panaretos Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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