Dennis Hathcock never believed the legend of Sheriff Buford Pusser – not for a second, he said. In southwest Tennessee’s McNairy County, where he’s lived all his life, many hail the sheriff as a folk ...
MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Investigators have implicated him in the death of his wife, but support from some for the larger-than-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser remains strong. The Sheriff ...
He drove 465 miles to witness the shattering of an illusion. Mile Elam, who had made the trip to West Tennessee from Bella Vista, Arkansas, purposely sat in a back row of the news conference as not to ...
Tennessee officials say Sheriff Buford Pusser killed his wife in 1967 and staged it as an ambush. A cold case review found evidence of domestic abuse and contradictions in his story. Pauline Pusser’s ...
*A decades-old mystery surrounding the death of Pauline Mullins Pusser, wife of famed Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser, has been reopened with shocking findings. According to ABC News, the Tennessee ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee officials have announced that the TBI believes that Sheriff Buford Pusser, who inspired the film “Walking Tall,” murdered his wife Pauline Mullins Pusser. The TBI believes ...
A late Tennessee sheriff who inspired a Hollywood movie about a law enforcement officer who took on organized crime killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was killed by his enemies, ...