Mike Elam, a former deputy sheriff, spent five years diving into Pauline Pusser's death and Buford Pusser's involvement.

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 murdered by his enemies, ...

Aug. 31 (UPI) --The Tennessee sheriff who inspired the Walking Tall movie franchise may have shot his wife to death in 1967, state investigators said, citing new evidence. The Tennessee Bureau of ...

TBI completed the investigation process in 2025. The file, which included 1,000 pages, was forwarded to the 25th District Attorney General’s office for review. After additional investigation, agents ...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) has concluded that former McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser likely killed his wife, Pauline, in 1967. New evidence contradicts Pusser's account of the ...

A renewed investigation into the unsolved 1967 murder of the wife of McNairy County, Tenn. sheriff Buford Pusser debunks what has for decades been depicted in movies and implicates the long-dead ...

Police say Buford Pusser — a Tennessee County sheriff-turned-American folk hero — shot and killed his wife and made up a story about being attacked by a group of men out to kill him. The stunning turn ...