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 ...

Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser, once celebrated as a crime-busting hero and the inspiration behind the Hollywood hit movie "Walking Tall," faces new accusations of pulling the trigger that killed his ...

Former McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser - the focus of the 1973 cult film "Walking Tall" and several sequels and remakes - is believed to have been responsible for his wife Pauline Pusser's death, ...

Authorities in Tennessee announced Friday that they believe a sheriff who inspired the movie "Walking Tall" is responsible for his wife's death in 1967.During a news conference Friday, officials with ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Justice for Pauline has been *** long time coming. And thanks to all the hard work put in by so many, we're finally able to announce to Pauline's surviving family and to the public. That we believe we ...

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 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, ...