Pusser died in a car wreck in 1974. He was 36. Buford Pusser, Pauline Pusser shot On Saturday, Aug. 12, 1967, Pusser and his wife were on their way to investigate a complaint before dawn.

Pauline Pusser has been dead for 56 years without a suspect in the case. On Thursday, authorities exhumed her body, the wife of hard-charging sheriff Buford Pusser, who became known as a folk hero ...

The gravesites, the Pusser home, and the memorial marking Buford’s fatal car crash have served as attractions to tourists in Adamsville or for fans of the "Walking Tall" series.

If the blood shows that Pusser or his wife were outside the car, then Pusser's story doesn't stand up, Elam said. "I think it's Buford's blood on the outside of the car," Elam said.

MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — For many Tennesseans growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, and especially those in McNairy County, Sheriff Bufford Pusser was a hero. Hollywood made the big hit movie ...

Buford Pusser, made famous by two Hollywood movies and several books about his life, said he and his wife Pauline were ambushed on Aug. 12, 1967, as they were driving to a disturbance call at 4:45 ...

If the blood shows that Pusser or his wife were outside the car, then Pusser's story doesn't stand up, Elam said. "I think it's Buford's blood on the outside of the car," Elam said.

Pusser's larger than life persona inspired books, songs and the 1973 movie Walking Tall. Just hours before his death, he had signed a deal to play himself in the Walking Tall sequel.

Authorities exhumed the body of Pauline Pusser, the wife of hard-charging McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser, 56 years after she was shot to death in an ambush presumably meant to kill her husband.

Pauline Pusser has been dead for 56 years without a suspect in the case. On Thursday, authorities exhumed her body, the wife of hard-charging sheriff Buford Pusser, who became known as a folk hero ...