Once hailed as a crime-fighting folk hero, and before that, a hulking pro wrestler, Buford Pusser is now at the center of a stunning allegation: investigators say he likely killed his wife in 1967 and ...

STARKVILLE – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and local prosecutors said last week that legendary rural Sheriff Buford Pusser, who died in a fiery accident in 1974 near his home, is now suspected ...

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 ...

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 ...

TENNESSEE (KFVS) - Authorities in Tennessee say it’s more likely than not that famed Sheriff Buford Pusser killed his wife. Pusser is the inspiration for the movie Walking Tall. His wife, Pauline ...

It can be difficult, in 2025, to grasp how massively famous Buford Pusser was. The Tennessee sheriff—who made a national name for himself in the 1960s by very publicly fighting with organized crime ...

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, ...

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 ...