Sheriff Buford Pusser's feats in Tennessee inspired the "Walking Tall" movies, plus books and songs. A new report suggests he ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 (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 ...

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 ...