MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...