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While "Walking Tall" was very entertaining, the movie by it own account, was a fictional account of certain events in the life of McNairy County Sheriff Buf...
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- Mike Elam
Feb 21, 2024 · In this episode I explain just how little McNairy County differed from surrounding counties in the way if crime, This installment takes us up to the events prior to the alleged ambush of August 12...
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- Mike Elam
BUFORD PUSSER: The Other Story. Buford's Been Shot!This video takes a close look at the alleged assassination attempt of Sheriff Pusser in early January 1967. We examine the suspect and ci...
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- Mike Elam
Jul 20, 2018 · The book chronicles much of the activity in the area between Selmer and Corinth, Miss., from the 1930s through the 1970s that included shady dealings in back rooms of hotels between owners of...
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- Who Was Buford Pusser?
- Buford Pusser’s Rise Through The Ranks
- The Brutal Murder of Pauline Pusser and The Shocking Aftermath
Buford Pusser was born on December 12, 1937, in McNairy County, Tennessee. The son of Helen and Carl Pusser — the police chief of Adamsville, Tennessee — Buford was large and tough, even from a young age. A natural athlete who quickly grew to be 6’6″ tall, he played on both the football and basketball teams in high school. He later joined the U.S. ...
Though he was just 25 years old when he returned to Adamsville, the strong, no-nonsense Buford Pusser was soon elected chief of police and constable, a position that he would hold for about two years. But then, in 1964, a car accident took the life of McNairy County Sheriff James Dickey. It was August 1st, and Dickey was on his way back to the stat...
It was around 4:30 a.m. on August 12, 1967 that Buford Pusser received a call informing him that there was a disturbance near the state line. Despite the early hour, Buford’s wife Pauline insisted on riding along with her husband as he investigated the report. He agreed, and they soon took off in their car. As they approached New Hope Road, a car s...
Jun 11, 2007 · Buford Pusser, a 6’6” 300lb former professional wrestler became Sheriff of McNairy County TN. He had one mission. He wanted to rid the county of the criminal activities that took place at the Mississippi-Tennessee State Line and more specifically the Shamrock Hotel.
May 10, 2021 · The well-known Walking Tall movies depict the story of this tough southern named Sheriff Buford Pusser and his fight with the State Line Mafia or more [popularly known as the Dixie Mafia.
