Buford Pusser, the McNairy County Sheriff, became a legend in the aftermath of the 1973 film which showed him as a sympathetic southern lawman trying to clean up corruption.

Buford Pusser died in a single car accident at age 36 in 1974. His Corvette hit an embankment on Highway 64 at a high-rate of speed. Questions about blood splatter.

Mike Elam is an ex-Arkansas sheriff who once considered Buford Pusser a hero. Now, he's investigating the case and has controversial new theories.

Buford Pusser rose to fame in the 1960s for his no-nonsense, hard-charging approach to cleaning up McNairy County of rampant criminals. His life inspired four Hollywood adaptations, ...

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 ...

Pauline Pusser was killed on Aug. 12, 1967, by gunfire while in a car driven by her husband, McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser.

Former McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser talks about his life on Aug. 1, 1973, ahead of the six-year anniversary of having ...

Pauline Pusser People will say, ‘the person’s dead.’ But the dead person will give a lot of information for us to discuss,” explained Dr. Feng Li, Metro Nashville’s Chief Medical Examiner.

The Texan also was memorable in 'Junior Bonner' and 'Charley Varrick' and as two different characters — one good guy, one bad — in Bond films.

Sheriff Buford Pusser’s fame reached beyond McNairy County in the 1960s and 70s. In fact, he ran in the same circles as Elvis, Billy Graham and big politicians at the time.

Former McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser talks about his life on Aug. 1, 1973, ahead of the six-year anniversary of having his jaw shot off and his wife killed in a dawn ambush on Aug. 12.