Sheriff Buford Pusser — the other story

Sheriff Buford Pusser — the other story

MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — For many Tennesseans growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, and especially those in McNairy County, Sheriff Bufford Pusser was a hero. Hollywood made the big hit movie "Walking Tall" about the lawman, but a shadow of controversy has also loomed over the McNairy County sheriff. His wife's murder remains a cold case to this day — and some say Pusser is responsible. Pusser's image of a big stick-carrying sheriff who crack…