Buford Pusser The Other Story

I have a few collectables including a LP that one of Buffords deputies Eddie Bond who is a well known and still active Rockabilly musician in West TN recorded in Memphis about Buffords story. Buford Pusser was the Sheriff of McNairy County Tennessee from 1964 to 1970 and Constable of Adamsville from 1970 to 1972Pusser is known for his virtual one-man war on moonshining prostitution and gambling and other vices along the MississippiTennessee state line.

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Pusser was ineligible for re-election in 1970 due to the term limit then in effect.

Buford Pusser The Other Story. April 1 2015. Fifty years ago Today Pauline Pusser was laid to rest. August 15 2017.

As I mentioned in my previous post the fictitious character Pinky Dobson seen in. By Craig Whitney on December 17 2020. This is the other story as related through photos FBI files newspaper reports.

By Author and former LEO. July 5 2015. Hathcock Jr He was the owner of The Plantation Club on the Mississippi side of the state line.

Bufords wounds from the shooting were not considered serious. The information collected from you by using this site is kept confidential and used only as a means to transport the item you have purchased. The alleged ambush of August 121967 is a complex.

The movie Walking Tall tells the Hollywood version of the real-life story of Sheriff Buford Pussers war with the Dixie Mafia. For those of you that are new to this page it is advisable that you start with the first post and read your way forward as The Other Story is told chronologically. The Other Story is the real story of Pusser his murder of Louise Hathcock and possible involvement in the murder of his wife Pauline.

A few of these people seem to be in total disbelief when they read the things I relate about the late sheriff Pusser and his career as a crime fighter. ADAMSVILLE Dwana Pusser was in the museum honoring the legacy of her father former McNairy County Sheriff and Adamsville Police Chief Buford Pusser. Mike Elam By Author and former LEO.

Pusser blamed the loss to incumbent Sheriff Clifford Coleman in part on the controversy surrounding the making of the semibiographical movie Walking Tall. Mike Elam By Author and former LEO. Mike Elam By Author and former LEO.

Mike Elam By Author and former LEO. His efforts have inspired several books songs movies and a TV series. Unfortunately the story of murder betrayal and cover-ups didnt end with the death of Sheriff Pusser.

By Author and former LEO. 50 out of 5 stars The real story of Buford known to many but not discussed. Im always a little amazed when I see readers reactions to some of the stories I tell here.

Her death at such an early age did not surprise everyone for there were several people who knew of the troubles in the Pusser household. Then she said Let me tell you another story about your uncle WO. After the ambush on New Hope Road on April 12 1967 Sheriff Buford Pusser supposedly named four suspects in the death of his wife Pauline.

Read the REAL story of Buford Pusser as told by those who were there and lived their own parts in this incredible story. Dwana Pusser dies. This is a story about Power greed infidelity and betrayalAfter more than.

Buford claimed that he caught a dice game operator cheating was roughed by a number of state liners and beaten Pusser claimed that it took one hundred and ninety two 192 stitches to close the wounds about his head and face. As you see Bing Crosby Productions took a few events from Sheriff Pussers life twisted the events and times into a fictitious movie script they claimed in their movie trailers and previews to be the true story of Sheriff Pusser. The State Line Mob a chapter belonging to the Dixie Mafia ran rackets in prostitution illegal gambling bootlegging and extortion.

A two-hour film cannot possibly explain the entire story nor can it relate the stories of all the secondary characters. With today being August 11th one day before the 48th anniversary of the alleged ambush that took Pauline Pussers life I feel it is only fitting to re post the series of events that started on August 11th and led to Paulines death the morning August 12 1967. Mike Elam By Author and former LEO.

12271 likes 322 talking about this. The REAL story about Sheriff Buford Pusser is very different form what you have read in books or seen in the movies. He was defeated in his bid for sheriff in 1972.

I grew up in McNairy Co and have always found the legend of Buford Pusser to be interesting. Mike Elam By Author and former LEO. Finally book that tells the true story of WALKING TALL sheriff Buford Pusser.

When asked again while being wheeled out of surgery he wearily replied that he didnt know who shot them. The Dixie Mafia was an organized crime syndicate that had terrorized and frightened the countys citizens. Buford Pusser served as sheriff of McNairy County for six years doing so because it was the right thing to do.

People from both the state-line and the law enforcement community. Before Pusser became sheriff in December 1959 he and two other men came into the club about 3 am. This story has been re-published from Synova Ink with permission.

Lavon Plunk certainly was not surprised as Pauline had shared much with her about the marital. The story goes that he was robber of over 30000 before he was thrown out in the parking line in the rain. Hollywood gave us a legend in Buford Pusser.

The mini real story of Sheriff Buford Pusser. A fantastic book and a great read.

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