BONUS: The Real Buford Pusser | Part 4

Gone South

Audacy Podcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Nearly six decades after Pauline Pusser’s murder, Tennessee investigators finally reveal what really happened. The TBI’s new findings suggest Walking Tall sheriff Buford Pusser staged the ambush that made him famous — and may have killed his wife. Host Jed Lipinski follows the fallout in Adamsville as investigators, locals, and lifelong believers wrestle over one question: what happens when a legend falls? Find us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. You can also subscribe to our newsletter, Gone South with Jed Lipinski. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.8	Hey, Jed, Mike Eelham. I just got word that the district attorney and the TBI is going to make an
0:47.0	announcement about all this concerning Beaufort and Pauline's murder. It's going to happen on
0:52.4	Friday. Talk to you then. That's murder. It's going to happen on Friday. Talk to you then.
0:57.6	That's Mike Elam. It was late afternoon on August 27th, and Mike was calling to say that in two
1:04.5	days' time, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the District Attorney in McNary County, Tennessee,
1:10.3	were going to announce the results of their year-long investigation and the district attorney in McNary County, Tennessee, were going to announce
1:11.7	the results of their year-long investigation into the murder of Sheriff Buford Pusser's wife,
1:17.3	Pauline, 58 years and 15 days after she died. Mike planned to be there when it happened. He and his
1:26.3	wife, Connie, were currently driving from Arkansas to McNary County,
1:30.3	a trip they've made dozens of times before.
1:33.3	But this time, they were in a hurry.
1:36.3	Mike, you're scaring the shit out of it.
1:38.3	I'm being careful for me.
1:41.3	Mike began his investigation into Pauline's murder more than a quarter century ago.
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