Pauline Pusser

Criminology

Emash Digital

True Crime

4.7 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

On August 12th, 1967, Buford and Pauline Pusser were ambushed while driving, and Pauline was fatally shot. Buford was shot in the jaw. Buford Pusser was the Sheriff of McNairy County in Tennessee and built a name for himself as tough on crime. He made many enemies, and it was thought that one of these enemies had shot him and killed his wife.

Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the murder of Pauline Pusser. Buford became a hero figure and vowed to find his wife's killer. The movie, Walking Tall, made Buford a larger-than-life character after it was released in 1973. But many years later, authorities uncovered evidence that pointed straight at Buford Pusser for the murder of his wife, Pauline.

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0:00.0	Criminology is a true crime podcast that may contain discussion about violent or disturbing topics.
0:05.9	Listener discretion is advised. Hello everyone and welcome to episode 3.7 of the criminology podcast.
0:41.9	This is Mike Ferguson.
0:43.3	And this is Mike Morford.
0:44.9	Mr. Morford.
0:45.6	How you doing this week, buddy?
0:47.2	I'm doing pretty good.
0:48.2	I'm getting ready for some Thanksgiving action and eating some turkey and stuff.
0:52.6	And so I'm pretty excited.
0:53.7	How are you doing?
0:54.5	Yeah.
0:55.0	Yeah, we are too.
0:56.1	My wife's already got extra tables out.
0:58.2	And she told me this morning that she's going to need my help.
1:03.3	So I'm going to be enlisted to do a variety of tasks, chores, I believe.
1:09.8	Well, that comes with the territory.
1:11.1	And actually, I think after I get done recording with you today, we're going to bring
1:15.5	out some Christmas decorations.
1:16.9	So that's when Thanksgiving is here.
1:19.0	That's when my wife wants to decorate.
1:20.7	Oh, my wife's the same way.
1:22.2	Usually the day after is when she, uh, she starts bringing everything out.
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