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Gone South

S4|E7: The Real Buford Pusser | Part 1

Gone South

Audacy Podcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Buford Pusser is an iconic American law enforcement figure. The film series "Walking Tall," most recently starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is based on Pusser's life as a cop. But recent revelations are turning Pusser's legacy on its head. 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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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen.

0:02.0

Critics agree.

0:03.0

Emilia Perez is unlike anything you've ever seen.

0:06.0

It's exhilarating and dazzling.

0:08.0

We were of the best actress of Jewelry Prize Awards at the Cannes Film Festival.

0:12.0

The Times gives it five stars and calls it a gorgeous musical epic.

0:16.0

Cut to the chase.

0:17.0

The Telegraph proclaims few flexes come bigger.

0:20.0

Ringgo. Emilia Perez, directed by Jacques Audia. Starring Zoe's Aldania. The Telegraph proclaims few flexes come bigger. Bingot.

0:25.8

Emilia Perez, directed by Jacques O'Diard, starring Zoe Zaldania, Carlos Sophia Gascon,

0:26.9

and Selena Gomez.

0:40.5

In Select Cinemas Now and watch on Netflix. Earlier this year, a listener sent us a link to an article in the Tennessean newspaper.

0:45.7

The article was about the decision to exhume the body of a woman named Pauline Pusser.

0:50.7

New information tonight, nearly 60 years after a sheriff's wife was shot and killed,

0:55.7

the TBI exhumed her body, and a deeper investigation into her death begins.

1:03.5

Pauline was the wife of Buford Pusser, the legendary Tennessee sheriff, whose life story became the basis for a best-selling book and a handful of Hollywood movies, most notably Walking Tall.

1:09.9

In August 1967, Pauline was fatally shot in an ambush that left Beaufort seriously injured.

1:16.8

She was 33 years old and a mother of three.

1:19.9

Authorities never figured out who was behind the ambush.

1:23.4

Her death has remained unsolved for over 56 years.

1:27.4

But according to the article, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, or TBI, had recently

1:32.1

gotten a tip that caused them to reopen the case.

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