It always seems when a man is no longer alive and capable to defend himself everyone comes out of the woodwork to trounce on his name. It seems to me unless someone has positive evidence just keep your comments to yourself.
After interviewing people who were involved immediately before as well as immediately after the alleged ambush, I am convinced that Buford lied about how Pauline died. I have interviewed people from both sides of the story (law enforcement and the state line). Pusser was accepting pay offs and everyone seemed to know it. Pauline had confronted women about their affairs with Buford. Pauline had threated to report his corruption and leave him. She died the day she was going to leave.
the only ones that truly know what happened that fateful august morning are now for the most part dead there may or not be some still alive but its very doubtful they will break their silence after all this time and for the part of pusser shooting himself how dumb can you be
"He later claimed that he was pursued by a cadillac that was hidden behind a church". Your clip is where I got that idea. Maybe you should study your own film...lmao!!
@robro661 You thought he was chased by a Cadillac? Where did you get that idea? The TBI never established that to be a fact..., nor did the FBI or any other law enforcement agency. As a mater of "FACT", the only person that knew anything about the alleged cadillac was a suspect in the murder of Pauline Pusser. His name....Buford Pusser. Maybe you need to get your facts straight.
@mikeelam2010 in the end I wonder what your really trying to do, and why you have such a bug up your ass about this unless you have a dog in the hunt because your conclusions are twisted to fit what you want them to be. If you looked at this case from in a real investigative manner the best you could say is I don’t know what happened out on that road in 1967 because the road my be the same, but the evidnce is gone, so there must be some other reason you’re pushing your flawed bs so hard.
@mikeelam2010 In your other video about the ambush you wonder how the attackers were able to catch Sheriff Pusser, and then reenact it, but you should also realize if it happened close to the way Sheriff Pusser said it did the people driving those vehicles had nothing to lose, and I'm sure they went a lot faster than you were willing to risk because you cared about your safety and the safety of the others involved in the reenactment, but in 1967 no one gave a damn about how dangerous it was.
@mikeelam2010 You claim to have been a law enforcement officer at one time, if you were you weren’t one for very long , or you weren't very good at your job because any seasoned police investigator knows that unless the individuals involved are specially trained most people who are running or ridding in vehicles can't hit shit. So no it does not amaze me that Sheriff Pusser was only hit once, the fact that his wife was hit would have been more luck, or bad luck, then marksmanship.
@Dca81152 Maybe you should do some research as I have rather than simply watch a ficticious movie that the studio billed as a "true story". NOTHING happened as you saw in "WALKING TALL" You should try interviewing a few of the people who lived the real story as I have.
@mikeelam2010 I didn’t the movie was true or not true, I said that your investigative logic is flawed, and you cannot tell anything from a road or guessing at what might have happened. You have no physical evidence to support your theories, and you are only stirring crap for the sake of stirring crap. Nothing you're doing is going to help in anyway, or prove what happened on that road in 1967. Unless they are of people who witnessed the shooting your interviews mean nothing, and are opinions.
@Dca81152 I used some of the crime scene photos of the Fury taken that morning along with Pusser's own statements about the alleged ambush. I included blood spatter information and blood typing. I reviewed information from TBI Investigator Warren Jones and interviewed State Medical Examiner Dr Jerry Francisco. I also gained firsst hand information from people who were first at the scene.. Photos, blood type and blood spatter, interviews time and studies. I am just looking for the truth.
@mikeelam2010 So much detail is lost in just a few photos of the car. To preserve a crime scene like this properly would have take hundreds of crime scene photo's, and not just of the damage to the vehicle. The skid marks and scuff's on the roadway along the route, the blood spatters and blood types in the vehicle, on the roadway and on the ground, and where each of the casings were found should have been recorded in both photo's and in investigators sketches.
@Dca81152 Your comments about photos , blood spatter and especially skid marks and shell casings reveal just how little you have researched the alleged ambush. Do you know the events that transpired in the hours prior to the ambush...I do. Those actions are why I don't believe the ambush was real and why the evidence does not support Pusser's story. You seem to be the one with a bug up your ass. Am I stepping on your heroes toes? Things were not as we were led to believe.
@mikeelam2010 I never said I researched anything, I said wit out being on scene or having hundreds of photos of the whole scene that you could not have any idea what happened that day. It’s apparent that you still don't know what happened no matter how much you attack anyone who disagrees with you. The fact that you continue to fall back on here say statements really shows that your investigative skills and experience are very limited, and you have no idea how to conduct a proper investigation.
@mikeelam2010 Also Sheriff Pusser is not a hero to me, and I have not been lead to believe anything either way because unlike you I have been in Law Enforcement long enough and been an investigator long enough to know that nothing is exactly as it appears to be. The only reason I've said anything is because you’re such a loud mouth bully, who clearly knows nothing about conducting a proper investigation, and you are just as bad as the people who bend the facts to protect their hero's.
@mikeelam2010 I've been in law enforcement over twenty seven years, I have no affiliation to the Pusser family, and have never met anyone involved, and I merely found your video, and find your investigative logic to be flawed. I have investigated everything from simple assault to 1st degree murder, and there is no way you can make any determination about what happened out on that road in 1967. You can raise a lot of questions, and stir a lot of crap, but you can't prove anything either way.
@Dca81152 I have my doubts about the experience you claim to have. Some one with such experience as you claim would easily see that things did not happen as Buford claimed, especially given the events in the hours leading up to the alleged ambush. Who are you trying to fool? Have you researched this matter at all?
@Dca81152 BTW, I am neither a loud mouth nor a bully. I assume that you make these comments as you lack information to engage in an intelligent debate on this matter. Your own conduct would obviously make you the loud mouth and bully. You came here with nothing and have failed to post anything substantial since you arrived. Those are the facts...live with it.
@mikeelam2010 my experience is a matter of record, through the positions I have filed in over the years, and the Police Instructor Certifications issued to me by the State of Tennessee POST Commission. I am a Certified Police Instructor of; Crime Scene Investigations(Certification #01-28S),Child Abuse Investigations (#01-29S), Interview and Interrogation (#01-31S),Homicide Investigations (#01-71S), Child Sex Abuse Investigations (#01-72S), Criminal Investigations (#01-73S).These are just a few.
@Dca81152 Just you because you have certifications does not mean that you totally know what you are talking about. Anyone can make evidence to support their viewpoint. Haven't police and prosecutors created or misrepresented evidence to fit a case.
@mikeelam2010 I am also an instructor in many tactical and Officer survival/self-defense methods. The certification numbers I listed are easily checked through the TN POST Commission if you are a Commissioned Law Enforcement Officer. As I said from the very beginning your investigative logic, method, and follow through are completely flawed. You no more know what happened or didn’t happen that day, then I do, or anyone else does who wasn't there to see what occurred.
@Dca81152 I spent 35 plus years in Law Enforcement, and have served as a deputy sheriff, chief of police, homicide detective, among other positions, and this story you have pieced together in effort to defame Buford Hayse Pusser, is the biggest piece of horse crap that I have ever seen; I do not personally know the Pusser family either, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure your so called piecing of the crime scene lacks credability for me...try another story!
@mikeelam2010 unless you were there that day, and are a witness to what occurred, then you no nothing more than anyone else. Sheriff Pusser and his wife are both dead, and the other individuals involved are more than likely dead, or not talking. So what ever happened on that back road in McNairy County 44 years ago is unable to be proven either way.
Let me guess, you are one them conspiracy buffs, who find a conspiracy lurking around every event in the world. Probably one of them "9-11 truthers". You people are disgusting. This is also a disgusting video. Shame on you.
What is obvious is that you believe what was shown in the movies. Did you know that when Buford robbed the club he did so with two friends,Jerry Wright and Marvin King Jr and it was King , not Pusser, who used a blunt instrument to beat a lone W.O. Hathcock. My point? If you don't know this then you obviously don't know how badly flawed the rest of Pusser's story is. What would make me belioeve that you have researched the the ambush as I have? Do you know any of the real details?
To the idiot who came up with this ridiculous theory that Sheriff Pusser killed his wife then staged his own shooting - You are a f*cking idiot! Sheriff Pusser is a true American hero & for you to slander him like this is absolutely disgusting. Get a life, you moron.
The kind that does his research. The kind that looks for the truth. The kind that learns what Buford's step daughter had to say about that day. The kind that located the first person to find the ambush sits that morning. The kind that took the time to see if a Cadillac could have chased Buford down as he reached that bridge. Now..., what kind are you?
If you want to reconstruct a crime scene then you should re-enact it with precise accuracy. This includes the weapons, time of day/night and most important the vehicles. A pickup truck in the middle of sunny daylight? Thats just great for accuracy.
Before even hearing of this video I thought it was quite a coincidence the day she was riding with him he gets attacked, didnt anyone else find that odd?
Pauline had grown tired of Buford's womanizing. She had just publicly confronted one one regarding her affair with Buford. Pauline then threatened to take the children, leave Buford and report his corruption (taking payoffs). Their vacation was a cover story for Pauline leaving as she did not plan to return home from her parents according to her best friend. Buford could not allow her to talk to authorities as it would bring him and several friends down. Killing her answered the problem.
@mikeelam2010 There was no such thing as a professional Dixie Mafia hitman, he was a member of the Dixie Mafia ( no professional ). Also if you have never fired a full auto weapon then you have no Idea. I would bet that you could'nt hit a 55 gal drum more than once traveling at 45 miles per hour. Not to mention a human.
Buford Pusser was and is an American Hero. Find something else to do....................
Thirdgen83, have you ever noticed the scars on his face? Oh wait, that must be special make-up effects. No seriously, how much do you know about firearms? My uncle was shot in the eye by a small caliber firearm, and with the exception of his glass eye, you couldn't tell it. I've also met a person with a small scar on his jaw and it was from a shot with a small caliber bullet. I don't feel a need to defend Pusser, but from all the points made in this film it seems so, so, so unlikely he did it..
Okay, there have been some questions about Buford Pusser, but this one seems absurb. Then again, maybe it is true. Just like we never went to the moon and the images were shot on a sound stage. Just like President Johnson was deeply involved in the shooting of President Kennedy. Just like the government destroyed the World Trade Center and it wasn't terrorists. We cloiuld go on, but I've got more important things to do right now....Buford staged shooting part of his face off? Yea, right.
@bigbenny350 It is likely that Pauline shot him in the face. She carried a small revolver. The would was very much exaggerated. "Part of his face" was NOT shot off. The actual wound was more like that of a small caliber bullet...
Why would he stage an ambush to have his wife killed? Why have yourself shot in the face where a slight miscalculation could cause your death? If you had any real evidence other than your poorly constructed theories, why have you not gone to CNN, or 60 minutes. The tone of your story indicates that you have a personal interest in this. Why else bring up an incident from long ago and smear a man’s name when he is not here to defend himself.
So let me get this straight he set up the ambush, had his wife killed, had himself shot in the face (a rather odd place to have yourself shot since facial wounds bleed profusely, why not get shot in the shoulder, arm or torso? Less chance of bleeding out that way) and get your wife to sit still while you have someone shoot her. Are you aware that it is very difficult even for a good shot to shoot from a moving car moving up and down, going side to side. Your theory has a lot of problems.
why would he kill his wife?doesnt make sense and then die himself by another ambush so did he stage that himself? all this is so silly considering it is long past an we will never know the real truth aside from those who were close enough to the real story to tell it it is by this and all legends that we follow IN ANYTHING HISTORICALLY SPOKEN i loved walking tall bo svenson played it so well
The photo shows necked down cases, M1 Carbines 30 cal. Cases are not necked down. They are straight and the bullets are knurled in the case like a 38 cal would be.
Do you actually think he would sit still while they were shooting at him. Remember these guys were just poor white trash with poor aim, terrible equipment, and bad attitudes. Pusser was thrashing and dodging there shots. An Ambush.............hahahaa The dumbest idea in the world , there to much to go wrong. That proves to me the ambushers were just dumb backwater idiots with bad aim.
@DiaishiAkye You act as if you knew the "poor white trash" that were alleged to be shooting at him. Name them! Show us that they were as you described. All we have is Pusser version of the alleged ambush that is not backed by the evidence left behind. So tell us..., why should we believe Pusser's version of the story? Do you have anything to offer?
@mikeelam2010 Yup sure do. The shooters were inexperienced. They just shot and killed his wife missing Pusser. His reaction was to take them out. So you have retaliation on both parts, determination on both parts, Fear on both parts, anger on both parts, adrenalin over load on both parts. When you have life on the line anything becomes possible no matter how impossible it sounds. Look at the Kennedy Assassination that looked impossible too, but it happen. Oh and stay frosty bro.
@DiaishiAkye LOL have you ever read Buford's statement about the alleged ambush?" Obviously not. How do we know they were "poor white trash?" I don 't recall anyone ever being arrested for us to know that or condition of their weapon. Sounds like we just found a better candidate for "backwater idiot" as your own aim in this conversation is way of the mark.
@mikeelam2010 : Reading your statements one would get the opinion, that you are more upset by the fact of the "poor white trash" Comment than the real issue at hand. It would seem that there is more than meets the eye here. Sounds like someone had a vendetta rather than showing the real truth. In fact vigilantes may have been involved to protect the actual criminal acts that were committed. Actually your reaction to the simulation being so volatile there is something more than meets the eye.
One step daugher knew the truth and told reporter Cammy Wilson some of it . Mike left the Pusser family. Only Dwana contends that "Walking Tall" was a true story but avoids answering any hard questions. What about Pauline? Shouldn't her story be told? Did she deserve what happened to her. There is no proof that Pusser's story of the ambush is true. As a matter of fact, the available evidence makes him the most likely suspect. Do you really want to honor such a man?
WHATEVER!! I BET YOU ARE RELATED IF NOT YOU MUST HAD BEEN THE ONE TO PULL THE TRIGGER!! HE WAS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.. OH BUT I GUESS YOU WILL SAY HE DID THAT TO HIS OWN SELF?? BUFORD PUSSER WAS A GREAT MAN WHO HAD THE BALLS TO STAND UP TO THE BASTARDS. WHICH I BET THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD NEVER DO TO STOP THEM. NEXT THING I GUESS YOU WILL SAY CHARLES MANSON WAS FRAMED!!! WHATEVER!!! BUFORD PUSSER WAS A GREAT MAN AND A GREAT LAW MAN. WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM TOUCHED PEOPLE ALL OVER AMERICA!!
@SunnynStormy NOT JUST HIS HOME TOWN!!! BUFORD IS A LEGEND!! ARE YOU TRYING MIKEE TO MAKE A NAME FOR YOUR SELF? PLEASE FIND ANOTHER WAY CAUSE AMERICA CRIED WITH HIS FATHER & HIS KIDS! I AM SURE HIS CHILDREN ARE STILL ALIVE AND WOULD NOT LIKE IT IF THEY KNEW YOU WAS TRASHING THEIR DAD!!. I HAD TO PUT THE REPLY TO MYSELF CAUSE I WANTED TO FINISH WHAT I HAD TO SAY TO YOU.WHY DON'T YOU STAND UP LIKE THIS AGAINST THE LEADERS OF OUR COUNTRY THAT WANT TO PUNISH OUR TROOPS FOR DOING WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO
It looks you have answers to everyones arguments and questions except for one, and i think its an important one. Are you or are you not related to the Hathcock family, or any of the other families the heroic Buford Pusser killed or arrested?
@firefighter3802 I am related to no one on either side of this story. I was getting into law enforcement about the same time "Walking Tall" came out. I alway wondered just how closely the real story was to the original movie plot. I was shocked to learn that the story was so highly embellished . I was even more shocked to learn that Buford was a major part of the problem as opposed to being part of the solution. It was all about greed, money and Pwer.., who had it and who wanted it more.
Gagliardi was always said to have been found dead in the Boston area in 1968. Actually he died of a drug overdose MCI-Walpole (State Prison in Boston, MASS) in January of 1975. This information was conveyed to me by a retired Boston Detective friend of mine that knew him well. I don't know if Gagliardi wasa one of the triggermen but I do know that he wasn't found floating in Boston Harbor like Morris says in his books. Pusser had no motive to kill Pauline. He had to raise 3 kids on his own.
It may interest you to know that I own property in Michie and have talked to dozens of locals about Pusser and the ambush over the years not to mention owning every book ever published about Buford Pusser. Did some people hate him? Yes of course but most of the people I spoke to liked and respected him. A lot of the book written by W.R. Morris are filled with inaccuracies I have done my own research about the ambush and can tell you that one of the so called trigger men, namely Carmine Raymond.
If you really think that Buford's injuries were self inflicted then you are a MORON. His face was shot off and it was a miracle that he survived at all. I have seen the original poloroids at the museum, have you? I guess not.
Well, I know that from the very first moment after the incident, there was a controversy. I do not know myself. I was not there that day. All I remember is that there were a lot of people who thought from the very beginning that the whole thing was "staged". God knows the truth.
Have you seen any proof that Buford was shot twice in the ambush? That is a myth. Photos taken immediately after the ambush show that his jaw was not blown off either. (See Crimemyths photo section). Forget everything you think you know about the story and research it objectively. You will find that Buford was as much of a criminal as those he was said to have fought against. We were fooled into believing that he was a hero by the movie "Walking Tall". Verify everything you hear.
Chip.., you need to evaluate information that has been found. Photos of Pusser's fury taken after the alleged ambush. Evaluate statements he made afterwards and learn what other people connected to the story had to say. For instatnce Pauline's best friends says that Pauline and Buford were separated at the time of the ambush and that Pauline was planning to leave Buford because of his corruption. Visit crimemyths at yahoogroups for more info. Just type crimemyths in your search box.
In the video I think it said Pusser was hit just one time, actually that is not accurate he was actually hit twice blowing his jaw off. Buford killed 2 people Louis Hathcock and and Charles Hamilton. Anyone following the movie don't get misled because Buford said the movie was only 60% accurate. Alot believe Carl was a sawmill guy only, but in fact was Chief of Police when Buford was elected. In the movie they stitched him up after being cut, but the 192 stitches were to the face and head.
I too have visited the Pusser home and I have also visited with many of the people who lived the true story along with Buford. Their stories about those days differ greatly in some instances with Buford's version. By the way, Buford didn't have a deputy named Grady, Jim Moffett was his chief deputy, You see, you believe the mvie version even down to the fictious name "Grady". You need to look at evidence ..., not the movie. Only then will you begin to see the truth.
@mikeelam2010 I have read what you have written here and at crimemyths. I have no doubt Pusser was no angel, but to say he staged the killing of his wife makes you look like a fool. NO MAN ALIVE is going to shoot his friggin jaw off to MAKE IT LOOK good! He might have shot himself in the arm or leg, but NOT THE FACE! Are you a relative of Towhead White or Louise Hathcock? I'm 57 and knew people who lived in Corinth at the time. The hathcocks and White did everything illegal.
i have visited the site and the pusser house numerous times in passing thru mcnairy county. i have talked with Buford's relatives,and even the daughter of his deputy Grady. all i know is that Buford was ambushed on that morning..he was severely injured and his wife was killed! no doubt it was an extremely traumatic incident in his life,and it is entirely possible his memory of all the details was a little foggy! to suggest in any way that he killed his wife with an accomplice however is absurd!
You are correct. This is a photo that has often been associated with the alleged ambush by the media. I have argued the same point myself. I suspect some used a stock photo not knowing the difference when the original story was printed.
I have interviewed the first person on scene at the ambush that morning. They too say the photo is not an accurate representation of what they observed. They did say however that all of the shell casings were in one small spot.
ARE YOU INSANE? People who have researched the story know that Buford never carried a "big stick" In fact at Buford's trial for the robbery of the Plantation Club, W.O. Hathcock testified it was Marvin King Jr that struck him with a "blunt instrument"..., not Buford Pusser. Marvin King Jr and Jerry Wright were alleged to have assisted Buford with the robbery, yet Buford took credit for the "big Stick". How much do actually you know about the real story?
Are you insane. I followed this story as it happened every single day for months and months. There is NO WAY, he did that. Such Lies as this came straight from the mouths of those that HE hit with that big stick. Sounds like some of them still need a wack.
While Buford claimed tha he was ambushed by a Cadillac, it was actually the TBI that suggested that the Cadillac may have been hiding behind the church on New Hope Road. If you have been to the area, you know the church was about the only place where an ambush party could have laid in waiting..., and this is probably why the TBI suggested the spot. Ironically, there was never any evidence found that the Cadillac even existed. It all hinged on Buford's word.
Have you considered that Buford had an accomplice who messed up the shot or even double crossed Buford? Why don't you tell us how a gunman could pull along side Bufords parked vehicle (with the driver's door open) fire twelve shots at a range of three to five feet and miss eleven times? Also explain how blood got on the front end, hood outside windshiled and roof of the car if the Pusser's never exited the vehicle as Buford claimed. Why is it wrong to examine the flaws in Buford's story?
Yes, it is rather idiotic to think that a gunman could sit three to five feet away from his intended target, fire approximately twelve times and hit his target only once..., only wounding him. Only an idiot would believe that the gunman would then drive off leaving his intended victim alive.
@mikeelam2010 You didn't answer the man's question. But to answer yours, I used to watch movies and think- they couldn't miss anybody as much as they show. But then I started noticing Police reports where 25-30 shots were fired and only one person was wounded. Even professional hit men would not take time to aim as you show. Both sides would have the fear of being shot themselves. You would point and shoot QUICKLY, not taking time to aim-and certainly not with a scope at five feet!
One of the weapons of organized crime is destroying the truth. One fact of the ambush is that Buford was shot in the face with a shotgun. Chances of surviving that were astronomical. Were the shooters rifle experts or average Joes? That could explain the lack of aim at a moving target that was speeding up, slowing down and most likely swerving. With the weapons held at the window at an angle aiming at Buford's window, the shells would be ejected onto the road.
@cowboy7700 Buford was allegedly shot with a .30 caliber M1 carbine. Buford had stopped his car. He was not a moving target. Many people believe that he was actually shot with a smaller caliber handgun. Considering charges leveled by so many locals regarding Buford taking payoffs, it sound as if he were part of the problem. Visit crimemyths for more details.
One weapon of organized crime is by using words to instill doubt in the truth. One fact that cannot be overlooked is that Buford was shot in the face, which nearly blew his jaw off. That could have been staged, it is a FACT! Were the shooters firearms experts or just average Joes? That could explain their lack of aim plus Buford was probably swerving trying to run them off the road (speculation). The shells being outside the car is explained by the weapon being held outside the vehicle.
@cowboy7700Buford said the he stopped at the second ambush site to check on Pauline. He said he opened his door "and they were on me again." Buford, by his own statement, was in a parked car with the door open at the second site. There was no, speeding up, slowing down or swerving. That is what makes it so unbelieveable that Buford was hit only once out of twelve shots fired at the second site. The gunman was in a car that only three to five feet from Buford. The ambush was staged.
@boydjr88fan No, the dumbass is the one who has fails to examine the available evidence from the alleged ambush or interview any of the people who were involved in the ambush investigation. They are the ones making their assessments based on ficticous information gained from the movies.
There's some obvious mistakes in the investigation here---Pusser loved his wif dearly and wouldn't have ever harmed her for anything----he didn't kill her anfd to suggest it is stupid in my opinion. He wasn't the shooter---the mob against him killed pauline to get back at him and were trying to kill him too---but for some reason he was hit only once--maybe just happened that way---sounds sort of unelieveable but strange things can happen like that in the heat of the moment----
@micmoable Yes, some mistakes have been made..mostly by you. I interviewed several people including Lavon Plunk, Pauline's best friend. She told me of being with Pauline just hours before the ambush and what transpired. Buford was cheating on Pauline and she was about to leave him and report his corruption to the TBI. Pauline had backed Buford into a corner. Even the TBI was aware that the Pussers were separated. Buford loved Pauline? your kidding ...., right?
@mikeelam2010 I was just going on what the movie and the two books said---didn't know they were separated--the books and movie never said that----so you may be right--dang it sounds interesting anyhow---sounds like you've done some serious interviewing and all---you must be someone trying to put a book together yourself?
@micmoable I have made several trips to the area and have become friends with people from both sides of the real story. No, I'm not planning a book. I was simply interested in learning the real story when it became obvious that the books and movies misrepresented so many things. The real story is much more interesting than the movie when you get into the middle of it. Pusser was as corrupt as anyone he was supposed to be fighting against.
@micmoable You have to ask yourself..., If I had been the shooter and was three to five feet away from Buford who was sitting in a parked car, would I have missed him 11 out of 12 shots? If neither Buford or Pauline got out of the car, how did the blood spatter get on the front end, hood, roof etc. Why did the movie and WR Morris forget to tell us that the Pussers were actually separated? Why did they not mention Pauline's threat to report Buford's corruption? Those are some of my reasons
Just curious Mike, have you read the actual police reports from....I'm sure various agencies + photos etc?? Now THAT would be interesting esp since TBI and FBI we're supposed to be involved in this incident. (I read it somewhere that 2-4 agencies would be investigating-1967)
@impossibledrms Tennessee is a closed state and information is not available from the TBI. All that we can find in FBI files is that the Memphis office is "following" the local investigation "and will keep the Bureau informed". The FBI did offer the use of their laboratory services, however there is no indication those were utilized as the state had similar services. Mississippi assisted with the investigation, however, all these investigation led to the arrests of zero suspects.
@mikeelam2010 Utter nonsense! There have been sitiations where armed robbers and police have fired on one another at point blank range, standing still, and both missed! The likelyhood of a miss is even more certain from a moving car. The so-called professional hitman you speak of was Kirksey McCord Nix, who was the "head of the Dixie mafia" at the time. Nix was/is a chubby little guy, who is doing life in Angola. U really think Buford blew his own jaw off to stage his wife's murder?
@wire4paladin You need to read Pusser's statements about the Shooting and look at the evidence. Pusser said his car was parked, his door opened and he was behind the steering wheel when the Caddy pulled up beside him. All shots entered the drivers side windows..., range 3 to 5 feet. THIS WAS NOT A SHOOT OUT WHERE EVERYONE MISSES..., this was an assassination attempt where the shooter has the advantage. The fact that Nix was a "chubby little guy" is irrelevent to the accuracy of the shots.
@wire4paladin Lack of physical training does impact stressful shooting stiuations.Ur depiction shows a left-handed shooter,was Nix left-handed? If not,did he shoot left-handed that day?If he didn't,he would've shot crossed over.Either way,it's another huge factor.Ur depiction shows shooter taking careful aim.I doubt the shooter,in this situation,took careful aim. It's more likely that he fired into Pusser's vehicle randomly,& at will,which would explain innacuracy & the need for numerous shots.
@wire4paladin You have missed the point altogether. I am suggesting that there was no ambush at all. As such, this would of course rule out physical training, weight, osy shape and size etc. Stated simply, I don't beieve that Buford was attacked by parties unknown to him as he suggested. I did not suggest that Nix was involved. My point is that according to Buford, he was sitting still at pont blank range. This was not a shoot out, but an alleged assassination attempt. it doesn't wash.
@mikeelam2010 I know what U R suggesting,& I'm suggesting there WAS an ambush, & that it IS difficult to shoot a long rifle from a car window, or door. And that when ur heart is pounding & your lungs are heaving, because U R all pumped up from adrenaline, it is very likely that you WILL miss in the heat of the situation. Especially if you are not combat shooting trained. Add poor physical conditioning, or lack thereof, & the hvy breathing, heart pounding, becomes more of a hindrance 2 accuracy.
@wire4paladin Lets examine the history of a few assassins. Lee Harvey Oswald,,,succeeded, John Wilkes Booth... succeeded. James Earl Ray... Succeeded. Sirhan Sirhan..succeeded. Leon Czolgosz...succeeded. Charles J Guiteau...succeeded. Mark David Chapman...Succeeded. Do you know the training or physical condition of each of these men..,not that it seems to matter as they were all successful in their assassination attempts. Pusser's alleged assassin was only 3 to 5 feet away and failed??
@mikeelam2010 R U serious??? Vladimir Arutinian -FAILED Francisco Martin Duran - FAILED Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry - FAILED Lynette Fromme - FAILED Michael Abram - FAILED Namba Daisuke - FAILED Richard Lawrence - FAILED Samuel Byck - FAILED John Flammang Schrank - FAILED John Hinckley JR. - FAILED Guiseppe Zangara - FAILED Oscar Collazo - FAILED Arthue Herman Bremer - FAILED. Should I go on?That did little to bolster ur argument,there have been far more assassination failures throughout history.
@wire4paladin R U kidding? Byke..,, Michael (the poker) Abrams, Namba Daisuke and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme??? Now we can really talk about lack of training and lack of physical discipline can't we. Where do I begin??? Maybe lack of proper planning! This is the best you have? Yes there have been far more examples of assassination failiures and you throwing these names into the mix only helps my arguement.
@mikeelam2010 U seem to be missing my point, and what u just wrote was exactly it! Poor planning, training, conditioning, and inexperience is why the attempted murder of Buford Pusser failed! The fact that I cited failures, does nothing to help ur argument, it proves that failures of murder/assassination, even at close range, are more common, contrary to what U were trying to convey.
@wire4paladin The failures(people) that you mentioned were not of the same criminal caliber as Nix so one would expect them to fail and besides, you haven't addressed the inconsistancies at the ambush scenes, the blood on the car, the shell casings, Pusser's inability to identify Nix, a man he was familiar with. You haven't addressed Pusser's marital problems or Pauline's threats (known to others) that she was going to leave Buford and report his corruption. Buford had motive.
@mikeelam2010 Have you been to McNairy County or visited with any of the people from the real story. Both law enforcement personnel of that time and the stateliners alike will tell you that Pusser was corrupt. Pauline's best friend will tell you what she saw the morning prior to the alleged ambush. It appears that you are aligned with the "legend" rather than the real story. Nix may have played a part, but unlike what you think. Have you done any real reseach into the story?
@wire4paladin Why are you critical of me for showing a left handed shooter? You can't identify who the shooter was so how would you know if he was right or left handed? You are assuming it was Nix in the car where as I am assuming the Pusser may have killed his own wife. Nix was Dixie Mafia and a killer. Do you really believe if it was Nix that he would miss 11 out of 12 shots at the second site at a range of 3 to 5 feet? What about the rest of the evidence at the scene? Explain all of that
@wire4paladin it is possible that in an attempt to wound himself that the gun accidently went off while he was trying to place the gun in the desired position or maybe their was a double cross. but you do make some good arguments as far as the shooter not being able to take careful aim.
@bgshort99 Only an idiot would attempt 2 wound themselve with an M-1 rifle, and I don't believe Pusser was an idiot. No one w/a brain would place the muzzle of an M-1 rifle anywhere near themselves during discharge. The muzzle blast velocityof a weapon of this caliber, alone, would've ripped Pusser's face off, leaving major burns & evidence of gunpowder residue all over him.
@wire4paladin i am not really too familiar with the various types of guns but it very well could have been his accomplice..possibly a double-cross. i dont think pusser was the smartest guy in the world. this guy was driving 120 miles per hour on a curvey road when he wrecked and was killed. his biographer stated was when intoxicated, pusser was uncivilized. but whatever the case may be, mike has obviously uncovered a lot of unanswered questions and there is a lot more to the story.
@bgshort99 Pusser WAS familiar w/guns. And I'm not saying Pusser was a paragon of virtue, I'm saying that there isn't evidence to suggest that Pusser staged an ambush. Conspiracy theorists have to invent things, like a possible "accomplice" in order for their theory to be plausible. Imagination must be used and doubt must be injected. Without any of these, there is no evidence to suggest an accomplice, or anything other than what Pusser claimed to have happened.
@bgshort99 Pusser could have been mistaken about the cadi being behind the church. He could've been going faster than 45mph, there was no "professional hitman",he was merely a criminal who could've easily missed difficult shost in the excitement, and I'm sure Pusser didn't sit there,as depicted,w/hands on steering wheel as the gunman was shooting at him The shell casings were likely placed there by incompetent officers who picked them up at the scene;crime scene training was minimal back then.
@wire4paladin To be clear, Pusser never placed the Cadillac behind the church.., that was a TBI therory. Pusser did identify the vehicle as a Cadillac. He stated it was occupied by three people. He only got a look at the passenger in the front seat. If you have driven New Hope Road, you know there was no place for a Cadillac to hide other than behind the church, thus the grounds for the therory. The caddy could not have caught Pusser at the first ambush site if he were going 45 mph.
@wire4paladin To be clear, Pusser never placed the Cadillac behind the church.., that was a TBI therory. Pusser did identify the vehicle as a Cadillac. He stated it was occupied by three people. He only got a look at the passenger in the front seat. If you have driven New Hope Road, you know there was no place for a Cadillac to hide other than behind the church, thus the grounds for the therory. The caddy could not have caught Pusser at the first site if he were going 45 mph.
@wire4paladin A man the size of Pusser wound have been difficult to miss at a range of 3 to 5 feet regardless of who was shooting. I have interviewed the first person on scene that morning (a civilian) and he decribed the entire scene with accuracy that was confirned by the TBI photographer. The first officer on scene at the ambush sites was R.C. Matlock. I reference ambush scenes as the Pusser vehicle was located several miles away at McCoys Grocery store on Hwy 45.
@mikeelam2010 First off dopey Buford was shot "3" TIMES in the face which blew his jaw half off. Get your facts straight. Say Hello to your buddy whats his name something Hathcock. You know the realitive of Louise Hathcock. Whom was the maddam for the state line mob and whom Buford killed in self defense. Thats the kind of company this Mike guy keeps. No one should listen to this fucking idiot., Thats for sure.
@valiantbros LOL... maybe you should show us some documentation that Buford was shot three times in the face. I will settle for any medical report or TBI investigation report that states this. Do you have any idea what would have happened to Buford had he been shot three times with a .30 caliber M1? Pauline was shot twice and it blew the entire top and back of her head off. Ward Moore had to rebuild her head just to have something to place a wig on for the funeral. You know nothing about this
@valiantbros Where is your integrity valiantbros? You forgot to mention to mention all of the other people I have visited while search of the truth. People like Former Sheriffs James Opal Gray and Paul Ervin. You failed to point out that I have also visited with then State Medical Examiner Dr Jerry Francisco and County Coroner Ward Moore. Niether did you mention the names of Lavon Plunk, Oneal Moffett or Pusser friend Paul Moore. Why didn't you mention them? Tell the whole truth please.
@mikeelam2010 Why is this your business so many years later? I would like to know what YOUR personal interest is? Have you nothing better to do? What is your problem with Buford Pusser?
@wire4paladin There was nothing to indicate that the shell casing had been disturbed by either the civilian or RC Matlock. Other evidence was found at the second ambush scene as well that I will not mention on this site. As for Buford's wound, he had a history of questionable wounds as all gunshots to his body were all on the left side and all others were non serious. When he was allegedly shot by Russ Hamilton, Pusser didn't even see a doctor. One of the stabbings never happened..all myth.
@wire4paladin What exactly does "handled " mean. Again, I am suggesting that there was no ambush. I disagree that hitting a target at such close range would have been difficult. I consider myself as chubby yet I qualifiy well with firearms of all types. It Bottom line had the attempt been real, Pusser would have been killed. A reenactment shows that the alleged ambush was was most likely staged as the Caddilac would not have caught Buford as he described, You dismiss factors too easily.
@wire4paladin My first question would be, what makes you believe that Nix was involved in the alleged ambush? If he was in your custody, did he confide in you that he was involved in the ambush? If so, why did you not take appropriate actions to have him prosecuted?
We don't know who the shooter was or if there even was one, so how can you suggest what the shooters physical condition was or what his shooting capabilities were?
@mikeelam2010 Not sure if ur purposely being sarcastic/foolish or if you're serious. Do U really think it possible that Nix would've confessed the crime 2 me? Nix was/is/ always has been the suspected gunman by federal, state, & local authorities, and for good reason. It wasn't a hunch, there was/is evidence that puts him there. Authorities know it, but knowing it and proving it in court, R 2 different things. U R aware of this, right?There was a shooter, Pusser did not blow his own jaw off!
@wire4paladin No I don't think Nix would have confessed to you. Pusser never identified Nix as being part of the alleged attempt...that was from W.R Morris. Pusser, according to locals was acquainted with Nix, yet twice given the opportunity to identify Nix as the shooter, Pusser didn't. Pusser was accepting payoffs. He was part of the problem at the state line. Pauline was about to roll over on him. Have you talked with anyone from the real story??? Check your youtube email.
Mike, after reading ALL the posts here, I have a few questions. First, have you EVER fired a gun out of a vehicle that is running at a high rate of speed, bouncing wildly? 2nd.. you keep mentioning the shell casings staying within the Cadillac but then you mention the Caddy has never been found so how can you say this?
You keep mentioning all this evidence you have yet your video is crap. I think your video, your imsinuations and your so-called evidence is pure BS
@wally723A Wally, the cars WERE NOT running at a hight rate of speed. Buford had stopped his car and opened the door when the alleged Cadillac pulled up beside his PARKED vehicle. The shell casings were found on the shoulder of the road in a small pile. I suggested the casing SHOULD have been found either in the middle of the road or ejected in the Cadillac but not on the shoulder of the road on the drivers side of the Cadillac. You obviously didn't follow anything I said closely did you?
Lionpunk kinda has this right in my view. First, assasinations have gone wrong repeatedly, Teddy Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Governor Wallace. Second a pile of shells looks suspicious either for or against your position. Either through a non-professional investigation that doesn't show each of the shell casings and the whole crime scene in one photo or maybe an investigator picked them up later and placed them in a pile to show many rounds were shot. I'd need the whole report/photos.
@impossibledrms TBI Investigator Warren Jones upon seeing the shell casings piled together thought the ambush party had hidden in a thicket along side New Hope Road to try and kill Pusser. it was only later that he learned that Buford was claiming that a Cadillac was involved in the ambush. We attempted to reconstruct the ambush as people have been led to believe it happened. Our Cadillac how ever was not able to catch the Pusser car by the 1st ambush site with it traveling at only 55 mph.
@impossibledrms Pauline had threaten to report Buford's corruption to the FBI and TBI. According to her best frind, Pauline had told Buford that she was going to take the children and leave him as well. In the week prior to the alleged ambush Buford told people that he would be "stalked and killed". Was this nothing more than preperation and an alibi for murdering his own wife. Why would he take Pauline on a distrbance call near the state line? Who was going to "stalk and kill him"?
@impossibledrms Keep in mind that all of these men had the services of protective agencies.Roosevelt, Reagan and Ford were under the protection of the secret service while wallace had the state police for protection. Who was protecting Pusser? No one. Pusser never pulled his gun of fired a shot at either of the two ambush sites. How is it that Pauline was shot twice and killed while Buford was the primary target and survived? He was also the closest to the gun man at a range of 3 to 5 ft.
My ex-father-in-law was from Tennessee and often referred to BP as a thug. But he (ex-father-in-law) was quite a boozer and therefore not exactly unbiased. And since I have always admired BP, I never chose to or felt the need to examine the facts further. However, after reading your website, and being both a former cop and crime scene technician, I find your arguments very compelling - especially the one about the pile of empty cartridges.
@50dcoop While the shell casings are a compelling argument, examine the photo of what a gunman might have seen as he fired at Buford. A car that was stopped, the door open with a target the size of Buford Pusser at a range of 3 to 5 feet and the gunman hits him only once. To me, that says the ambush was staged. Pauline was hit twice in the head, so for me, she was the intended target. You have to step back, forget what you think you know, and look at everything with new eyes.
Buford Pusser was a honerable man and stranger things have happened where gunshots have missed ppl at point blank range as for staging and killing his wife ...nah I dont think so I honestly believe Buford told the truth and was lucky he wasnt killed on that day with his wife,Although I have heard that all the Walking Tall movies were greatly exaggerated and many storylines for the movie never happened in real life like Buford going back to "The Lucky Spot"and using a Big stick on all of them.
@lionpunk1WWE You may need to research Buford a little closer. He and Pauline were having marital problems and were separated. She had threatened to take the children and leave Buford and report his corruption to the FBI& TBI. He was alleged by many to be taking payoffs. I have interviewed several of the people who admit they paid Buford to skirt the law in McNairy County. The entire movie was exaggerated. Forensic evidence does not support Pusser's statements about the ambush.
@lionpunk1WWE This was not a spontaneous shooting where everyone misses..., this was alleged to have been a planned hit. Look at the history of planned hits. Abraham Lincoln, killed.., RFK, Killed..., Martin Luther King, Killed.....Malcolm X Killed..., JFK, killed..., Buford Pusser, wounded??? Ususally when someone is shot in the head twice it is a good sign they were the intended target..., Pauline was the one who was shot in the head twice.
@mikeelam2010 What about Ronald Reagan ,Gerald Ford,George Bush senior in Iraq and also Ruby Ridge Planned hits dont always work out as humans we are capable of making mistakes If we made no mistakes Reagan,Bush,Ford would be dead all the people you mentioned above with the exception of JFK were sitting or standing still with JFK I think they got lucky but Pusser.....yeah I could see a margin of error he could of just been LUCKY after all he was shot before point blank range and lived!
@lionpunk1WWE This post re-enforces my suspicions that you have done no reseach. You actually want to compare Lynette "squeaky" Fromme and Sara Jane Moore to the alleged Dixie Mafia hitmen that Pusser said tried to kill him? Pleeeeze! John Hinckley Jr fired 6 rounds with a .22 caliber hand gun and missed president Reagan with each shot. The sixth shot ricocheted off the Limo and struck Reagan. Bush...how many shots were fired? Have you any proof that Pusser was actually ambushed?
@mikeelam2010 Bush it was a failed bomb attempt By Saddam they found a bomb under his transport vehicle,i wanted to clear up the confusion that yes failed attempts do happen no shots were fired with Bush senior but like I said a failed hit attempt on Bush's life and with Reagan your wrong there was no Ricoche the bullet passed between the opening of the car door...a Lucky bullet already proven with slow motion video,so i think you need to do a little research!
@lionpunk1WWE There would be no confusion if you did your reseach BEFORE you post. As far at the richochet that struck Reagan, do dome more research. As you will see, Reagan was struck by the sixth and final shot that Hinckley fired, which did indeed richochet off the Presidential Lemo. Again, DO SOME RESEARCH! Its is not a sin to be wrong my friend..., just to be ignorant when the information you need is out there.
@lionpunk1WWE would be no confusion if you did your reseach BEFORE you post. As far at the richochet that struck Reagan, do dome more research. As you will see, Reagan was struck by the sixth and final shot that Hinckley fired, which did indeed richochet off the Presidential Lemo. Again, DO SOME RESEARCH! Its is not a sin to be wrong my friend..., just to be ignorant when the information you need is out there.
@mikeelam2010 And the answer to having no proof he was ambushed well lets see they found casings scatterd all over the road all the bullet holes in his car and his wife killed and his face blown off...hmmmmmm how much freakin evidence do you want?
@lionpunk1WWE Shell casings were found in a small pile at the second ambush site with only two shell cadings being found at the bridge. They WERE NOT scattered all over the road as you suggest . Do some research on this. Because they were found in such a concentrated area, TBI Investigator Warren Jones thought the shooter had been hiding in a thicket beside the road, not in an alleged Cadillac. You see my friend, I have far more evidence than you even know exists. Again, do your home work.
@mikeelam2010 As for Pauline being shot twice they used automatic weapons and bullets as you know have no name on them the weapons used more than likely had a 3 round burst pattern and its likely the first bullet missed her and the last 2 hit her surely you cannot deny automatic weapons were used to many shell casings were found to be simple rifles or handguns I just think you wanna believe soooo bad Buford was dirty because your jealous of a true legend, a hero a serviceman he served the ppl!
@lionpunk1WWE You are sooo wrong about sooo many things! The weapon used in the alleged ambush according to Pusser was a M1 carbine, which is a semi automatic rifle requiring a squeeze of the trigger for each shot fired. Secondly Pauline was allegeddly shot the first time at a bridge and again at a secound sight 2.1 miles further down the road. I just think that you want to believe so badly in the legend that you haven't bothered to do any research at all.
@mikeelam2010 First off If you did research you would know that in order to spay a freakin car with that many bullets while moving you would realize that a M1 carbine can and probably was converted to a rapid fire sequence,I mean wouldent they have a better chance of killing him?After all this was a well planned hit according to your sources and when his face was shot off he was on the opposite side of the car with pauline was he not? Which makes perfect sence i think he would of been in shock!
It always seems when a man is no longer alive and capable to defend himself everyone comes out of the woodwork to trounce on his name. It seems to me unless someone has positive evidence just keep your comments to yourself.
medic13601 1 month ago
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SIGNALSTAT 1 month ago
After interviewing people who were involved immediately before as well as immediately after the alleged ambush, I am convinced that Buford lied about how Pauline died. I have interviewed people from both sides of the story (law enforcement and the state line). Pusser was accepting pay offs and everyone seemed to know it. Pauline had confronted women about their affairs with Buford. Pauline had threated to report his corruption and leave him. She died the day she was going to leave.
mikeelam2010 1 month ago
EVER CROSS YOUR MIND THAT THEY CHANGED EVERYTHING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE BUFFORD DID THIS HIMSELF... ITS BEEN KNOWN TO HAPPEN YA KNOW..
worm60 1 month ago
Did a Pig make this video? Figures, a'holes one and all. Oh, and "...had brought with them." Just "brought with them" is fine. Can't even write.
burntskull77 2 months ago
Yea he staged the whole thing then he shot himself in the face with a M1 carbine!!!!! you are an idiot
alan1563 2 months ago
Power corrupts!!!
MrGottabefree 2 months ago
the only ones that truly know what happened that fateful august morning are now for the most part dead there may or not be some still alive but its very doubtful they will break their silence after all this time and for the part of pusser shooting himself how dumb can you be
kix96fan 2 months ago
"He later claimed that he was pursued by a cadillac that was hidden behind a church". Your clip is where I got that idea. Maybe you should study your own film...lmao!!
robro661 4 months ago
I thought he was chased by a cadillac????? The vid shows him as driving one. Get your facts straight.
robro661 4 months ago 2
@robro661 You thought he was chased by a Cadillac? Where did you get that idea? The TBI never established that to be a fact..., nor did the FBI or any other law enforcement agency. As a mater of "FACT", the only person that knew anything about the alleged cadillac was a suspect in the murder of Pauline Pusser. His name....Buford Pusser. Maybe you need to get your facts straight.
mikeelam2010 4 months ago
@mikeelam2010 .....The whole video talks about him being chased by a cadillac but depicts him as driving it!! Keep your day job!!!! lmao!
robro661 4 months ago
@mikeelam2010 the assailants were on unicycles
stevemtc1 4 months ago
@mikeelam2010 in the end I wonder what your really trying to do, and why you have such a bug up your ass about this unless you have a dog in the hunt because your conclusions are twisted to fit what you want them to be. If you looked at this case from in a real investigative manner the best you could say is I don’t know what happened out on that road in 1967 because the road my be the same, but the evidnce is gone, so there must be some other reason you’re pushing your flawed bs so hard.
Dca81152 4 months ago
@mikeelam2010 In your other video about the ambush you wonder how the attackers were able to catch Sheriff Pusser, and then reenact it, but you should also realize if it happened close to the way Sheriff Pusser said it did the people driving those vehicles had nothing to lose, and I'm sure they went a lot faster than you were willing to risk because you cared about your safety and the safety of the others involved in the reenactment, but in 1967 no one gave a damn about how dangerous it was.
Dca81152 4 months ago
@mikeelam2010 You claim to have been a law enforcement officer at one time, if you were you weren’t one for very long , or you weren't very good at your job because any seasoned police investigator knows that unless the individuals involved are specially trained most people who are running or ridding in vehicles can't hit shit. So no it does not amaze me that Sheriff Pusser was only hit once, the fact that his wife was hit would have been more luck, or bad luck, then marksmanship.
Dca81152 4 months ago
@Dca81152 Maybe you should do some research as I have rather than simply watch a ficticious movie that the studio billed as a "true story". NOTHING happened as you saw in "WALKING TALL" You should try interviewing a few of the people who lived the real story as I have.
mikeelam2010 4 months ago
@mikeelam2010 I didn’t the movie was true or not true, I said that your investigative logic is flawed, and you cannot tell anything from a road or guessing at what might have happened. You have no physical evidence to support your theories, and you are only stirring crap for the sake of stirring crap. Nothing you're doing is going to help in anyway, or prove what happened on that road in 1967. Unless they are of people who witnessed the shooting your interviews mean nothing, and are opinions.
Dca81152 4 months ago
@Dca81152 I used some of the crime scene photos of the Fury taken that morning along with Pusser's own statements about the alleged ambush. I included blood spatter information and blood typing. I reviewed information from TBI Investigator Warren Jones and interviewed State Medical Examiner Dr Jerry Francisco. I also gained firsst hand information from people who were first at the scene.. Photos, blood type and blood spatter, interviews time and studies. I am just looking for the truth.
mikeelam2010 4 months ago
@mikeelam2010 So much detail is lost in just a few photos of the car. To preserve a crime scene like this properly would have take hundreds of crime scene photo's, and not just of the damage to the vehicle. The skid marks and scuff's on the roadway along the route, the blood spatters and blood types in the vehicle, on the roadway and on the ground, and where each of the casings were found should have been recorded in both photo's and in investigators sketches.
Dca81152 4 months ago
@Dca81152 Your comments about photos , blood spatter and especially skid marks and shell casings reveal just how little you have researched the alleged ambush. Do you know the events that transpired in the hours prior to the ambush...I do. Those actions are why I don't believe the ambush was real and why the evidence does not support Pusser's story. You seem to be the one with a bug up your ass. Am I stepping on your heroes toes? Things were not as we were led to believe.
mikeelam2010 4 months ago
@mikeelam2010 I never said I researched anything, I said wit out being on scene or having hundreds of photos of the whole scene that you could not have any idea what happened that day. It’s apparent that you still don't know what happened no matter how much you attack anyone who disagrees with you. The fact that you continue to fall back on here say statements really shows that your investigative skills and experience are very limited, and you have no idea how to conduct a proper investigation.
Dca81152 4 months ago
@mikeelam2010 Also Sheriff Pusser is not a hero to me, and I have not been lead to believe anything either way because unlike you I have been in Law Enforcement long enough and been an investigator long enough to know that nothing is exactly as it appears to be. The only reason I've said anything is because you’re such a loud mouth bully, who clearly knows nothing about conducting a proper investigation, and you are just as bad as the people who bend the facts to protect their hero's.
Dca81152 4 months ago
@mikeelam2010 I've been in law enforcement over twenty seven years, I have no affiliation to the Pusser family, and have never met anyone involved, and I merely found your video, and find your investigative logic to be flawed. I have investigated everything from simple assault to 1st degree murder, and there is no way you can make any determination about what happened out on that road in 1967. You can raise a lot of questions, and stir a lot of crap, but you can't prove anything either way.
Dca81152 4 months ago 3
@Dca81152 I have my doubts about the experience you claim to have. Some one with such experience as you claim would easily see that things did not happen as Buford claimed, especially given the events in the hours leading up to the alleged ambush. Who are you trying to fool? Have you researched this matter at all?
mikeelam2010 4 months ago
@mikeelam2010 I would image you are some redneck jerk off who's grand pa probably had a still that was busted by Buford.
ThePrezObozo 1 month ago
@Dca81152 BTW, I am neither a loud mouth nor a bully. I assume that you make these comments as you lack information to engage in an intelligent debate on this matter. Your own conduct would obviously make you the loud mouth and bully. You came here with nothing and have failed to post anything substantial since you arrived. Those are the facts...live with it.
mikeelam2010 4 months ago 3
@mikeelam2010 my experience is a matter of record, through the positions I have filed in over the years, and the Police Instructor Certifications issued to me by the State of Tennessee POST Commission. I am a Certified Police Instructor of; Crime Scene Investigations(Certification #01-28S),Child Abuse Investigations (#01-29S), Interview and Interrogation (#01-31S),Homicide Investigations (#01-71S), Child Sex Abuse Investigations (#01-72S), Criminal Investigations (#01-73S).These are just a few.
Dca81152 4 months ago
@Dca81152 Just you because you have certifications does not mean that you totally know what you are talking about. Anyone can make evidence to support their viewpoint. Haven't police and prosecutors created or misrepresented evidence to fit a case.
medic13601 1 month ago
@mikeelam2010 I am also an instructor in many tactical and Officer survival/self-defense methods. The certification numbers I listed are easily checked through the TN POST Commission if you are a Commissioned Law Enforcement Officer. As I said from the very beginning your investigative logic, method, and follow through are completely flawed. You no more know what happened or didn’t happen that day, then I do, or anyone else does who wasn't there to see what occurred.
Dca81152 4 months ago 2
@Dca81152 I spent 35 plus years in Law Enforcement, and have served as a deputy sheriff, chief of police, homicide detective, among other positions, and this story you have pieced together in effort to defame Buford Hayse Pusser, is the biggest piece of horse crap that I have ever seen; I do not personally know the Pusser family either, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure your so called piecing of the crime scene lacks credability for me...try another story!
KudroK9 2 weeks ago
@mikeelam2010 unless you were there that day, and are a witness to what occurred, then you no nothing more than anyone else. Sheriff Pusser and his wife are both dead, and the other individuals involved are more than likely dead, or not talking. So what ever happened on that back road in McNairy County 44 years ago is unable to be proven either way.
Dca81152 4 months ago
Ok, you got your 15 minutes of "fame", now go away.
texaseyeofthetiger 4 months ago
Let me guess, you are one them conspiracy buffs, who find a conspiracy lurking around every event in the world. Probably one of them "9-11 truthers". You people are disgusting. This is also a disgusting video. Shame on you.
texaseyeofthetiger 4 months ago
What is obvious is that you believe what was shown in the movies. Did you know that when Buford robbed the club he did so with two friends,Jerry Wright and Marvin King Jr and it was King , not Pusser, who used a blunt instrument to beat a lone W.O. Hathcock. My point? If you don't know this then you obviously don't know how badly flawed the rest of Pusser's story is. What would make me belioeve that you have researched the the ambush as I have? Do you know any of the real details?
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mikeelam2010 4 months ago
To the idiot who came up with this ridiculous theory that Sheriff Pusser killed his wife then staged his own shooting - You are a f*cking idiot! Sheriff Pusser is a true American hero & for you to slander him like this is absolutely disgusting. Get a life, you moron.
missstephiH37 4 months ago
The kind that does his research. The kind that looks for the truth. The kind that learns what Buford's step daughter had to say about that day. The kind that located the first person to find the ambush sits that morning. The kind that took the time to see if a Cadillac could have chased Buford down as he reached that bridge. Now..., what kind are you?
mikeelam2010 5 months ago
Whoever put this video up is an asshole.
jgraz42 5 months ago
If you want to reconstruct a crime scene then you should re-enact it with precise accuracy. This includes the weapons, time of day/night and most important the vehicles. A pickup truck in the middle of sunny daylight? Thats just great for accuracy.
At least we know THIS video was staged..lol
tangledline 5 months ago
@tangledline Oh yeah and obviously the victims-but that goes without saying.
tangledline 5 months ago
Worst crap I've ever seen. I'm sure the man shot himself in the mouth! What a crock!
Leghornius1 5 months ago
Before even hearing of this video I thought it was quite a coincidence the day she was riding with him he gets attacked, didnt anyone else find that odd?
crmfghtr 5 months ago
Pauline had grown tired of Buford's womanizing. She had just publicly confronted one one regarding her affair with Buford. Pauline then threatened to take the children, leave Buford and report his corruption (taking payoffs). Their vacation was a cover story for Pauline leaving as she did not plan to return home from her parents according to her best friend. Buford could not allow her to talk to authorities as it would bring him and several friends down. Killing her answered the problem.
mikeelam2010 6 months ago
@mikeelam2010 There was no such thing as a professional Dixie Mafia hitman, he was a member of the Dixie Mafia ( no professional ). Also if you have never fired a full auto weapon then you have no Idea. I would bet that you could'nt hit a 55 gal drum more than once traveling at 45 miles per hour. Not to mention a human.
Buford Pusser was and is an American Hero. Find something else to do....................
Viperjuice1 5 months ago
One problem with your theory.... what was his motive for killing his wife? This wasn't a random or accidental killing so there had to be one...
Lars1224 6 months ago
Thirdgen83, have you ever noticed the scars on his face? Oh wait, that must be special make-up effects. No seriously, how much do you know about firearms? My uncle was shot in the eye by a small caliber firearm, and with the exception of his glass eye, you couldn't tell it. I've also met a person with a small scar on his jaw and it was from a shot with a small caliber bullet. I don't feel a need to defend Pusser, but from all the points made in this film it seems so, so, so unlikely he did it..
bigbenny350 6 months ago
Okay, there have been some questions about Buford Pusser, but this one seems absurb. Then again, maybe it is true. Just like we never went to the moon and the images were shot on a sound stage. Just like President Johnson was deeply involved in the shooting of President Kennedy. Just like the government destroyed the World Trade Center and it wasn't terrorists. We cloiuld go on, but I've got more important things to do right now....Buford staged shooting part of his face off? Yea, right.
bigbenny350 6 months ago
@bigbenny350 It is likely that Pauline shot him in the face. She carried a small revolver. The would was very much exaggerated. "Part of his face" was NOT shot off. The actual wound was more like that of a small caliber bullet...
Thirdgen83 6 months ago
personal interest/unhealthy obsession with the Pusser story + some outlandish theories. Yep, this is the internet
OrigLanceR 7 months ago
Why would he stage an ambush to have his wife killed? Why have yourself shot in the face where a slight miscalculation could cause your death? If you had any real evidence other than your poorly constructed theories, why have you not gone to CNN, or 60 minutes. The tone of your story indicates that you have a personal interest in this. Why else bring up an incident from long ago and smear a man’s name when he is not here to defend himself.
dben842504 7 months ago
So let me get this straight he set up the ambush, had his wife killed, had himself shot in the face (a rather odd place to have yourself shot since facial wounds bleed profusely, why not get shot in the shoulder, arm or torso? Less chance of bleeding out that way) and get your wife to sit still while you have someone shoot her. Are you aware that it is very difficult even for a good shot to shoot from a moving car moving up and down, going side to side. Your theory has a lot of problems.
dben842504 7 months ago
why would he kill his wife?doesnt make sense and then die himself by another ambush so did he stage that himself? all this is so silly considering it is long past an we will never know the real truth aside from those who were close enough to the real story to tell it it is by this and all legends that we follow IN ANYTHING HISTORICALLY SPOKEN i loved walking tall bo svenson played it so well
allisonm991 7 months ago
The photo shows necked down cases, M1 Carbines 30 cal. Cases are not necked down. They are straight and the bullets are knurled in the case like a 38 cal would be.
DiaishiAkye 8 months ago
Do you actually think he would sit still while they were shooting at him. Remember these guys were just poor white trash with poor aim, terrible equipment, and bad attitudes. Pusser was thrashing and dodging there shots. An Ambush.............hahahaa The dumbest idea in the world , there to much to go wrong. That proves to me the ambushers were just dumb backwater idiots with bad aim.
DiaishiAkye 8 months ago
@DiaishiAkye You act as if you knew the "poor white trash" that were alleged to be shooting at him. Name them! Show us that they were as you described. All we have is Pusser version of the alleged ambush that is not backed by the evidence left behind. So tell us..., why should we believe Pusser's version of the story? Do you have anything to offer?
mikeelam2010 8 months ago
@mikeelam2010 Yup sure do. The shooters were inexperienced. They just shot and killed his wife missing Pusser. His reaction was to take them out. So you have retaliation on both parts, determination on both parts, Fear on both parts, anger on both parts, adrenalin over load on both parts. When you have life on the line anything becomes possible no matter how impossible it sounds. Look at the Kennedy Assassination that looked impossible too, but it happen. Oh and stay frosty bro.
DiaishiAkye 8 months ago
@DiaishiAkye LOL have you ever read Buford's statement about the alleged ambush?" Obviously not. How do we know they were "poor white trash?" I don 't recall anyone ever being arrested for us to know that or condition of their weapon. Sounds like we just found a better candidate for "backwater idiot" as your own aim in this conversation is way of the mark.
mikeelam2010 7 months ago
@mikeelam2010 : Reading your statements one would get the opinion, that you are more upset by the fact of the "poor white trash" Comment than the real issue at hand. It would seem that there is more than meets the eye here. Sounds like someone had a vendetta rather than showing the real truth. In fact vigilantes may have been involved to protect the actual criminal acts that were committed. Actually your reaction to the simulation being so volatile there is something more than meets the eye.
DiaishiAkye 6 months ago
FF3802 How old Are You, Everything about what the PUBLIC watched and Lived is TRUE Don't Dishonor a American Hero. Thank You
62aquaman 9 months ago
One step daugher knew the truth and told reporter Cammy Wilson some of it . Mike left the Pusser family. Only Dwana contends that "Walking Tall" was a true story but avoids answering any hard questions. What about Pauline? Shouldn't her story be told? Did she deserve what happened to her. There is no proof that Pusser's story of the ambush is true. As a matter of fact, the available evidence makes him the most likely suspect. Do you really want to honor such a man?
mikeelam2010 9 months ago
WHATEVER!! I BET YOU ARE RELATED IF NOT YOU MUST HAD BEEN THE ONE TO PULL THE TRIGGER!! HE WAS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.. OH BUT I GUESS YOU WILL SAY HE DID THAT TO HIS OWN SELF?? BUFORD PUSSER WAS A GREAT MAN WHO HAD THE BALLS TO STAND UP TO THE BASTARDS. WHICH I BET THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD NEVER DO TO STOP THEM. NEXT THING I GUESS YOU WILL SAY CHARLES MANSON WAS FRAMED!!! WHATEVER!!! BUFORD PUSSER WAS A GREAT MAN AND A GREAT LAW MAN. WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM TOUCHED PEOPLE ALL OVER AMERICA!!
SunnynStormy 9 months ago
@SunnynStormy NOT JUST HIS HOME TOWN!!! BUFORD IS A LEGEND!! ARE YOU TRYING MIKEE TO MAKE A NAME FOR YOUR SELF? PLEASE FIND ANOTHER WAY CAUSE AMERICA CRIED WITH HIS FATHER & HIS KIDS! I AM SURE HIS CHILDREN ARE STILL ALIVE AND WOULD NOT LIKE IT IF THEY KNEW YOU WAS TRASHING THEIR DAD!!. I HAD TO PUT THE REPLY TO MYSELF CAUSE I WANTED TO FINISH WHAT I HAD TO SAY TO YOU.WHY DON'T YOU STAND UP LIKE THIS AGAINST THE LEADERS OF OUR COUNTRY THAT WANT TO PUNISH OUR TROOPS FOR DOING WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO
SunnynStormy 9 months ago
It looks you have answers to everyones arguments and questions except for one, and i think its an important one. Are you or are you not related to the Hathcock family, or any of the other families the heroic Buford Pusser killed or arrested?
firefighter3802 10 months ago 2
@firefighter3802 I am related to no one on either side of this story. I was getting into law enforcement about the same time "Walking Tall" came out. I alway wondered just how closely the real story was to the original movie plot. I was shocked to learn that the story was so highly embellished . I was even more shocked to learn that Buford was a major part of the problem as opposed to being part of the solution. It was all about greed, money and Pwer.., who had it and who wanted it more.
mikeelam2010 10 months ago
Amen to that Darthvader710
mcgregordaniel1 10 months ago
Gagliardi was always said to have been found dead in the Boston area in 1968. Actually he died of a drug overdose MCI-Walpole (State Prison in Boston, MASS) in January of 1975. This information was conveyed to me by a retired Boston Detective friend of mine that knew him well. I don't know if Gagliardi wasa one of the triggermen but I do know that he wasn't found floating in Boston Harbor like Morris says in his books. Pusser had no motive to kill Pauline. He had to raise 3 kids on his own.
mcgregordaniel1 10 months ago
It may interest you to know that I own property in Michie and have talked to dozens of locals about Pusser and the ambush over the years not to mention owning every book ever published about Buford Pusser. Did some people hate him? Yes of course but most of the people I spoke to liked and respected him. A lot of the book written by W.R. Morris are filled with inaccuracies I have done my own research about the ambush and can tell you that one of the so called trigger men, namely Carmine Raymond.
mcgregordaniel1 10 months ago
If you really think that Buford's injuries were self inflicted then you are a MORON. His face was shot off and it was a miracle that he survived at all. I have seen the original poloroids at the museum, have you? I guess not.
mcgregordaniel1 10 months ago
Serious bullplop.
Hot80s 11 months ago
why would his wife have been with him if she was wanting to leave him ?
MudSlinger1969 11 months ago
Who cares? Buford was taking out the trash. Sometimes you need to use trash to take out the trash.
ShatteredUSA 11 months ago
Well, I know that from the very first moment after the incident, there was a controversy. I do not know myself. I was not there that day. All I remember is that there were a lot of people who thought from the very beginning that the whole thing was "staged". God knows the truth.
awrightm100 1 year ago
Have you seen any proof that Buford was shot twice in the ambush? That is a myth. Photos taken immediately after the ambush show that his jaw was not blown off either. (See Crimemyths photo section). Forget everything you think you know about the story and research it objectively. You will find that Buford was as much of a criminal as those he was said to have fought against. We were fooled into believing that he was a hero by the movie "Walking Tall". Verify everything you hear.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
Chip.., you need to evaluate information that has been found. Photos of Pusser's fury taken after the alleged ambush. Evaluate statements he made afterwards and learn what other people connected to the story had to say. For instatnce Pauline's best friends says that Pauline and Buford were separated at the time of the ambush and that Pauline was planning to leave Buford because of his corruption. Visit crimemyths at yahoogroups for more info. Just type crimemyths in your search box.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
In the video I think it said Pusser was hit just one time, actually that is not accurate he was actually hit twice blowing his jaw off. Buford killed 2 people Louis Hathcock and and Charles Hamilton. Anyone following the movie don't get misled because Buford said the movie was only 60% accurate. Alot believe Carl was a sawmill guy only, but in fact was Chief of Police when Buford was elected. In the movie they stitched him up after being cut, but the 192 stitches were to the face and head.
chip10289 1 year ago
I too have visited the Pusser home and I have also visited with many of the people who lived the true story along with Buford. Their stories about those days differ greatly in some instances with Buford's version. By the way, Buford didn't have a deputy named Grady, Jim Moffett was his chief deputy, You see, you believe the mvie version even down to the fictious name "Grady". You need to look at evidence ..., not the movie. Only then will you begin to see the truth.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 I have read what you have written here and at crimemyths. I have no doubt Pusser was no angel, but to say he staged the killing of his wife makes you look like a fool. NO MAN ALIVE is going to shoot his friggin jaw off to MAKE IT LOOK good! He might have shot himself in the arm or leg, but NOT THE FACE! Are you a relative of Towhead White or Louise Hathcock? I'm 57 and knew people who lived in Corinth at the time. The hathcocks and White did everything illegal.
jimandmarcus 1 year ago
i have visited the site and the pusser house numerous times in passing thru mcnairy county. i have talked with Buford's relatives,and even the daughter of his deputy Grady. all i know is that Buford was ambushed on that morning..he was severely injured and his wife was killed! no doubt it was an extremely traumatic incident in his life,and it is entirely possible his memory of all the details was a little foggy! to suggest in any way that he killed his wife with an accomplice however is absurd!
dixieedd 1 year ago
You are correct. This is a photo that has often been associated with the alleged ambush by the media. I have argued the same point myself. I suspect some used a stock photo not knowing the difference when the original story was printed.
I have interviewed the first person on scene at the ambush that morning. They too say the photo is not an accurate representation of what they observed. They did say however that all of the shell casings were in one small spot.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
That can´t be the actual casings that was found on the sight. .30 caliber M1carbine are "straight" cartridges, not bottle necked as shown!?
1339LARS 1 year ago
ARE YOU INSANE? People who have researched the story know that Buford never carried a "big stick" In fact at Buford's trial for the robbery of the Plantation Club, W.O. Hathcock testified it was Marvin King Jr that struck him with a "blunt instrument"..., not Buford Pusser. Marvin King Jr and Jerry Wright were alleged to have assisted Buford with the robbery, yet Buford took credit for the "big Stick". How much do actually you know about the real story?
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
Are you insane. I followed this story as it happened every single day for months and months. There is NO WAY, he did that. Such Lies as this came straight from the mouths of those that HE hit with that big stick. Sounds like some of them still need a wack.
DebBCanady 1 year ago
While Buford claimed tha he was ambushed by a Cadillac, it was actually the TBI that suggested that the Cadillac may have been hiding behind the church on New Hope Road. If you have been to the area, you know the church was about the only place where an ambush party could have laid in waiting..., and this is probably why the TBI suggested the spot. Ironically, there was never any evidence found that the Cadillac even existed. It all hinged on Buford's word.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
Very interesting! I'm intrigued.
kypuller79 1 year ago
Have you considered that Buford had an accomplice who messed up the shot or even double crossed Buford? Why don't you tell us how a gunman could pull along side Bufords parked vehicle (with the driver's door open) fire twelve shots at a range of three to five feet and miss eleven times? Also explain how blood got on the front end, hood outside windshiled and roof of the car if the Pusser's never exited the vehicle as Buford claimed. Why is it wrong to examine the flaws in Buford's story?
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
hey Mikeelam, I guess Buford shot his own jaw off also? you're an idiot
rpusser 1 year ago
Yes, it is rather idiotic to think that a gunman could sit three to five feet away from his intended target, fire approximately twelve times and hit his target only once..., only wounding him. Only an idiot would believe that the gunman would then drive off leaving his intended victim alive.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 You didn't answer the man's question. But to answer yours, I used to watch movies and think- they couldn't miss anybody as much as they show. But then I started noticing Police reports where 25-30 shots were fired and only one person was wounded. Even professional hit men would not take time to aim as you show. Both sides would have the fear of being shot themselves. You would point and shoot QUICKLY, not taking time to aim-and certainly not with a scope at five feet!
jimandmarcus 1 year ago
what an idiot
1992ta305 1 year ago
DIXIE MAFIA WERE CRAZY SOB'S!!!
themississippikidful 1 year ago
One of the weapons of organized crime is destroying the truth. One fact of the ambush is that Buford was shot in the face with a shotgun. Chances of surviving that were astronomical. Were the shooters rifle experts or average Joes? That could explain the lack of aim at a moving target that was speeding up, slowing down and most likely swerving. With the weapons held at the window at an angle aiming at Buford's window, the shells would be ejected onto the road.
cowboy7700 1 year ago
@cowboy7700 Buford was allegedly shot with a .30 caliber M1 carbine. Buford had stopped his car. He was not a moving target. Many people believe that he was actually shot with a smaller caliber handgun. Considering charges leveled by so many locals regarding Buford taking payoffs, it sound as if he were part of the problem. Visit crimemyths for more details.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
One weapon of organized crime is by using words to instill doubt in the truth. One fact that cannot be overlooked is that Buford was shot in the face, which nearly blew his jaw off. That could have been staged, it is a FACT! Were the shooters firearms experts or just average Joes? That could explain their lack of aim plus Buford was probably swerving trying to run them off the road (speculation). The shells being outside the car is explained by the weapon being held outside the vehicle.
cowboy7700 1 year ago
@cowboy7700Buford said the he stopped at the second ambush site to check on Pauline. He said he opened his door "and they were on me again." Buford, by his own statement, was in a parked car with the door open at the second site. There was no, speeding up, slowing down or swerving. That is what makes it so unbelieveable that Buford was hit only once out of twelve shots fired at the second site. The gunman was in a car that only three to five feet from Buford. The ambush was staged.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
whoever thinks that is a dumbass
boydjr88fan 1 year ago
@boydjr88fan No, the dumbass is the one who has fails to examine the available evidence from the alleged ambush or interview any of the people who were involved in the ambush investigation. They are the ones making their assessments based on ficticous information gained from the movies.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
There's some obvious mistakes in the investigation here---Pusser loved his wif dearly and wouldn't have ever harmed her for anything----he didn't kill her anfd to suggest it is stupid in my opinion. He wasn't the shooter---the mob against him killed pauline to get back at him and were trying to kill him too---but for some reason he was hit only once--maybe just happened that way---sounds sort of unelieveable but strange things can happen like that in the heat of the moment----
micmoable 1 year ago
@micmoable Yes, some mistakes have been made..mostly by you. I interviewed several people including Lavon Plunk, Pauline's best friend. She told me of being with Pauline just hours before the ambush and what transpired. Buford was cheating on Pauline and she was about to leave him and report his corruption to the TBI. Pauline had backed Buford into a corner. Even the TBI was aware that the Pussers were separated. Buford loved Pauline? your kidding ...., right?
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 I was just going on what the movie and the two books said---didn't know they were separated--the books and movie never said that----so you may be right--dang it sounds interesting anyhow---sounds like you've done some serious interviewing and all---you must be someone trying to put a book together yourself?
micmoable 1 year ago
@micmoable I have made several trips to the area and have become friends with people from both sides of the real story. No, I'm not planning a book. I was simply interested in learning the real story when it became obvious that the books and movies misrepresented so many things. The real story is much more interesting than the movie when you get into the middle of it. Pusser was as corrupt as anyone he was supposed to be fighting against.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 You have your reasons I'm sure----thanks for the info about crimemyths
micmoable 1 year ago
@micmoable You have to ask yourself..., If I had been the shooter and was three to five feet away from Buford who was sitting in a parked car, would I have missed him 11 out of 12 shots? If neither Buford or Pauline got out of the car, how did the blood spatter get on the front end, hood, roof etc. Why did the movie and WR Morris forget to tell us that the Pussers were actually separated? Why did they not mention Pauline's threat to report Buford's corruption? Those are some of my reasons
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 makes me wonder----- that's for sure. something sounds really fishy
micmoable 1 year ago
Who's Buford Pusser?>
BillionDollarZombie 1 year ago
Just curious Mike, have you read the actual police reports from....I'm sure various agencies + photos etc?? Now THAT would be interesting esp since TBI and FBI we're supposed to be involved in this incident. (I read it somewhere that 2-4 agencies would be investigating-1967)
impossibledrms 1 year ago
@impossibledrms Tennessee is a closed state and information is not available from the TBI. All that we can find in FBI files is that the Memphis office is "following" the local investigation "and will keep the Bureau informed". The FBI did offer the use of their laboratory services, however there is no indication those were utilized as the state had similar services. Mississippi assisted with the investigation, however, all these investigation led to the arrests of zero suspects.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 Utter nonsense! There have been sitiations where armed robbers and police have fired on one another at point blank range, standing still, and both missed! The likelyhood of a miss is even more certain from a moving car. The so-called professional hitman you speak of was Kirksey McCord Nix, who was the "head of the Dixie mafia" at the time. Nix was/is a chubby little guy, who is doing life in Angola. U really think Buford blew his own jaw off to stage his wife's murder?
wire4paladin 1 year ago
@wire4paladin You need to read Pusser's statements about the Shooting and look at the evidence. Pusser said his car was parked, his door opened and he was behind the steering wheel when the Caddy pulled up beside him. All shots entered the drivers side windows..., range 3 to 5 feet. THIS WAS NOT A SHOOT OUT WHERE EVERYONE MISSES..., this was an assassination attempt where the shooter has the advantage. The fact that Nix was a "chubby little guy" is irrelevent to the accuracy of the shots.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
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wire4paladin 1 year ago
@wire4paladin Lack of physical training does impact stressful shooting stiuations.Ur depiction shows a left-handed shooter,was Nix left-handed? If not,did he shoot left-handed that day?If he didn't,he would've shot crossed over.Either way,it's another huge factor.Ur depiction shows shooter taking careful aim.I doubt the shooter,in this situation,took careful aim. It's more likely that he fired into Pusser's vehicle randomly,& at will,which would explain innacuracy & the need for numerous shots.
wire4paladin 1 year ago
@wire4paladin You have missed the point altogether. I am suggesting that there was no ambush at all. As such, this would of course rule out physical training, weight, osy shape and size etc. Stated simply, I don't beieve that Buford was attacked by parties unknown to him as he suggested. I did not suggest that Nix was involved. My point is that according to Buford, he was sitting still at pont blank range. This was not a shoot out, but an alleged assassination attempt. it doesn't wash.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 I know what U R suggesting,& I'm suggesting there WAS an ambush, & that it IS difficult to shoot a long rifle from a car window, or door. And that when ur heart is pounding & your lungs are heaving, because U R all pumped up from adrenaline, it is very likely that you WILL miss in the heat of the situation. Especially if you are not combat shooting trained. Add poor physical conditioning, or lack thereof, & the hvy breathing, heart pounding, becomes more of a hindrance 2 accuracy.
wire4paladin 1 year ago
@wire4paladin Lets examine the history of a few assassins. Lee Harvey Oswald,,,succeeded, John Wilkes Booth... succeeded. James Earl Ray... Succeeded. Sirhan Sirhan..succeeded. Leon Czolgosz...succeeded. Charles J Guiteau...succeeded. Mark David Chapman...Succeeded. Do you know the training or physical condition of each of these men..,not that it seems to matter as they were all successful in their assassination attempts. Pusser's alleged assassin was only 3 to 5 feet away and failed??
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 R U serious??? Vladimir Arutinian -FAILED Francisco Martin Duran - FAILED Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry - FAILED Lynette Fromme - FAILED Michael Abram - FAILED Namba Daisuke - FAILED Richard Lawrence - FAILED Samuel Byck - FAILED John Flammang Schrank - FAILED John Hinckley JR. - FAILED Guiseppe Zangara - FAILED Oscar Collazo - FAILED Arthue Herman Bremer - FAILED. Should I go on?That did little to bolster ur argument,there have been far more assassination failures throughout history.
wire4paladin 1 year ago
@wire4paladin R U kidding? Byke..,, Michael (the poker) Abrams, Namba Daisuke and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme??? Now we can really talk about lack of training and lack of physical discipline can't we. Where do I begin??? Maybe lack of proper planning! This is the best you have? Yes there have been far more examples of assassination failiures and you throwing these names into the mix only helps my arguement.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 U seem to be missing my point, and what u just wrote was exactly it! Poor planning, training, conditioning, and inexperience is why the attempted murder of Buford Pusser failed! The fact that I cited failures, does nothing to help ur argument, it proves that failures of murder/assassination, even at close range, are more common, contrary to what U were trying to convey.
wire4paladin 1 year ago
@wire4paladin The failures(people) that you mentioned were not of the same criminal caliber as Nix so one would expect them to fail and besides, you haven't addressed the inconsistancies at the ambush scenes, the blood on the car, the shell casings, Pusser's inability to identify Nix, a man he was familiar with. You haven't addressed Pusser's marital problems or Pauline's threats (known to others) that she was going to leave Buford and report his corruption. Buford had motive.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 Have you been to McNairy County or visited with any of the people from the real story. Both law enforcement personnel of that time and the stateliners alike will tell you that Pusser was corrupt. Pauline's best friend will tell you what she saw the morning prior to the alleged ambush. It appears that you are aligned with the "legend" rather than the real story. Nix may have played a part, but unlike what you think. Have you done any real reseach into the story?
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@wire4paladin Why are you critical of me for showing a left handed shooter? You can't identify who the shooter was so how would you know if he was right or left handed? You are assuming it was Nix in the car where as I am assuming the Pusser may have killed his own wife. Nix was Dixie Mafia and a killer. Do you really believe if it was Nix that he would miss 11 out of 12 shots at the second site at a range of 3 to 5 feet? What about the rest of the evidence at the scene? Explain all of that
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@wire4paladin it is possible that in an attempt to wound himself that the gun accidently went off while he was trying to place the gun in the desired position or maybe their was a double cross. but you do make some good arguments as far as the shooter not being able to take careful aim.
bgshort99 1 year ago
@bgshort99 Only an idiot would attempt 2 wound themselve with an M-1 rifle, and I don't believe Pusser was an idiot. No one w/a brain would place the muzzle of an M-1 rifle anywhere near themselves during discharge. The muzzle blast velocityof a weapon of this caliber, alone, would've ripped Pusser's face off, leaving major burns & evidence of gunpowder residue all over him.
wire4paladin 1 year ago
@wire4paladin i am not really too familiar with the various types of guns but it very well could have been his accomplice..possibly a double-cross. i dont think pusser was the smartest guy in the world. this guy was driving 120 miles per hour on a curvey road when he wrecked and was killed. his biographer stated was when intoxicated, pusser was uncivilized. but whatever the case may be, mike has obviously uncovered a lot of unanswered questions and there is a lot more to the story.
bgshort99 1 year ago
@bgshort99 Pusser WAS familiar w/guns. And I'm not saying Pusser was a paragon of virtue, I'm saying that there isn't evidence to suggest that Pusser staged an ambush. Conspiracy theorists have to invent things, like a possible "accomplice" in order for their theory to be plausible. Imagination must be used and doubt must be injected. Without any of these, there is no evidence to suggest an accomplice, or anything other than what Pusser claimed to have happened.
wire4paladin 1 year ago
@bgshort99 Pusser could have been mistaken about the cadi being behind the church. He could've been going faster than 45mph, there was no "professional hitman",he was merely a criminal who could've easily missed difficult shost in the excitement, and I'm sure Pusser didn't sit there,as depicted,w/hands on steering wheel as the gunman was shooting at him The shell casings were likely placed there by incompetent officers who picked them up at the scene;crime scene training was minimal back then.
wire4paladin 1 year ago
@wire4paladin To be clear, Pusser never placed the Cadillac behind the church.., that was a TBI therory. Pusser did identify the vehicle as a Cadillac. He stated it was occupied by three people. He only got a look at the passenger in the front seat. If you have driven New Hope Road, you know there was no place for a Cadillac to hide other than behind the church, thus the grounds for the therory. The caddy could not have caught Pusser at the first ambush site if he were going 45 mph.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@wire4paladin To be clear, Pusser never placed the Cadillac behind the church.., that was a TBI therory. Pusser did identify the vehicle as a Cadillac. He stated it was occupied by three people. He only got a look at the passenger in the front seat. If you have driven New Hope Road, you know there was no place for a Cadillac to hide other than behind the church, thus the grounds for the therory. The caddy could not have caught Pusser at the first site if he were going 45 mph.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@wire4paladin A man the size of Pusser wound have been difficult to miss at a range of 3 to 5 feet regardless of who was shooting. I have interviewed the first person on scene that morning (a civilian) and he decribed the entire scene with accuracy that was confirned by the TBI photographer. The first officer on scene at the ambush sites was R.C. Matlock. I reference ambush scenes as the Pusser vehicle was located several miles away at McCoys Grocery store on Hwy 45.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 First off dopey Buford was shot "3" TIMES in the face which blew his jaw half off. Get your facts straight. Say Hello to your buddy whats his name something Hathcock. You know the realitive of Louise Hathcock. Whom was the maddam for the state line mob and whom Buford killed in self defense. Thats the kind of company this Mike guy keeps. No one should listen to this fucking idiot., Thats for sure.
valiantbros 1 year ago
@valiantbros LOL... maybe you should show us some documentation that Buford was shot three times in the face. I will settle for any medical report or TBI investigation report that states this. Do you have any idea what would have happened to Buford had he been shot three times with a .30 caliber M1? Pauline was shot twice and it blew the entire top and back of her head off. Ward Moore had to rebuild her head just to have something to place a wig on for the funeral. You know nothing about this
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@valiantbros Where is your integrity valiantbros? You forgot to mention to mention all of the other people I have visited while search of the truth. People like Former Sheriffs James Opal Gray and Paul Ervin. You failed to point out that I have also visited with then State Medical Examiner Dr Jerry Francisco and County Coroner Ward Moore. Niether did you mention the names of Lavon Plunk, Oneal Moffett or Pusser friend Paul Moore. Why didn't you mention them? Tell the whole truth please.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 Why is this your business so many years later? I would like to know what YOUR personal interest is? Have you nothing better to do? What is your problem with Buford Pusser?
meddetect10 8 months ago
@wire4paladin There was nothing to indicate that the shell casing had been disturbed by either the civilian or RC Matlock. Other evidence was found at the second ambush scene as well that I will not mention on this site. As for Buford's wound, he had a history of questionable wounds as all gunshots to his body were all on the left side and all others were non serious. When he was allegedly shot by Russ Hamilton, Pusser didn't even see a doctor. One of the stabbings never happened..all myth.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@wire4paladin What exactly does "handled " mean. Again, I am suggesting that there was no ambush. I disagree that hitting a target at such close range would have been difficult. I consider myself as chubby yet I qualifiy well with firearms of all types. It Bottom line had the attempt been real, Pusser would have been killed. A reenactment shows that the alleged ambush was was most likely staged as the Caddilac would not have caught Buford as he described, You dismiss factors too easily.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
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wire4paladin 1 year ago
@wire4paladin My first question would be, what makes you believe that Nix was involved in the alleged ambush? If he was in your custody, did he confide in you that he was involved in the ambush? If so, why did you not take appropriate actions to have him prosecuted?
We don't know who the shooter was or if there even was one, so how can you suggest what the shooters physical condition was or what his shooting capabilities were?
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 Not sure if ur purposely being sarcastic/foolish or if you're serious. Do U really think it possible that Nix would've confessed the crime 2 me? Nix was/is/ always has been the suspected gunman by federal, state, & local authorities, and for good reason. It wasn't a hunch, there was/is evidence that puts him there. Authorities know it, but knowing it and proving it in court, R 2 different things. U R aware of this, right?There was a shooter, Pusser did not blow his own jaw off!
wire4paladin 1 year ago
@wire4paladin No I don't think Nix would have confessed to you. Pusser never identified Nix as being part of the alleged attempt...that was from W.R Morris. Pusser, according to locals was acquainted with Nix, yet twice given the opportunity to identify Nix as the shooter, Pusser didn't. Pusser was accepting payoffs. He was part of the problem at the state line. Pauline was about to roll over on him. Have you talked with anyone from the real story??? Check your youtube email.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
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wire4paladin 1 year ago
Mike, after reading ALL the posts here, I have a few questions. First, have you EVER fired a gun out of a vehicle that is running at a high rate of speed, bouncing wildly? 2nd.. you keep mentioning the shell casings staying within the Cadillac but then you mention the Caddy has never been found so how can you say this?
You keep mentioning all this evidence you have yet your video is crap. I think your video, your imsinuations and your so-called evidence is pure BS
wally723A 1 year ago
@wally723A Wally, the cars WERE NOT running at a hight rate of speed. Buford had stopped his car and opened the door when the alleged Cadillac pulled up beside his PARKED vehicle. The shell casings were found on the shoulder of the road in a small pile. I suggested the casing SHOULD have been found either in the middle of the road or ejected in the Cadillac but not on the shoulder of the road on the drivers side of the Cadillac. You obviously didn't follow anything I said closely did you?
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
Lionpunk kinda has this right in my view. First, assasinations have gone wrong repeatedly, Teddy Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Governor Wallace. Second a pile of shells looks suspicious either for or against your position. Either through a non-professional investigation that doesn't show each of the shell casings and the whole crime scene in one photo or maybe an investigator picked them up later and placed them in a pile to show many rounds were shot. I'd need the whole report/photos.
impossibledrms 1 year ago
@impossibledrms TBI Investigator Warren Jones upon seeing the shell casings piled together thought the ambush party had hidden in a thicket along side New Hope Road to try and kill Pusser. it was only later that he learned that Buford was claiming that a Cadillac was involved in the ambush. We attempted to reconstruct the ambush as people have been led to believe it happened. Our Cadillac how ever was not able to catch the Pusser car by the 1st ambush site with it traveling at only 55 mph.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@impossibledrms Pauline had threaten to report Buford's corruption to the FBI and TBI. According to her best frind, Pauline had told Buford that she was going to take the children and leave him as well. In the week prior to the alleged ambush Buford told people that he would be "stalked and killed". Was this nothing more than preperation and an alibi for murdering his own wife. Why would he take Pauline on a distrbance call near the state line? Who was going to "stalk and kill him"?
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@impossibledrms Keep in mind that all of these men had the services of protective agencies.Roosevelt, Reagan and Ford were under the protection of the secret service while wallace had the state police for protection. Who was protecting Pusser? No one. Pusser never pulled his gun of fired a shot at either of the two ambush sites. How is it that Pauline was shot twice and killed while Buford was the primary target and survived? He was also the closest to the gun man at a range of 3 to 5 ft.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 Correction; Nix is doing life at Marion.
wire4paladin 1 year ago
My ex-father-in-law was from Tennessee and often referred to BP as a thug. But he (ex-father-in-law) was quite a boozer and therefore not exactly unbiased. And since I have always admired BP, I never chose to or felt the need to examine the facts further. However, after reading your website, and being both a former cop and crime scene technician, I find your arguments very compelling - especially the one about the pile of empty cartridges.
50dcoop 1 year ago
@50dcoop While the shell casings are a compelling argument, examine the photo of what a gunman might have seen as he fired at Buford. A car that was stopped, the door open with a target the size of Buford Pusser at a range of 3 to 5 feet and the gunman hits him only once. To me, that says the ambush was staged. Pauline was hit twice in the head, so for me, she was the intended target. You have to step back, forget what you think you know, and look at everything with new eyes.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
Buford Pusser was a honerable man and stranger things have happened where gunshots have missed ppl at point blank range as for staging and killing his wife ...nah I dont think so I honestly believe Buford told the truth and was lucky he wasnt killed on that day with his wife,Although I have heard that all the Walking Tall movies were greatly exaggerated and many storylines for the movie never happened in real life like Buford going back to "The Lucky Spot"and using a Big stick on all of them.
lionpunk1WWE 1 year ago
@lionpunk1WWE You may need to research Buford a little closer. He and Pauline were having marital problems and were separated. She had threatened to take the children and leave Buford and report his corruption to the FBI& TBI. He was alleged by many to be taking payoffs. I have interviewed several of the people who admit they paid Buford to skirt the law in McNairy County. The entire movie was exaggerated. Forensic evidence does not support Pusser's statements about the ambush.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@lionpunk1WWE This was not a spontaneous shooting where everyone misses..., this was alleged to have been a planned hit. Look at the history of planned hits. Abraham Lincoln, killed.., RFK, Killed..., Martin Luther King, Killed.....Malcolm X Killed..., JFK, killed..., Buford Pusser, wounded??? Ususally when someone is shot in the head twice it is a good sign they were the intended target..., Pauline was the one who was shot in the head twice.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 What about Ronald Reagan ,Gerald Ford,George Bush senior in Iraq and also Ruby Ridge Planned hits dont always work out as humans we are capable of making mistakes If we made no mistakes Reagan,Bush,Ford would be dead all the people you mentioned above with the exception of JFK were sitting or standing still with JFK I think they got lucky but Pusser.....yeah I could see a margin of error he could of just been LUCKY after all he was shot before point blank range and lived!
lionpunk1WWE 1 year ago
@lionpunk1WWE This post re-enforces my suspicions that you have done no reseach. You actually want to compare Lynette "squeaky" Fromme and Sara Jane Moore to the alleged Dixie Mafia hitmen that Pusser said tried to kill him? Pleeeeze! John Hinckley Jr fired 6 rounds with a .22 caliber hand gun and missed president Reagan with each shot. The sixth shot ricocheted off the Limo and struck Reagan. Bush...how many shots were fired? Have you any proof that Pusser was actually ambushed?
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 Bush it was a failed bomb attempt By Saddam they found a bomb under his transport vehicle,i wanted to clear up the confusion that yes failed attempts do happen no shots were fired with Bush senior but like I said a failed hit attempt on Bush's life and with Reagan your wrong there was no Ricoche the bullet passed between the opening of the car door...a Lucky bullet already proven with slow motion video,so i think you need to do a little research!
lionpunk1WWE 1 year ago
@lionpunk1WWE There would be no confusion if you did your reseach BEFORE you post. As far at the richochet that struck Reagan, do dome more research. As you will see, Reagan was struck by the sixth and final shot that Hinckley fired, which did indeed richochet off the Presidential Lemo. Again, DO SOME RESEARCH! Its is not a sin to be wrong my friend..., just to be ignorant when the information you need is out there.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@lionpunk1WWE would be no confusion if you did your reseach BEFORE you post. As far at the richochet that struck Reagan, do dome more research. As you will see, Reagan was struck by the sixth and final shot that Hinckley fired, which did indeed richochet off the Presidential Lemo. Again, DO SOME RESEARCH! Its is not a sin to be wrong my friend..., just to be ignorant when the information you need is out there.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 And the answer to having no proof he was ambushed well lets see they found casings scatterd all over the road all the bullet holes in his car and his wife killed and his face blown off...hmmmmmm how much freakin evidence do you want?
lionpunk1WWE 1 year ago
@lionpunk1WWE Shell casings were found in a small pile at the second ambush site with only two shell cadings being found at the bridge. They WERE NOT scattered all over the road as you suggest . Do some research on this. Because they were found in such a concentrated area, TBI Investigator Warren Jones thought the shooter had been hiding in a thicket beside the road, not in an alleged Cadillac. You see my friend, I have far more evidence than you even know exists. Again, do your home work.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 As for Pauline being shot twice they used automatic weapons and bullets as you know have no name on them the weapons used more than likely had a 3 round burst pattern and its likely the first bullet missed her and the last 2 hit her surely you cannot deny automatic weapons were used to many shell casings were found to be simple rifles or handguns I just think you wanna believe soooo bad Buford was dirty because your jealous of a true legend, a hero a serviceman he served the ppl!
lionpunk1WWE 1 year ago
@lionpunk1WWE You are sooo wrong about sooo many things! The weapon used in the alleged ambush according to Pusser was a M1 carbine, which is a semi automatic rifle requiring a squeeze of the trigger for each shot fired. Secondly Pauline was allegeddly shot the first time at a bridge and again at a secound sight 2.1 miles further down the road. I just think that you want to believe so badly in the legend that you haven't bothered to do any research at all.
mikeelam2010 1 year ago
@mikeelam2010 First off If you did research you would know that in order to spay a freakin car with that many bullets while moving you would realize that a M1 carbine can and probably was converted to a rapid fire sequence,I mean wouldent they have a better chance of killing him?After all this was a well planned hit according to your sources and when his face was shot off he was on the opposite side of the car with pauline was he not? Which makes perfect sence i think he would of been in shock!
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