A Man to Be Afraid Of
6/5/202645 min
Sheriff Buford Pusser said he and his wife had come under gunfire early one morning on a country road - leading to her death. He told one reporter, “I'm pretty sure about who did it, and I'm pretty sure about where he is." Jason Guerrasio's article about Buford Pusser is called "A Bullet, A Legend, A Lie." Oakley Dean Baldwin's book is called "Sheriff Buford Pusser: Final Chapter." Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Speaker 1· Soundbite0:36
All of the, the pain and the guilt and the reality of what was happening hit me just like a tidal wave all at once.
Phoebe Judge· Host0:44
Why do people cheat? And why does it make us so mad, even when we're not the ones it's happening to? That's this week on Explain It To Me. New episodes Sundays, wherever you get your podcasts. Early in the morning on August 12, 1967, the sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, Buford Pusser, said he got a strange phone call.
Jason Guerrasio· Guest1:10
Related to something that was happening around the Tennessee/Mississippi line.
Phoebe Judge· Host1:14
He said the caller told him that he'd, quote, "Find something interesting out on New Hope Road."
Jason Guerrasio· Guest1:21
And his wife, Pauline, uh, was very concerned and, uh, decided that she was gonna ride along with Buford