Jason Guerrasio

Once Buford became sheriff, he really, that was his goal, was to break up all these illegal moonshine stills.

You know, Beaufort...

going back to his wrestling days, knew how to self-promote.

I think he wanted more than what his father had, what his friends had.

He had ambitions to be someone that if you saw him out on the street, you would go, wow, hey, that's Buford Pusser.

So I think he wanted to have a persona that was as big as him physically.

So what better way to get famous than

but to break up the most notorious things that were going on in his backyard.

It was a rough place.

Everybody will tell you.

You know, there were definitely fights there.

There was a lot of heavy drinking.

Depending on which stories you believe, it could trace all the way back to the mafia up east.

But their main thing was doing moonshine and prostitution.

Stateline Mob definitely were Buford's main enemies.

Sheriff Pusser showed up at the establishment because the couple had made a complaint.

And he had already had interactions in the past with Louise.

And he went there.

He had a conversation with Louise in a back room, just the two of them.

And according to Buford, Louise pulled out a gun, shot at him, missed.