History Recap / ColdCaseS6E3WednesdaysWomen

When a woman finds a suitcase full of things addressed to her late sister from Hazeltown, Mississippi, the crew looks into the murder of the woman, Miriam Forrester, a housewife and Tupperware saleswoman who was murdered during the Summer of Freedom in 1964, and used her idyllic '60s persona to go undercover as a Wednesday's Woman.

* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: Averted. Miriam’s friends tried to report her murder to the police in Philadelphia, but their claims were not taken seriously as the cops thought the two black women of the group were bothering the remaining white one. They left Miriam on the side of the road in despair.

* PoliceAreUseless: Because of the racism at the time, Philadelphia police wouldn’t take the victim's friends' murder accusations seriously since two of them were black.

* LivingADoubleLife: Mariam used her housewife persona and Tupperware saleswoman job to cover for her mission in helping freedom schools against the Ku Klux Klan.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: When Jim leads Miriam to a bunch of Klansmen he wanted to impress, she manages to fool them by playing up her Tupperware saleswoman gimmick, causing them to leave in a fit of laughter. [[spoiler:The embarrassed Jim runs her down]].

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Averted with Jim Horn; his reason for joining the Klan is ultimately [[InWithTheInCrowd a desire to fit in]], [[spoiler: and his reason for killing the victim is because she made him look like a jackass in front of the people he was trying to impress.]]

When a woman finds a suitcase full of things addressed to her late sister from Hazeltown, Mississippi, the crew looks into the murder of the woman, Miriam Foresty, a housewife and Tupperware saleswoman who was murdered during the Summer of Freedom in 1964, and used her idyllic ‘60s persona to go undercover as a Wednesday’s Woman.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Averted with Jim Horn; his reason for joining the Klan is ultimately a desire to fit in, [[spoiler: and his reason for killing the victim is because she made him look like a jackass in front of the people he was trying to impress.]]

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Averted with Jim Horn; his reason for joining the Klan is ultimately a desire to fit in, and his reason for killing the victim is because she made him look like a jackass in front of the people he was trying to impress.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the murder of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Liuzzo Viola Liuzzo]]

* PoliceAreUseless: Because of the racism at the time, Philadelphia police wouldn’t take the women's murder accusations seriously since two of them were black.

When a woman finds a suitcase full of things addressed to her late sister from Hazeltown, Mississippi, the crew looks into the murder of her sister, Mariam Foresty, a housewife and tupperware saleswoman who was murdered during the Summer of Freedom in 1964, who used her idyllic ‘60s persona to go undercover as a Wednesday’s Woman.

* BeneathTheMask: The victim used her position as the ideal 1960s {{Housewife}} and her job as a cheery Tupperware saleswoman to throw white supremists off her trail as a member of Wednesday’s Women.

* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: Averted. Mariam’s friends tried to report her murder to the police in Philadelphia, but since their claims were not taken seriously as they thought the two black women of the group were bothering the remaining white one. They left Mariam on the side of the road in despair.
* PoliceAreUseless: Because of the racism at the time, Philadelphia police wouldn’t take the girls’ murder accusations seriously because two of them were black.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Mariam was a kind, empathetic person determined to help the African-Americans suffering in the South, rallied her friends to go through with their mission, and refused to give away the location of the last freedom school, even when she was being threatened and cornered. That last one is what got her killed.

* DoubleLife: Mariam used her housewife persona and Tupperware saleswoman job to cover for her mission in helping freedom schools against the Ku Klux Klan.

* MissingWhiteWomenSyndrome: Averted. Mariam’s friends tried to report her murder to the police in Philadelphia, but since their claims were not taken seriously as they thought the two black women of the group were bothering the remaining white one. They left Mariam on the side of the road in despair.

* MissingWhiteWomenSyndrom: Averted. Mariam’s friends tried to report her murder to the police in Philadelphia, but since their claims were not taken seriously as they thought the two black women of the group were bothering the remaining white one. They left Mariam on the side of the road in despair.

* MissingWhiteWomenSyndrome: Averted. Mariam’s friends tried to report her murder to the police in Philadelphia, but since their claims were not taken seriously as they thought the two black women of the group were bothering the remaining white one. They left Mariam on the side of the road in despair.