She smiled and twirled in front of the cameras, flowing through poses and alternating a serious

gaze with a bright and beaming smile.

She was wearing her signature black dress with a draped neckline and white piping, her

second outfit of the shoot.

Between flashes she adjusted her hat and the buddy Poppy pinned on her chest, a symbol

for the sacrifice of the World War veterans, just like her husband.

Though she said little in response to the photographer's eager questions, it was clear,

Jessie Costello loved the attention.

A woman shouted from the window above, they've had enough Jessie come on, but Jessie

operated on her own terms.

She let the camera shutters continue to click a while longer until finally she announced

to the lot, you've had more than enough.

Jessie sacheted back towards the steps, scowling at the harsh grey stone walls that served as

the backdrop for the impromptu photo shoot.

She had asked to go somewhere with flowers and trees, some nature to fill up the frame

behind her, but Jessie's request was shot down.

Because Jessie Costello wasn't a model or a starlit on the set of a photo shoot.

Jessie Costello was an accused killer awaiting trial, facing the death penalty for the murder

of her own husband.

I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the story of William Costello and his wife, Jessie Costello,

on Dark Down East.

Jessie Fife was born in Yonkers, New York in 1902 and moved to Peabody, Massachusetts

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