{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6538ccdabc6f900012695107/69d7b510440fe10764625588?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"From nerd to cold killer: colleague of murderer Stephen McCullagh speaks out about monster he thought he knew","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6538ccdabc6f900012695107/1775744635035-c1c64074-b9ab-49e3-b901-eaad9587db31.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>When&nbsp;Conall McMeekin worked the night shift at the Belfast Telegraph he formed a close bond with the small team who worked through the night - alone together in the empty old building.</p><p>Amongst them was a quiet geek called Stephen McCullagh, who loved gaming, dressing up for comicon and sipping on energy drinks through the night.</p><p>Years later, a very different McCullagh would stand in the dock accused of the brutal and planned murder of pregnant Natalie McNally - a case which has stunned Northern Ireland.</p><p>So what was McCullagh <em>really</em> like and were there any signs of what was to come.</p><p>Nicola and Niall talk to&nbsp;Conall about night shifts with a killer.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Crime World"}