"... And then the murders began."

[thegreyarea]

A mountain's giddy height I sought,
Because I could not find
Sufficient vague and mighty thought
To fill my mighty mind;
And as I wandered ill at case,
There chanced upon my sight
A native of Silurian seas,
An ancient Trilobite.
And then the murders began.

Lay of the Trilobite,
May Kendall

(Just came across that poem  )

[Yastreb]

Vincent Bugliosi was on another tirade.
"Nothing could be worse than accusing a prosecutor of what you're implying that I did in this case," he barked at me. "It's extremely, extremely defamatory."
And then the murders began.
Tom O'Neill, Chaos: The Truth Behind The Manson Murders

The gale tore at him and he felt its bite deep within and he knew that if they did not make landfall within three days they would all be dead. And then the murders began.
James Clavell, Shogun