Welcome to the 2023 Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge! Your goal as Medical Examiner is to read murder mysteries and attach toe tags to the unfortunate victim(s). There is no advance signup for this challenge, just read our General Information page and then file your death certificate. M U R M U R S from the M O R G U E : May 24: Tracy of New York manages the Magenta Magnifier as she mangles her 500th toe tag on a meaty metatarsal! May 23: Colleen of Illinois squeezes out the Scarlet Sponge as she secures her 400th toe tag! May 21: The famous Fuschia Forceps flip to Avid Series Reader of New Mexico as she firmly fastens toe tag #200 on a floppy phalange!       Previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022

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BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated FRI MAY 26 2023 @ 6.00 pm EDT convert
Medical Examiners 3 3		Authors	Books 1 0 2 8	Toe Tags 6 1 5 4	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom Gold Gurney (Most Toe Tags) @4/23	61	61	699
	batkat West Virginia	22	52	663
	Scott Nickels Georgia	34	72	592
	Tracy New York Magenta Magnifier (500 Toe Tags) @5/24	43	61	515
	Tina Hilbert Ohio	43	61	478
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @4/6 Bronze Body Bag (Most Authors) @2/8 Silver Scalpel (Most Books) @2/8	114	137	468
	Colleen Illinois Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @5/23	43	56	452
	Jjean Texas	25	36	232
	KazOfBooks Scotland	23	33	231
	Avid Series Reader New Mexico Fuschia Forceps (200 Toe Tags) @5/21	31	32	200
Medical Examiner		Authors	Books	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	SueC Utah	17	47	193
	Susan Jensen Arizona	25	28	184
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner	27	43	182
	Linda B Kentucky	25	36	154
	Traci L. Illinois	40	48	144
	Erika Morris California	14	19	115
	Shannon The Netherlands Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @5/20	18	37	103
	Tari Hann Ohio	37	42	89
	Jessica Libby Washington	10	11	71
	Tara Illinois	13	13	70
	Karen New Mexico	12	22	63
Medical Examiner		Authors	Books	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Jen McFarren Texas Garnet Gloves (50th Toe Tag) @5/4	21	24	59
	Zesty Bean & Cheese Virginia	8	8	56
	Anne A. Maine	10	11	43
	Karen Baroness Texas	17	20	42
	Stephanie V Oregon	6	6	21
	JenneB Pennsylvania	3	3	11
	Lisa Minnesota	1	2	11
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	3	4	10
	Kim Prytherch South Carolina	2	2	10
	Dr. Anna Geddes The United Kingdom	2	2	4
	Becca Vogelezang Michigan	1	1	4
	Rhonda D Alabama	1	1	1
Medical Examiner		Authors	Books	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects

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M.E.'s journal: Friday, May 26: The door opened to admit a man whose eyes peered at the world suspiciously from beneath bushy eyebrows. This was Evelyn Cave - one of the most useful medical men Scotland Yard possessed. Margery Allingham, writing in The White Cottage Mystery, 1927. Find a fun Medical Examiner, Coroner, or Morgue quote? Email it to your host for inclusion in the M.E.'s journal!

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