Welcome to the Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge for 2025! Your goal as Medical Examiner is to read murder mysteries and attach toe tags to the unfortunate victim(s). Just read the obscure General Information page and then file your death certificate. M U R M U R S from the M O R G U E : Oct 16 : Tracy House (New York) takes the myopic Magenta Magnifier for marking up 500 manila toe tags! Oct 13: We welcome heavy lifter OutsmartYourShelf (United Kingdom) to the Kill-O-Tag club for collecting 1000 toe tags! Oct 5: Linda B (Kentucky) ascends to the Kill-O-Tag level for lining up 1000 toe tags!       Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

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BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated WED OCT 22 2025 @ 9.30 am EDT
Medical Examiners 2 7		Authors	Titles 1 7 7 1	Toe Tags 1 3 7 3 4	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	Tina Hilbert Ohio Gold Gurney (Most Toe Tags) @9/19	43	112	1681
	JenneB Pennsylvania	30	62	1466
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	93	122	1096
	Linda B Kentucky	66	153	1066
	Vallery Louisiana	55	98	885
	Colleen Illinois	75	112	792
	batkat West Virginia	14	60	784
	Beth M North Carolina	53	74	726
	Sanacrow Tennessee	11	29	718
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Silver Scalpel (Most Titles) @5/25 Bronze Body Bag (Most Authors) @2/11	136	179	583
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Karen A New Mexico	47	103	558
	Susan Jensen Arizona	75	88	522
	Tracy House New York Magenta Magnifier (500 Toe Tags) @10/16	37	57	517
	Jjean Texas	50	70	450
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @10/10	57	88	408
	SueC Utah Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @9/24	38	88	322
	Terry M. Minnesota	52	70	265
	Erika Morris California	22	30	216
	Shannon The Netherlands Fuchsia Forceps (200 Toe Tags) @9/18	29	47	215
	Tari Hann Ohio Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @4/30 Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @7/8	46	53	134
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Traci L. Illinois	27	36	106
	AfterPlague Florida	13	13	100
	Scott Nickels Georgia	11	11	94
	Tara Taylor Illinois	9	10	45
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	5	5	11
	Karen Baroness Texas	0	0	0
	Jen McFarren Texas	0	0	0
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects

Ambiguous instructions and arbitrary rules are found on the General Information page.

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Chief Medical Examiner's journal Wednesday, October 22: As Rhodes left the library, Dr. Prouty, the medical examiner, came briskly into the room, his hat perched on the back of his head. He plopped his small black satchel onto a chair, rolled the butt of a dead cigar from one corner of his mouth to the other, and stared coldly at his friend, Inspector Queen. "Dick Queen," he growled, "I'm getting sick and tired of being sent for just when I'm starting for home! What is it now? Ah! Another stiff. Nothing but stiffs! Well, there'll be no autopsy tonight. Is that it, there? Or are you keeping another one from me as a surprise?" Ellery Queen, writing in The Perfect Crime, 1942.

Honorary badges Gold Gurney Most Toe Tags Silver Scalpel Most Titles Bronze Body Bag Most Authors Magenta Magnifier 500 Toe Tags Scarlet Sponge 400 Toe Tags Brass Bone Saw 300 Toe Tags Fuchsia Forceps 200 Toe Tags Lavender Lab Coat 100 Toe Tags Garnet Gloves 50 Toe Tags

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