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 peruse the pedantic General Information page, click the button, and hope for the best. M U R M U R S from the M O R G U E : Unfortunately, Goodreads is discontinuing the abilty for its members to send messages to each other. As a result, the Mystillery's advice on how to message has changed. See this update on the General Information page (the section in green). This challenge will return for a fresh start in 2026! The web page address will change. You can preview and bookmark the 2026 version at this link. As usual, no advance signup needed. Nov 26: Jjean (Texas) takes the Magenta Magnifier for marking up 500 manila toe tags! Nov 16 : Jen McFarren and Karen Baroness (both Texas) gain the Garnet Gloves for grasping 50 toe tags!       Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

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BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated WED DEC 3 2025 @ 5.00 PM EST
Medical Examiners 2 7		Authors	Titles 1 9 7 2	Toe Tags 1 4 9 0 0	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	Tina Hilbert Ohio Gold Gurney (Most Toe Tags) @9/19	43	112	1681
	JenneB Pennsylvania	34	68	1553
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	107	139	1246
	Linda B Kentucky	76	169	1168
	Vallery Louisiana	55	98	885
	batkat West Virginia	19	70	875
	Beth M North Carolina	58	87	854
	Colleen Illinois	75	112	792
	Sanacrow Tennessee	11	29	718
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Silver Scalpel (Most Titles) @5/25 Bronze Body Bag (Most Authors) @2/11	144	190	621
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Karen A New Mexico	47	111	599
	Tracy House New York	38	61	575
	Susan Jensen Arizona	79	93	563
	Jjean Texas Magenta Magnifier (500 Toe Tags) @11/26	59	82	510
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @10/10	63	99	483
	SueC Utah Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @9/24	38	92	332
	Terry M. Minnesota	52	70	265
	Erika Morris California	23	36	257
	Shannon The Netherlands Fuchsia Forceps (200 Toe Tags) @9/18	29	48	223
	Tari Hann Ohio Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @7/8	53	63	157
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
	Jen McFarren Texas Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @11/16	29	32	89
	Karen Baroness Texas Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @11/16	28	29	76
	Tara Taylor Illinois	10	13	59
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	10	10	22
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, December 3: Doctor Vail made a cursory examination of the body of Bruce Dunbar, and reported: "There is little to be learned. Mr. Dunbar most assuredly died of snakebite, and he has been dead some seven or eight hours, I cannot say more exactly. May I see the reptile?" Carolyn Wells, writing in The Visiting Villain, 1934.

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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