Welcome to the Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge for 2026! Your goal as Medical Examiner is to read murder mysteries and count toe tags attached 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: Reminder: The Ten Pins Game will be wrapping up March 31! Grab your numbers-in-titles and head on over and clean up those pins! Reminder: The Abra Cadavers baseball team takes the field April 1, and the challenge page is up and running for batting practice! All reading since January 1 2026 counts! Mar 14: batkat (West Virginia) grabs the Garnet Gloves for gripping 50 toe tags! Mar 16: Horror Girl (Texas) looks good in the Lavender Labcoat for lining up 100 lovely toe tags!   Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

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BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated WED MAR 18 2026 @ 8.00 PM EDT
Medical Examiners 2 6		Authors	Titles 4 4 4	Toe Tags 3 2 6 6	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	Tina Hilbert Ohio Gold Gurney (most toe tags) @2/10 Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @2/20	21	31	459
	JenneB Pennsylvania	23	29	391
	Susan Jensen Arizona	24	26	229
	Beth M North Carolina Fuchsia Forceps (200 Toe Tags) @3/11	20	22	214
	Vallery Louisiana	20	23	196
	Sanacrow Tennessee	4	10	194
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	24	26	193
	Tracy House New York	11	18	177
	Linda B Kentucky	19	23	165
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Silver Scalpel (most titles) @2/18 Bronze Body Bag (most authors) @2/1	43	43	152
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Horror Girl Texas Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @3/16	22	27	135
	Colleen Illinois	18	24	121
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner	25	32	111
	Jjean Texas	16	19	96
	batkat West Virginia Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @3/14	9	11	93
	Traci L. Illinois	20	25	86
	Tara Taylor Illinois	6	9	67
	Shannon The Netherlands	7	10	55
	SueC Utah	7	12	46
	Erika Morris California	6	9	44
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Tari Hann Ohio	9	10	30
	Jace Boyer .	2	2	6
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	2	3	5
	Jules Vandemberg Italy	1	1	1
	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 Mystillery Morgue Wednesday, March 18 : Moreton, fascinated by the scene, made no effort to speak, but his brain surged with a thousand ideas. He still watched every movement, saw Serge's wonderful instruments pass over the body, the magnetic lens and gleaming microscope, the powerful hand-torch amd measuring tape. During the inspection, Moreton knew he was watching a genius. He saw it in the systematic method of the examination, in every movement of those limbs, in every flash from Serge's eye. James Corbett, writing in The Merrivale Mystery (Mystery League #17), 1931.

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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