Welcome to the Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge for 2026! 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: Jan 16: JenneB (Pennsylvania) dons the Lavender Lab Coat for looping 100 toe tags! Jan 13: We welcome our newest examiner, Horror Girl of Texas! She checks in with seven Death Certificates and 34 toe tags! Jan 6: We welcome our newest examiner, Jules Vandemberg of Italy! You can check out her blog, The Harbor Library; and Goodreads profile!   Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

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BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated SAT JAN 17 2026 @ 7.30 PM EST
Medical Examiners 2 0		Authors	Titles 0 7 9	Toe Tags 4 5 1	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	JenneB Pennsylvania Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @1/11 Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @1/16	12	13	117
	Tracy House New York	4	4	35
	Tina Hilbert Ohio	5	5	35
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner	4	5	35
	Horror Girl Texas	7	7	34
	Colleen Illinois	6	8	33
	Susan Jensen Arizona	4	4	28
	batkat West Virginia	2	2	20
	Linda B Kentucky	2	2	19
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	4	5	15
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Tara Taylor Illinois	3	3	14
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana	3	3	13
	Jjean Texas	4	4	12
	Erika Morris California	2	2	10
	Beth M North Carolina	1	1	10
	Shannon The Netherlands	2	3	9
	Traci L. Illinois	4	4	9
	SueC Utah	2	2	6
	Tari Hann Ohio	1	1	2
	Jules Vandemberg Italy	1	1	1
2025 morgue staff resting below this line
	Vallery Louisiana	0	0	0
	Sanacrow Tennessee	0	0	0
	Karen A New Mexico	0	0	0
	Terry M. Minnesota	0	0	0
	AfterPlague Florida	0	0	0
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	0	0	0
	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 Saturday, January 17: At that moment, we heard footsteps outside, and Dr. Wilkins, Mrs. Inglethorp's own doctor, a portly, fussy little man, came bustling in. In a few words Dr. Bauerstein explained how he had happened to be passing the lodge gates as the car came out, and had run up to the house as fast as he could, whilst the car went on to fetch Dr. Wilkins. With a faint gesture of the hand, he indicated the figure on the bed. "Ve-ry sad. Ve-ry sad," murmured Dr. Wilkins. Agatha Christie, writing in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 1920.

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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