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: May 5: Bouncy Brass Bone Saws get bumped to Horror Girl (Texas) and Bev Hankins (Indiana), for boldly binding 300 toe tags! May 1: The lovely Lavender Lab Coat is lifted to Shannon (The Netherlands) for lining up 100 toe tags! Apr 30: The mysterious Magenta Magnifier for managing 500 manila toe tags migrates from Tina Hilbert (Ohio) to Jenne B (Pennsylvania), as she pushes the overall challenge toe tag count over 5000!   Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

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BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated FRI MAY 8 2026 @ 5.15 PM EDT
Medical Examiners 2 7		Authors	Titles 7 6 0	Toe Tags 5 4 2 9	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	Tina Hilbert Ohio Gold Gurney (most toe tags) @2/10	32	53	813
	JenneB Pennsylvania Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @4/2 Magenta Magnifier (500 Toe Tags) @4/30	34	42	589
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	36	41	375
	Horror Girl Texas Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @5/5	41	53	363
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Silver Scalpel (most titles) @2/18 Bronze Body Bag (most authors) @2/1 Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @5/3	91	101	350
	Tracy House New York	25	40	347
	Susan Jensen Arizona	40	45	342
	Beth M North Carolina	28	30	297
	Colleen Illinois Fuchsia Forceps (200 Toe Tags) @4/13	28	41	264
	Vallery Louisiana	23	29	252
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Linda B Kentucky	32	39	230
	Sanacrow Tennessee	4	10	194
	batkat West Virginia	12	21	177
	Jjean Texas	22	29	150
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner	34	43	146
	Traci L. Illinois	29	36	111
	Shannon The Netherlands Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @5/1	10	23	101
	Tara Taylor Illinois	9	12	84
	Erika Morris California	9	16	78
	Tari Hann Ohio Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @4/19	22	26	71
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	SueC Utah	10	18	67
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	7	8	18
	Jace Boyer	2	2	6
	Brandy	1	1	3
	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 Friday, May 8: The medical testimony, though given by the most distinguished consulting expert of the city, was entirely inconclusive. The body, the expert testified, showed evident marks of violence. There was a distinct lesion of the oesophagus and a decided excoriation of the fibula. The mesodenum was gibbous. There was a certain quantity of flab in the binomium and the proscenium was wide open. Stephen Leacock, writing in Who Do You Think Did It? or, The Mixed-Up Murder Mystery, 1943

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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