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: The Chief Medical Examiner will be out of the office from MON JUNE 29 through WED JULY 1 and Mystillery challenges will not be updated during that period. Please continue your submissions as usual during the interim. June 28: Linda B (Kentucky) squeezes the Scarlet Sponge for slapping a signature on 400 toe tags! June 28: Jjean (Texas) fingers the Fuchsia Forceps for fastening 200 floppy toe tags! June 22: Susan Jensen (Arizona) monopolizes the Magenta Magnifier for maintaining 500 manila toe tags!   Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

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BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated SUN JUNE 28 2026 @ 8.00 PM EDT
Medical Examiners 2 7		Authors	Titles 1 0 2 4	Toe Tags 7 2 7 6	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	Tina Hilbert Ohio Gold Gurney (most toe tags) @2/10	32	53	813
	JenneB Pennsylvania	47	59	776
	Horror Girl Texas	55	75	666
	Susan Jensen Arizona Magenta Magnifier (500 Toe Tags) @6/22	56	68	524
	Beth M North Carolina	46	51	498
	Tracy House New York	34	54	457
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	45	53	457
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Silver Scalpel (most titles) @2/18 Bronze Body Bag (most authors) @2/1	105	119	434
	Linda B Kentucky Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @5/31 Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @6/28	48	65	433
	Colleen Illinois	39	62	415
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Vallery Louisiana	23	29	252
	Jjean Texas Fuchsia Forceps (200 Toe Tags) @6/28	30	39	200
	Sanacrow Tennessee	4	10	194
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner	39	52	186
	batkat West Virginia	12	21	177
	Shannon The Netherlands	16	35	157
	Traci L. Illinois	31	40	127
	Tari Hann Ohio Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @6/22	32	40	104
	Erika Morris California	10	18	97
	SueC Utah	16	27	96
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Jen McFarren Texas Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @6/21	16	17	85
	Tara Taylor Illinois	9	12	84
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	10	11	28
	Karen Baroness Texas	14	15	26
	Jace Boyer	2	2	6
	Brandy	1	1	3
	Jules Vandemberg Italy	1	1	1
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 Sunday, June 28: Owen Griffith gave medical evidence and stressed the view he had outlined to us of Mrs. Symmington's nervous condition and poor stamina. The coroner was suave and discreet. He spoke with bitter condemnation of people who write those despicable things, anonymous letters. Agatha Christie, writing in The Moving Finger, 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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