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 17: A pair of Scarlet Sponges are squeezed by Horror Girl (Texas) and OutsmartYourShelf (United Kingdom) for slipping toe tags on 400 stiff toes! May 14: The Goodreads group discussion has been under-utilized for a long time (your host has been the only one posting to it), so it is being replaced with one simple, Mystillery Social room serving all Mystillery challenges. The blue chat icon (shown at left) is being added to the upper right corner of all challenge pages. It will take you to Mystillery Social. Please note it is not moderated, but your host will be in it at times. Feel free to use this for contacting your host or chatting with each other. You can also leave questions/comments and check back later for responses. May 11: Breaking out more Brass Bone Saws as we bestow one to Beth M (North Carolina) for boldly binding 300 toe tags! Other recent Bone Sawers: Horror Girl (Texas), Colleen (Illinois) and Bev 'Quincy' Hankins (Indiana)!   Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

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BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated TUE MAY 19 2026 @ 7.30 PM EDT
Medical Examiners 2 7		Authors	Titles 8 2 2	Toe Tags 5 8 9 5	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	Tina Hilbert Ohio Gold Gurney (most toe tags) @2/10	32	53	813
	JenneB Pennsylvania Magenta Magnifier (500 Toe Tags) @4/30	34	42	589
	Horror Girl Texas Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @5/15	46	60	447
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @5/17	39	45	406
	Beth M North Carolina Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @5/11	37	40	388
	Tracy House New York	27	44	385
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Silver Scalpel (most titles) @2/18 Bronze Body Bag (most authors) @2/1	95	105	366
	Susan Jensen Arizona	43	48	362
	Colleen Illinois Fuchsia Forceps (200 Toe Tags) @4/13 Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @5/10	34	52	350
	Linda B Kentucky	40	47	263
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Vallery Louisiana	23	29	252
	Sanacrow Tennessee	4	10	194
	batkat West Virginia	12	21	177
	Jjean Texas	24	31	170
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner	35	45	160
	Traci L. Illinois	29	36	111
	Shannon The Netherlands Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @5/1	11	25	107
	Erika Morris California	10	17	87
	Tara Taylor Illinois	9	12	84
	SueC Utah	11	19	79
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Tari Hann Ohio Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @4/19	23	29	77
	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.

Key to symbols Moved up a position(s) New or updated today Update pending Goodreads librarian Kill-o-tag, 1000+ toe tags High column stat 2nd place column stat Tracker page Blog Goodreads profile Mystillery group on Goodreads Instagram

Chief Medical Examiner's journal Mystillery Morgue Tuesday, May 19: Sylvia nodded quickly ... she was looking at Dr. Flasher earnestly. "I think," she said, "if we can expedite arrangements just as much as possible it will help. If you can explain to the mortician that while this death wasn't unexpected, it has, nevertheless, come at the end of a long battle and that some of the family are quite upset. In other words, rush things as much as possible. I'd like to have the body moved and the embalming done and everything before Hattie wakes up." Erle Stanley Gardner, writing in The Case of the Green-eyed Sister, 1953.

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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