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 WED APR 29 and Mystillery challenges will not be updated on that date. Please continue collecting toe tags as usual during the interim. Apr 23: The beloved Brass Bone Saws are out this week, going to Tracy House (New York), OutsmartYourShelf (United Kingdom) and Susan Jensen (Arizona) for binding 300 toe tags! Apr 19: The grippy Garnet Gloves go to Tari Hann (Ohio) for gaining 50 toe tags!   Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

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BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated TUE APR 28 2026 @ 7.00 PM EDT
Medical Examiners 2 7		Authors	Titles 6 7 5	Toe Tags 4 9 3 3	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	Tina Hilbert Ohio Gold Gurney (most toe tags) @2/10 Magenta Magnifier (500 Toe Tags) @3/24	32	53	813
	JenneB Pennsylvania Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @4/2	29	36	455
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	34	37	329
	Susan Jensen Arizona Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @4/19	37	42	321
	Tracy House New York Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @4/23	21	36	320
	Beth M North Carolina	28	30	297
	Colleen Illinois Fuchsia Forceps (200 Toe Tags) @4/13	28	41	264
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Silver Scalpel (most titles) @2/18 Bronze Body Bag (most authors) @2/1	55	63	253
	Vallery Louisiana	23	29	252
	Horror Girl Texas	36	44	244
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Linda B Kentucky	32	39	230
	Sanacrow Tennessee	4	10	194
	batkat West Virginia Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @4/18	12	21	177
	Jjean Texas	22	27	140
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner	32	41	138
	Traci L. Illinois	25	32	104
	Shannon The Netherlands	10	22	98
	Tara Taylor Illinois	9	12	84
	Erika Morris California	9	16	78
	SueC Utah	10	17	64
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Tari Hann Ohio Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @4/19	18	21	59
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	6	7	15
	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 Tuesday, April 28: Coroner Nasby was alert and businesslike. He addressed the jury briefly, telling them the main facts of the case, as already discovered. He ran over the events of the fatal night, and told of the discovery of the dead girl in the morning. He then called his witnesses and questioned them pointedly and succinctly. He allowed no statements of opinion or suppositions, but confined the testimony to facts. Carolyn Wells, writing in The Sixth Commandment, 1927.

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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