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: Reminder: The Ten Pins Game will be wrapping up March 31! Grab your numbers-in-titles and head on over and clean up those pins! Reminder: The Abra Cadavers baseball team takes the field April 1, and the challenge page is up and running for batting practice! All reading since January 1 2026 counts! Mar 14: batkat (West Virginia) grabs the Garnet Gloves for gripping 50 toe tags! Mar 11: Beth M (North Carolina) fingers the Fuchsia Forceps for 200 filled-out toe tags!   Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

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BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated SUN MAR 15 2026 @ 8.00 PM EDT
Medical Examiners 2 6		Authors	Titles 4 1 6	Toe Tags 3 0 5 9	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	Tina Hilbert Ohio Gold Gurney (most toe tags) @2/10 Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @2/20	21	31	459
	JenneB Pennsylvania	23	29	391
	Susan Jensen Arizona	23	25	217
	Beth M North Carolina Fuchsia Forceps (200 Toe Tags) @3/11	19	21	212
	Vallery Louisiana	20	23	196
	Sanacrow Tennessee	4	10	194
	Tracy House New York	11	18	177
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	23	24	176
	Linda B Kentucky	19	23	165
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Silver Scalpel (most titles) @2/18 Bronze Body Bag (most authors) @2/1	42	42	145
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Colleen Illinois Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @3/6	18	24	121
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner	24	31	107
	batkat West Virginia Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @3/14	9	11	93
	Jjean Texas	16	18	88
	Traci L. Illinois	19	24	85
	Horror Girl Texas	17	19	84
	Tara Taylor Illinois	6	9	67
	Shannon The Netherlands Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @3/6	7	10	55
	SueC Utah	7	12	46
	Erika Morris California	6	9	44
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Tari Hann Ohio	9	10	30
	Jace Boyer .	2	2	6
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	2	3	5
	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 Sunday, March 15: Mason parked the car in front of the Bolton Funeral Home, walked up to the office which had gilt lettering on the glass reading: ASSISTANT TO THE CORONER AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. Mason pressed the bell button. Within a very few seconds the door was opened by a whimsical-looking individual in his early sixties, with steel-rimmed glasses, wiry, unruly hair, a drooping, gray mustache, and rounded shoulders. "I'm looking for Mr. Bolton," Mason said. "You've found him." Erle Stanley Gardner, writing in The Case of the Bigamous Spouse, 1961.

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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