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: Feb 21: Welcome back to Sanacrow (Tennessee) returning from the 2025 challenge ! Feb 21: Lavender Lab Coats for 100 toe tags go to Sanacrow (Tennessee), Linda B (Kentucky), Bev 'Quincy' Hankins (Indiana), and Beth M (North Carolina) ! Feb 20: The sodden Scarlet Sponge for 400 toe tags gets squeezed by Tina Hilbert (Ohio) !   Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

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BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated MON FEB 23 2026 @ 6.45 PM EST
Medical Examiners 2 4		Authors	Titles 3 3 2	Toe Tags 2 4 9 7	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	Tina Hilbert Ohio Gold Gurney (most toe tags) @2/10 Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @2/20	19	29	412
	JenneB Pennsylvania	17	21	317
	Sanacrow Tennessee Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @2/21	4	10	194
	Susan Jensen Arizona	17	19	187
	Vallery Louisiana	18	20	181
	Tracy House New York	8	15	154
	Beth M North Carolina Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @2/16	13	13	145
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	16	17	138
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Silver Scalpel (most titles) @2/18 Bronze Body Bag (most authors) @2/1 Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @2/18	37	37	113
	Linda B Kentucky Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @2/18	13	14	101
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner	22	28	101
	Horror Girl Texas	17	19	84
	Colleen Illinois Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @2/19	14	18	73
	Jjean Texas Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @2/16	11	12	57
	batkat West Virginia	5	6	49
	Tara Taylor Illinois	5	7	40
	Traci L. Illinois	14	16	35
	Shannon The Netherlands	5	7	32
	Erika Morris California	4	5	29
	SueC Utah	5	8	28
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Tari Hann Ohio	5	6	18
	Jace Boyer .	2	2	6
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	1	2	2
	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 Monday, February 23: With something of a bustling air the coroner came in. Coroner Benson was a fussy sort of man, with a somewhat exaggerated sense of his own importance. He paused with what he probably considered a dramatic start when he saw the dead body of Miss Van Norman, and, shaking his head, said, "Alas! Alas!" in tragic tones. Carolyn Wells, writing in The Clue, 1909.

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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