Welcome to the Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge for 2025! Your goal as Medical Examiner is to read murder mysteries and attach toe tags 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 : I am going to write a murder mystery, in which the murder occurs at 2:00 AM on the Sunday morning transition from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time. The murderer will have a foolproof alibi, since during that transition, we live through 2:00 AM twice - once just as we begin to set the clocks back, and then again an hour later. So an hour after the murder, the victim can still be alive ... oh, wait, I have to think about this some more ... RM The Chief Medical Examiner will be out of the office from TUE NOV 4 through FRI NOV 7 and Mystillery challenges will not be updated during that period. Please continue your submissions as usual during the interim. Oct 31 : Tara Taylor (Illinois) grips the Garnet Gloves for grasping 50 toe tags! Oct 16 : Tracy House (New York) takes the myopic Magenta Magnifier for marking up 500 manila toe tags!       Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

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BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated MON NOV 3 2025 @ 9.00 am EST
Medical Examiners 2 7		Authors	Titles 1 8 1 8	Toe Tags 1 4 0 7 7	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	Tina Hilbert Ohio Gold Gurney (Most Toe Tags) @9/19	43	112	1681
	JenneB Pennsylvania	30	62	1466
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	100	130	1154
	Linda B Kentucky	66	157	1110
	Vallery Louisiana	55	98	885
	batkat West Virginia	15	63	820
	Colleen Illinois	75	112	792
	Beth M North Carolina	53	74	726
	Sanacrow Tennessee	11	29	718
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Silver Scalpel (Most Titles) @5/25 Bronze Body Bag (Most Authors) @2/11	140	185	611
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Tracy House New York Magenta Magnifier (500 Toe Tags) @10/16	38	61	575
	Karen A New Mexico	47	105	566
	Susan Jensen Arizona	76	89	533
	Jjean Texas	53	75	472
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @10/10	57	90	438
	SueC Utah Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @9/24	38	88	322
	Terry M. Minnesota	52	70	265
	Erika Morris California	22	32	231
	Shannon The Netherlands Fuchsia Forceps (200 Toe Tags) @9/18	29	48	223
	Tari Hann Ohio Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @7/8	50	58	145
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Traci L. Illinois	27	36	106
	AfterPlague Florida	13	13	100
	Scott Nickels Georgia	11	11	94
	Tara Taylor Illinois Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @10/31	10	11	53
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	7	7	17
	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 Monday, November 3 : At twenty minutes past six, Dr. Frant arrived at the station, where he was shown into the waiting-room by Mr. Cutbush. A very brief inspection served to show that Sir Wilfred Saxonby was dead. "Not very long, hardly an hour, I should imagine," said the doctor. "Now, let's see if we can find out what he died of. Just help me to undo his coat and waistcoat, and we'll see where that blood came from." Miles Burton, writing in Death in the Tunnel, 1936.

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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