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: June 22: Susan Jensen (Arizona) monopolizes the Magenta Magnifier for maintaining 500 manila toe tags! June 22: Tari Hann (Ohio) leverages the Lavender Lab Coat for looping 100 lilac toe tags! June 21: Welcome back to Jen McFarren (Texas), returning from the 2025 edition of the challenge! Jen has already grabbed the Garnet Gloves for gripping 50 toe tags! June 21: Welcome back to Karen Baroness (Texas), returning from the 2025 edition of the challenge!   Review previous challenges: 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

Who else examined my book in 2026? Enter Author or Title:

BUREAU of VITAL STATISTICS updated WED JUNE 24 2026 @ 8.30 PM EDT
Medical Examiners 2 7		Authors	Titles 1 0 1 0	Toe Tags 7 1 7 3	Autopsy notes	Personal effects
	Tina Hilbert Ohio Gold Gurney (most toe tags) @2/10	32	53	813
	JenneB Pennsylvania	47	59	776
	Horror Girl Texas	55	75	666
	Susan Jensen Arizona Magenta Magnifier (500 Toe Tags) @6/22	55	67	515
	Beth M North Carolina Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @6/12	46	51	498
	OutsmartYourShelf The United Kingdom	44	52	454
	Tracy House New York	33	53	441
	Bev "Quincy" Hankins Indiana Silver Scalpel (most titles) @2/18 Bronze Body Bag (most authors) @2/1 Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @6/14	103	116	422
	Colleen Illinois Scarlet Sponge (400 Toe Tags) @6/13	39	62	415
	Linda B Kentucky Brass Bone Saw (300 Toe Tags) @5/31	48	63	386
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Vallery Louisiana	23	29	252
	Sanacrow Tennessee	4	10	194
	Jjean Texas	30	38	193
	Rick Mills Maine Chief Medical Examiner	38	51	184
	batkat West Virginia	12	21	177
	Shannon The Netherlands	16	35	157
	Traci L. Illinois	31	40	127
	Tari Hann Ohio Lavender Lab Coat (100 Toe Tags) @6/22	31	38	100
	Erika Morris California	10	18	97
	SueC Utah	15	25	93
Medical Examiner		Authors	Titles	Toe Tags	Notes	Personal effects
	Jen McFarren Texas Garnet Gloves (50 Toe Tags) @6/21	16	17	85
	Tara Taylor Illinois	9	12	84
	Dianne Lebold Ontario	10	11	28
	Karen Baroness Texas	14	15	26
	Jace Boyer	2	2	6
	Brandy	1	1	3
	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 Wednesday, June 24: "No hypo marks on the body," said Dr. Fielding dryly, "and I am told that fifteen to thirty minutes before he collapsed he ate a frankfurter under ... peculiar conditions." "I didn't!" screamed Judy. "I didn't do it!" Ellery Queen, writing in Man Bites Dog, a short story contained in The New Adventures of Ellery Queen, 1940

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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