Eugene Stine

**Eugene Stine** is a Gallows Creek High School student and the fifth 911 caller. He is voiced by Dario Coates.

## History

Eugene Stine was born in 1971 in Gallows Creek to Peter Stine and Kim Walker. On May 12, 1977 Eugene's parents died in an accidental bus collision.

A short while before September 3, 1987, Eugene met a girl named Molly, who he asked out on his very fist date to the Maize Maze at Giblet Field on Whistling Night, with him hoping that they could have a romantic time in the "Love Labyrinth". They agreed to meet at midnight in the center of the maze, but Molly ended up being a no show.

Having waited at their rendezvous point for over an hour while listening to KFAM 189.16 - The Scream, at 1:04 A.M., Eugene musters up the courage to call the show's host Forrest Nash for advice on what to do, seeing as Forrest has been "playing it cool" throughout the night as the impromptu 911 operator. After explaining his situation, Eugene asks if he should call Molly or continue waiting, evidently not considering leaving his spot an option. Forrest may either tell him to "go home to his parents", which will lead him to awkwardly state that his parents are deceased, or saying *"Do you really need to ask?"*, causing Eugene to rethink his decision, or advising him to *"Stay and wait",* to gladly which he agrees*.* Peggy chimes in to remind the caller that there's a murderer on the loose, snapping Eugene back to reality and briefly consider packing up and leaving.

Before he can do anything, Eugene hears rustling in the maze and believing that Molly came after all, the teen shouts his location within the Maize Maze to who he thinks is his date. A familar whistling is then heard, with Eugene realizing that Molly can't whistle and immediately begins to break down into panicked sobbing. Eugene cries about how this was "supposed to be his best night of his life, not the worst" and announces for all of Gallows Creek to hear that he's about to die a virgin. Since Eugene can't find his way back so easily, it being a maze and all, Forrest and Peggy suggest the boy look for a hiding place to plan his escape in relative safety, which he does "for Molly". Once he hangs up, Peggy tells Forrest that since the receptionist Barbara Albright planned to go on a date with station food critic Bradley Carter, there might be a map of the place at her desk.

A bit later, Eugene calls again after getting lost in his frantic sprint and asks for directions as the Whistling Man is in pursuit with a chainsaw, cutting through the hedges towards him. Eugene describes several landmarks in the maze to Forrest in hopes that it'll help him determine the right way out. To get Eugene out of the Maize Maze it’s left, backwards, left, right, and right. Eugene is near out of breath from the constant running, but breaks into a fit of glee upon seeing that he's reached the exit, with his bike still there, thanking Forrest before making his way back home and loudly proclaiming his love for Molly to everything in earshot before hanging up. Forrest then discusses the fate of Molly with Peggy, who rather sadly postulates that she "probably never left home" in the first place.

If Eugene survived, in the interview with the Whistling Man, when Peggy is revealed to be another target due to her parents, Forrest has the option to ask Marie if the same thing was true for Eugene. Marie affirms his suspicion, as she loathed both of his parents for running away before George Barrow's death, but since they died in an unrelated accident before she could get to them, she settled for the next best thing to exact her vengeance on in full.

## Possible death

* If Eugene is given two false directions (the first time, he will see that it's the wrong path and go back), the Whistling Man catches up to Eugene, who screams in terror as the Whistling Man gets to him and murders the boy with one swift slash of the chainsaw.

## Trivia

* Eugene is the youngest possible Whistling Man victim at 15 years old.
* Similar to Virginia's call, there are no hints as to whether the offending Whistling Man was Henry or Marie, with both later striking in places close to the mazeafterwards.
* The reasons for Molly's absence are never confirmed, but Peggy voices her suspicion that, considering Eugene's oblivious demeanor and romantic inexperience, the girl had no plans of following through with their date and might have purposely ditched him that night as a cruel prank for Whistling Night. Another explanation could be that unlike Eugene, Molly didn't want to take any risks going outside after hearing about the Whistling Man prowling around town.
* It is revealed through the names seen on the cork board from Clive's office that Eugene is the son of another pair of suspected victims, Peter Stine and Kim Walker. Their familal connection is confirmed by Marie in the interview, also sharing that Eugene, while not personally involved in the night of George Barrow's death, Marie nonetheless went after him, viewing it as a sort of ancestral sin he had to pay for.
* Saving Eugene yields the Steam achievement "Child of the Corn Maze", a reference to the Stephen King short horror story and later movie adaptation, *Children of the Corn*.