Uthaine Tipps

**Uthaine Tipps**, otherwise known as **Employer Tipps**, was a man who owned Derby Church, a dilapidated but well-known church in the local area. He is also the central antagonist of the gothic horror short story *Stone Cold*, and its film adaptation of the same name. Employer Tipps harbors necrophiliac desires towards the buried bodies, and begins to dig them up for his amusement and satisfaction.

## Uthaine Tipps

### Alias

Employer TippsMr. Tipps

Vicious Little Cockney

## Personal Information

### Relationships

George Hawthorne (employee; deceased)Maid (Stone Cold) (employee; deceased)

## Appearances

### Films

*Stone Cold* (2022)

It is unknown how long he had been doing this for, but by the events of the film, many corpses had been reported missing, hinting that ever since he gained ownership of Derby he had been raping corpses. Tipps kept this a secret for many years until he was discovered by George Hawthorne, who promptly killed him out of disgust.

## Biography

### Early Life

Not much is known about Tipps' early life. It can be inferred that he was born during the late 1800s into the very wealthy Tipps family. The Tipps family acquired Derby Church during the 16th century, and as a result it has been in his family for generations. At some point in his life, Tipps' father passed away, leaving him as the sole owner of Derby Church.

Tipps was an atheist, much like George Hawthorne. As a result, he cared very little for the church or the responsibilities that came with owning it. It is believed that after he acquired ownership of Derby Church he started to sexually abuse the corpses buried in the graveyard. While it is unknown how long he had been doing this for, when George goes outside, he sees that most of the graves have been dug into and the coffins are missing, indicating that Tipps kept the corpses he dug up and kept them in his house for sexual gratification.

At some point prior to The Derby Massacre and perhaps sometime before World War II, Tipps employed a pregnant middle-aged woman to work at the church and clean it. He severely mistreated her and used his cane to jab her stomach while she was pregnant.

### Stone Cold

Tipps pulled his car up to Derby Church after hiring recently released mental patient George Hawthorne. Once George arrived for work, Tipps gave him a set of keys as well as letting him into the church to have a look around the place. He also introduced George to the maid he would be working with. During a conversation, Tipps shoved his cane towards the maid once she "spoke out of place" according to him. He told George to treat the maid like she was a "dog". George was unsettled by Tipps' supposedly abusive nature. Tipps then left for the night.

During the night, Tipps would return to the graveyard before George went outside in order to dig up more corpses to rape, and then leave before anyone knew he was there. It is believed in this timeframe that he dug up the corpse of Julia Hawthorne, which he sadistically had sex with. It is unclear what he did with Julia's body after mistreating it, however it is implied that after the encounter, Julia's ghost rose from the grave. It is unclear whether Tipps knew about this or not. During the night, Julia terrorized her former husband and forced him to become a killer again. She did this by tricking George into killing the Maid by making him believe he was killing her instead.

After George killed the Maid, he went outside to gather his thoughts and discovered Tipps digging up another corpse. It was at this point that George pieced together what Tipps was doing. The two men engaged in a struggle, where George expressed disgust for what Tipps was doing. Tipps tried to reason with George, saying that he was no different and tried to appeal to George's remorseful nature, by saying that he was "sick" and "needed help" as a last stitch attempt to save himself. However, George remained unconvinced, and promptly killed Tipps by decapitating him with the coffin lid. After Tipps' head rolled into the coffin, George shouted his name, prompting the head of Tipps to eye George before it died for good. George left Tipps headless body in the graveyard before he killed himself.

### After Stone Cold

The next morning, Tipps' body, along with the Maid's and George's, were discovered by churchgoers. It is presumed that Tipps head and body were dispensed. Due to Tipps being the last member of his bloodline, Derby Church was left without an owner. It was later shut down and burned to the ground 45 years after Tipps' death.

## Physical Appearance

Tipps was a very well-dressed man. He presented himself with a gentlemen-like stature. Tipps wore all black, which included a buttoned-up trench coat and and long black suit pants. Tipps also wore black boots and socks, as well as black gloves. To complete his outfit, he was distinct for wearing a black top hat as well as black sunglasses. He carried a black cane with him, unclear why. Tipps had a very pale complexion, to the point where his face was almost white, indicating he didn't get much sunshine. He also had dark brown hair styled in slick back style, as well as sideburns growing down the side of his face.

## Personality

Tipps was a despicable human being. He was careless and selfish, seeming only to care about himself and his own interests. Unlike George Hawthorne, who was sympathetically mentally ill, it appeared Tipps was genuinely evil and a bad person. Tipps was portrayed as abusive and possibly misogynistic, comparing the Maid to a dog that needed to be trained. Tipps physically abused the Maid by shoving her with his cane, and seemed to be unaffected by the fact that she was pregnant. His misogynistic nature was hinted at further when he treated George with more respect than the Maid.

Tipps was well-dressed and had a taste for black, presenting himself as a gentlemen to the public. Tipps was a prominent atheist and outwardly despised religion, caring very little for Derby Church and seemingly only owning it due to his father passing away. Aside from his outward appearance, deep down, Tipps was a perverted sexual madman and a necrophile. It is unclear what caused this, although it can be inferred that necrophilia is his sexual orientation. He was disturbed and crazed, frequently raping the corpses of his graveyard as well as taking them home for his perverted sexual pleasure. His necrophiliac nature would ultimately be his downfall, however, as he was killed by George Hawthorne for it.

Tipps was also portrayed as unsympathetic and had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. He was simply just evil and insane. He was also desperate, as he tried to bargain his way out of his death, however it was unsuccessful.