Status Updates From The Phantom of the Opera

horror movie character activities 😭 no because wdym they heard a story about a man's leg getting BROKEN the ONE time they let someone into box 5 and they're still skeptical about a ghost, a mf DIED under the stage under mysterious circumstances man

"ok then let's sell box 5" HAVE YPU FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE MAN YOU FOUND DEAD UNDER THE CELLAR EARLIER THAT NIGHT THE LAST TIME YOU DISMISSED THE GHPSTS WISHES

I'm confused, did gaston leroux genuinely write that the opera ghost was real or was this just a part of the story?