Chicago Hauntings: The Lyric Opera House and the tragic story of tycoon Samuel Insull
CHICAGO -- The Lyric Opera House—formerly and sometimes still called the Civic Opera House—is an imposing and majestic structure, standing like a giant throne overlooking the South Branch of the Chicago River on its west side, while showcasing a grand French Renaissance Revival-style exterior on the east facing North Wacker Drive. Inside, the opera house, at 20 N. Wacker Dr. boasts more space in its auditorium than any other such space in North America except the New York Metropolitan Opera.
Mankiewicz's classic 'Citizen Kane'—in which publishing magnate Charles Foster Kane promises his bride, Susan Alexander, a special opera house in Chicago where she can perform after promising to make her an opera star despite her lack of talent. This story of a real-life 'Citizen Kane' plot point involving Insull and the opera house is not true, multiple accounts point out.
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