Oheka Castle Owner Shot

Guests pose in gardens of Oheka Castle.

Gary Melius is reported in stable condition after he was shot in the parking lot of Oheka Castle about midday Monday.

Earlier this month, Behind Every Great Fortune, a historical novel about Otto Hermann Kahn who built the castle, was published. 

The novel is described as "crackl(ing) with intrigue, ritual murder, sexual depravity, and betrayal, as the action races from the first terrorist attack on New York City to the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand, the murder of Rasputin, the Russian Revolution, and the bloody devastation of WWI."

The castle has been a popular site for charity events and celebrity weddings since Melius first purchased the site in 1984. Its name is drawn from Kahn's name (Otto Hermann Kahn). 

The estate is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.