"It’s a massive family of geeks, freaks and weirdos." Satanic rituals, burlesque and cowbell - what it was like at Ghost Con, the world's only dedicated Ghost fan convention

Fans dressed up as various Ghost characters.

On stage are three different Papa Emerituses - Papas II, III and V, to be precise - standing alongside an amused looking Sister Imperator, as yet another Papa Emeritus, this one dressed in Donald Trump attire, struts through a crowd of a few hundred cheering, jeering and laughing onlookers. Of said onlookers, about half are also in various states of fancy dress - we count dozens more Papas, a couple more Sister Imperators, Nameless Ghouls aplenty and various nuns, priests, demons and devils.

I haven't downed a bag of shrooms, stuck on Skeletá and started tripping my balls off. This is just the standard kind of scene you can expect to find at Ghost Con, the world's only fan convention dedicated entirely to everyone's favourite devilish, masked party metallers, Ghost.