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PCM got the chance to speak to co-lead investigators Barry Fitzgerald and Kris Williams from Syfy's Ghost Hunters International. The show, which is a spin-off of the Ghost Hunters series, returns with Season three next week on Wednesday, July 13.

Ghost Hunters International features a squad of paranormal investigators who use their principles of scientific techniques, to explore some of the most legendary haunted spots around the world. Each week the team travels to the far corners of the globe, searching for answers to bizarre supernatural mysteries.

For its first round of investigations, the International crew took on some of Europe's most haunted locales, including Chillingham Castle in England and the forgotten underground city of Mary King's Close in Scotland. The new episodes will take the team to countries such as Peru, Singapore, Sweden, the Philippines and many others.

Check out the conversation below along with the trailer for season three of this ghoulish series:

In regards to the first two episodes that are held in Trinidad, what did you find the biggest challenge you had with investigating in that location?

Kris Williams: Just in some locations there were huge - I know Barry and I - the location Chacachacare was very overgrown, thick, thick jungles. And I know it's not something we usually have a lot of experience with. I don't know. What would you say?

Barry Fitzgerald: Well I certainly agree with you, Kris. Chacachacare certainly was something which was really new for us and really getting into some of that adventure side of ghost investigating. And the very fact that we were pushing ourselves to the limits in Trinidad was great for us to get out of that norm and really extend ourselves.

And certainly for me, Trinidad will always be remembered by the huge centipedes that hiss at you. And just - Joe Chin and Scott Tepperman had it the hardest. And of course, I can't forget the roads either. They were petrifying.

Where is the one place that you haven't investigated yet for each of you that you most want to?

Kris Williams: I've always wanted to investigate the Catacombs in France. But I think you guys have already done that before I came on, right, like a section of it?

Barry Fitzgerald: That's right, that's right, yes. For me I would have to say it would be the Titanic, right at the bottom of the Atlantic.

Now can you both talk about Trinidad and the supernatural elements there as compared to North America or even Europe?

Kris Williams: You know, it's funny because Barry and I have both been running into places where the belief systems are just different. And it's funny because it's been challenging us in a lot of ways, because there's certain that we tackle things that goes against the local culture and the local beliefs.

And I know the big thing in Trinidad was the story of the Soucouyant which appears as a fireball. And they say that, basically, she'll appear as an old woman and peel her skin away and turn into this fireball. And the locals are afraid of this thing. It's something that they scare their kids with so they stay out of the jungle.

But it's just really interesting to see the differences and hear the differences in the cultures in all the different countries you go to. It's different because when I was in the states, you know, you're familiar with what people believe here. But once you start going outside of that and you get to see the world a little bit, it's interesting to see our differences. You learn - I feel I'm learning a lot more with the international show.

Barry Fitzgerald: The differences, as Kris has pointed out, are varied. And we find ourselves both bringing solutions to some of those belief systems and alternatives. And at other times we're facing a learning curve as well from our perspective which takes us outside of our comfort zone. And sometimes we're faced with things that we've never experienced before.

England, for example, we were told about this story that just seemed a way out there. And, you know, for us to film that and see it for ourselves was quite a remarkable experience.
But Trinidad, of course, has its own belief systems, very much similar to other island belief systems. But both Trinidad and Tobago, and of course the other islands, are steeped in myth and superstition. And it's a very vibrant place. And that vibrancy filters through into its legends and myths. And it was really a remarkable experience for us all.

Kris Williams: It's funny, too, because a lot of times, like, the, you know, different belief systems are kind of putting the group in an interesting spot, because we're - you know, obviously there's six of us. We're all coming at it from different angles too. But then we're dealing with the local culture. And, you know, there's been a couple times we all are battling out - battling it out in a way, because it's so different than anything we're used to dealing with. I don't know. It's been fun. I think the last few cases we've done have really made us all kind of think of think outside the box.

Kris, can you talk about what you felt on the leg in the dark in Trinidad and what you thought it was?

Kris Williams: What I felt on my leg in Trinidad, the Lopinot. I'm trying to think. Yes, I honestly, I have no clue. I mean there's a few things that happened in Trinidad that I can't explain. I know I have seen this shadow, this human figure. I also got touched. I know Barry had things a few things happen to him that he couldn't explain. You know, it's just one of those cases where, you know, we have personal experiences. But then, you know, we also have some stuff to back it up. So it was just - it was just a weird case all around.

I think all of us were kind of either - I don't even know how to describe it honestly, like we're all split. For a while there it was three on one side and three on the other. And we're kind of battling it out over evidence. We're battling it out over personal experience. And then, it's just - I enjoy cases like that because we're all kind of picking at each other. We're all working together to figure it out. It's not like just Barry and I, which is nice.

But I have no idea what the hell touched me. I have no idea what the hell I've seen at the location. I'm still trying to figure it out because everything in me has always been a skeptic. And I always question, even when I know I couldn't explain it when I was there. But I have no idea. I mean, I'm still confused by it.

Can you tell us Barry, do you have any new investigative techniques or technologies that you're going to introduce this season?

Barry Fitzgerald: I have been working with (Paul) on development within the camera technology. We do want to see more. We want that - we don't want that technology to become stagnant. And so it's continually developing. We do have the fourth generation camera, a low light full spectrum camera which is coming out now. And it has been proving very critical for us on the investigations, especially in Castle Rising in England. There's going to be some staggering evidence coming from over there.