Waking Up With Flem!

October ghost stories come to an end on Waking Up with Flem, and for the finale, Ryan and Marlee are staying close to home with one of North Georgia’s most haunting places — Tallulah Gorge.

Long before it became a state park and tourist destination, old stories and local folklore described the gorge as a place people feared and respected. Legends told of mysterious beings hidden among the cliffs and caves, strange voices in the darkness, and even stories of an entrance to another world somewhere deep below.

In this episode, Ryan and Marlee dig into the real history and old legends surrounding Tallulah Gorge before taking things into full campfire-story territory with a chilling tale of whistles in the woods, voices calling from the gorge, missing time, muddy footprints, and something that may have followed a hiker home.

Would you answer if something in the darkness called your name?

The history is real. The legends are real. What waits in the dark? We’ll let you decide.

Turn the lights down, grab some coffee, and join us for the final chapter of our October ghost story series on Waking Up with Flem.

October ghost stories continue on Waking Up with Flem, and this week we’re staying a whole lot closer to home.

Ryan and Marlee dive into the chilling story of Grace Bingham Brock and the legend of The Ghost of Cannon Bridge right here in Habersham County. Behind the ghost story is a very real 1939 murder, a body discovered in the Soque River, a criminal trial, and a local legend that has been passed around for generations.

Over the years, people have told stories of thick fog, mysterious voices, stalled cars, strange sounds near the river, and a woman appearing around the bridge late at night. The murder is documented history. The haunting? That part is up to you.

We also take a minute to celebrate some birthdays — Happy belated birthday to Jordan Flowers, and an early Happy birthday to Colby Scott on October 20! And since Colby has been one of Ryan’s closest friends for basically forever, Ryan went a little extra this year and wrote him a birthday song packed with memories, inside jokes, golf trash talk and plenty of stories that probably didn’t need to be put into a song… but definitely were. 😂🎶

The history is real. The stories are real. The ghost? We’ll let you decide.

Turn the lights down, grab some coffee, and join us for Episode 3 of our October ghost story series on Waking Up with Flem. 🎙️👻🌙

October ghost stories continue on Waking Up with Flem. 👻

This week, Ryan and Marlee head to the Georgia coast for the chilling legend of The Ghost of St. Simons Lighthouse.

The lighthouse has stood on St. Simons Island since the 1800s, and behind its beautiful coastal views is a much darker piece of history. In 1880, lighthouse keeper Frederick Osborne was shot during a dispute with his assistant keeper. Osborne later died from his injuries, but according to local legend, he may never have truly left the lighthouse.

For generations, visitors have reported unexplained footsteps climbing the spiral staircase, strange sounds inside the tower, and the feeling that someone is still making the rounds long after the lighthouse keeper’s final shift.

Ryan and Marlee break down the real history, the tragedy behind the legend, and the ghost stories that have kept people talking for more than a century.

The history is real. The stories are real. The ghost? We’ll let you decide.

Turn the lights down, grab some coffee, and join us for Episode 2 of our October ghost story series on Waking Up with Flem. 🎙️👻🌙

October is getting spooky on Waking Up with Flem. 👻 This month, Ryan and Marlee are diving into real ghost stories, local legends, and creepy tales with actual history behind them.

We’re starting with one of Georgia’s most famous legends: The Lady of Lake Lanier.

In 1958, two women disappeared near Lake Lanier. A body was found the following year, but the mystery wouldn’t fully unravel for more than three decades. Somewhere along the way, stories began spreading about a mysterious woman in blue appearing near the lake—and the legend of the Lady of Lake Lanier was born.

In this episode, we break down what actually happened, where the legend came from, and the stories people still tell today.

The disappearance was real. The mystery was real. The ghost? We’ll let you decide.

Grab a cup of coffee, turn the lights down, and kick off spooky season with us on Waking Up with Flem. 🎙️

Ryan and Marlee headed out with Melody and Tim to cheer on the Georgia Bulldogs 🏈, while Maizee and Declan got the better end of the deal—spending Friday AND Saturday night with Mimi and Tom, where they were, of course, completely spoiled. 😂 Then Sunday it was back to the sidelines for Maizee’s soccer game. ⚽

Then we ask a question that seems to come up more and more lately:

When did EVERYTHING get so expensive?!

We’re talking about the things that just don’t feel worth the money anymore—fast food, movie theaters, concerts, vacations, streaming services, convenience fees, and all the other stuff that makes you look at the total and think, “Yeah… never mind.” 😂

Are these things actually getting ridiculous, or are we just officially at the age where we complain about how much everything costs?

Plus, we flip it around and talk about the things that may be overpriced…but we’re still willing to pay for anyway.

🎙️ Question of the Day: What has gotten so expensive that you finally decided it just isn’t worth the money anymore?

Waking Up with Flem — Season 3
Same people. Same chaos. More to complain about. 😂

This week on Waking Up with Flem, we’re coming off another packed weekend of practices, games, road trips, and family fun!

We recap the week of soccer and baseball practices, Saturday’s soccer game, Ryan and Declan’s trip to the Falcons game, and Marlee and Maizee heading to another soccer game on Sunday. And because apparently we weren’t busy enough already, we also squeezed in a trip to the County Fair. 😂

Then we get into this week’s topic: Unwritten Rules Everyone Should Know.

You know the rules nobody actually wrote down… but somehow EVERYONE should know them. We’re talking grocery carts, elevators, neighborhood behavior, restaurants, group chats, and yes… even the proper etiquette when choosing a urinal. 😂

Why do some people seem to understand these rules automatically while others act like they’ve never lived around other humans?

Join Ryan and Marlee as we debate the unwritten rules of everyday life, decide which ones actually matter, and probably discover a few things that annoy us way more than they should.

Question of the Day: What’s an unwritten rule that you think EVERYONE should know?

This week on Waking Up with Flem, we’re recapping a full family weekend that included soccer, road trips, Buc-ee’s, and one kid who found a way to skip the whole thing. 😂

Sunday meant another soccer game, and this one was 2½ hours away. Declan decided that sounded like a little too much soccer for one day, so he got to spend the day with Marlee’s friend Lauren instead — which he probably considered a pretty solid win.

Of course, you can’t make a road trip without a Buc-ee’s stop, and somehow Declan still managed to benefit from the trip because he ended up with his newest piece of wardrobe greatness: a Buc-ee costume. Because apparently every kid needs the option to dress like a giant beaver. 😂

Then we get into this week’s big topic:

Are We Becoming Our Parents?!

We’re talking about all those things we swore we’d NEVER do — and now somehow we’re doing every single one of them. Yelling about lights being left on, fighting over the thermostat, saying things like “because I said so,” falling asleep on the couch, and suddenly understanding why our parents complained about everything.

At what point do you realize you’ve officially crossed over from making fun of your parents… to actually becoming them?

And this episode is a big one for another reason — it officially wraps up Season 2 of Waking Up with Flem! That means we’ve now been doing this podcast for two full years, sharing the family chaos, vacations, parenting stories, random debates, embarrassing moments, and everything in between.

Two seasons. Two years. A whole lot of stories.

Thanks to everybody who has listened, laughed with us, shared an episode, or stuck around for the ride. We can’t wait to see what Season 3 brings!

Join Ryan and Marlee for the Season 2 finale of Waking Up with Flem.

Question of the Day: What’s something you caught yourself saying or doing that made you realize, “Oh no… I’m turning into my parents”? 😂

This week on Waking Up with Flem, we’re officially entering a whole new era… Maizee turned 13! That’s right—we now have a TEENAGER in the house, and we’re still trying to figure out how that happened so fast. 😂

We kick things off recapping a busy weekend at Maizee’s soccer tournament, before jumping into all the birthday festivities. Turning 13 also has us talking about how birthday parties change as the kids get older—gone are the days of the simple little-kid parties!

For Maizee’s big day, we headed to Activate for some competitive family fun, plenty of laughs, and a birthday celebration worthy of officially becoming a teenager.

Then came Taco Mac…

An interesting encounter during dinner sparked a conversation we never expected to have—and ultimately led us to this week’s very important Question of the Day:

💨 Have you ever trusted a fart… and LOST?! 💩😂

Soccer, birthdays, teenagers, family chaos, and bodily functions… somehow it all makes sense on Waking Up with Flem.

🎧 Grab your coffee and wake up with us!

Before the marriage, the kids, and all the family chaos…there was dating. And looking back, there may have been a few RED FLAGS we probably should've paid more attention to. 😂

This week on Waking Up with Flem, Ryan and Marlee are going back to the beginning of their relationship and exposing the things they noticed about each other when they first started dating.

What was the first red flag? Who tried harder to impress the other? Were there habits we thought would eventually change? What did our friends and families think? And was there ever a moment when one of us thought, “Yeah…this might not work out”?

Then we're answering the ultimate question: If we met each other today, would we still date? Would we swipe right—or would one look at the other's dating profile be enough to send us running? 😂

Of course, it can't ALL be red flags. We'll finish by looking back at the green flags that made us realize there might actually be something special here.

Grab your coffee and join us as we revisit the awkward, funny, questionable, and unforgettable beginning of our relationship on another episode of Waking Up with Flem!

🎙️ Listener Question: Looking back, what was the biggest red flag you ignored when you first started dating your spouse or significant other? 🚩

This week on Waking Up with Flem, Ryan and Marlee are taking a trip back to the '90s and 2000s—when Friday night meant a trip to Blockbuster, the mall was actually the place to be and MTV played music videos!!

We're talking burned CDs with questionable song choices, old-school fast food, life before smartphones, and all the little things we swear were just better back then.

Was life actually better… or are we just getting old? 😂

Grab your frosted tips, find your old Nokia, and come hang out with us as we relive the days when the internet screamed at you before it connected.

What’s one thing from the '90s or 2000s you’d bring back TODAY?