Diana Bocco
Expertise
Travel, History, True Crime
- Diana's work has appeared on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic and other travel outlets.
- She's previously written for travel, how-to, and health sites such as Discovery, Healthline.com, and The Clymb.
- Diana is also a writing coach and offers one-on-one support, editing, and development for writers.
Experience
Diana has been a full-time writer, editor, and photographer for over two decades. Over the years, she's covered everything from finances to health and wellness to animal topics. She's written city guides for National Geographic, covered debt and investment for Yahoo! and researched technical topics for Popular Mechanics. She also writes for Ripley's Believe It or Not! and is a regular contributor to Planetware, The Motley Fool, and PetMD. Diana is also a writer/editor at Expats.cz, the largest English-language news site in the Czech Republic. At Grunge, she's putting her passion for history and travel to good use. Diana has traveled extensively and lived in six countries on four continents — that meant getting through plenty of blizzards in Siberia, canoeing through the historical Mekong River, and exploring some of the biggest and deepest caves in Southeast Asia.
Education
Before Diana graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition, she almost pursued a degree in criminal justice. She makes up for the lost degree by writing a lot of true crime articles.
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Stories By Diana Bocco
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There's no question that the development of the polio vaccine has saved countless lives around the globe. While the disease was often fatal, some survived.
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The Bible is full of mysteries that have fascinated historians and believers for thousands of years. One is the legendary Ark of the Covenant artifact.
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Bill Cosby was considered "America's Dad. Then he was convicted of sex crimes. Here is what Bill Cosby's life in prison was really like.
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How old is your cat, in human terms? There's a quick answer, but the correct answer is more complicated -- pretty much as complicated as your cat is.
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A number of WWI veterans survived well into the 2000s, but only 10 World War I veterans around the world were still alive in 2008.
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When caught up in the joy of bringing home a new ball of adorable fur, it's easy to forget that it will cost money to keep that animal happy and healthy.
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While some forms of torture and shame were reserved for criminals, many of the forms of abuse in the Middle Ages were used on those accused of minor "crimes."
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Before the 14th-century black plague decimated Europe, there was an outbreak known as the Justinian plague, which was the first documented pandemic in history.
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Netflix's new docu-series "The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea" is now taking a look into one of the worst serial killers in South Korea's history.
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Genghis Khan would eventually become known as one of the bloodiest warriors of all time and the first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.
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The flood narrative has fascinated researchers for centuries, and plenty of believers have looked for Noah's ark — without much luck — over the years.
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One thing to know about Lennon's fortune is that it never stopped growing. Even after his death, his estate would still see millions of dollars come in.
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Civilizations all over the world have searched for the fountain of youth in one way or another for thousands of years. The fountain could be a spring or river.
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You might associate witch hunts with medieval Europe and the Inquisition, but the truth is that the fear of magic has been around for thousands of years.
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When Nikolai II took the throne as the last czar of Russia in 1894 and married Alexandra Feodorovna, he also brought additional trouble to the House of Romanov.
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As Earth's highest mountain at 29,035 feet above sea level, Mount Everest has been attracting daring climbers, adventurers, and dreamers for decades.
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While World War I was bad, World War II eventually became the deadliest conflict in history. It was also the most expensive war ever fought.
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While he's considered a national hero of Romania, Vlad the Impaler has gone down in history as one of the most violent, sadistic rulers in history.
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Colonial taverns started life as a place for the adults (especially men) to congregate for a drink. And the colonists certainly didn't shy away from them.
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The higher and the deeper you go on Earth, the more extreme the temperatures — whether you're climbing mountains or diving into the deepest parts of the ocean.
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True matriarchal societies, where men play a very small role or don't participate at all, are hard to find — both in modern times and in history.
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For years, scientists and doctors were baffled as to what could be causing residents of an isolated town in Kazakhstan to fall asleep, sometimes for weeks.
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Although originally native to Asia, goldfish, a member of the carp family, are the most common freshwater fish kept in aquariums around the world.
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The United States often experiences drought-like conditions that cause water shortages. What would happen if the the country ran out of water?
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During a blizzard, wind gusts must reach a speed of at least 35 mph, blowing snow at such an intensity that you can only see ahead a quarter of a mile or less.
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Famines have been a part of history for centuries and have been caused by many things, including war, crop failure, and even bad economic policies.
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Around the world, massive constructions become ghostly shells that never recover. Here's the biggest unoccupied building in the world.