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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Throughout the course of American history, there have been several presidential assassination attempts. We examine the assassins and what happened to them.
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The Black Plague (or the Black Death) was the name given to the bubonic plague that hit Europe in the 14th century. Here are some misconceptions about it.
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The Underground Railroad helped slaves escape, but another network was working parallel. Here's the tragic story of the Reverse Underground Railroad.
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Amputations were once the catchall treatment for infection, broken bones, and dead flesh. Here are some brutal facts about amputation throughout history.
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it wasn't until the early 19th century that an official public education system in the U.S. was finally put in place. Here's what school was like in the 1800s.
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Ghost hunting is not only a reality television phenomenon, but it is also something people do every day. Here is what science has found about ghost hunting.
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Researchers believe animals are extremely sensitive to their owners' emotions and physical issues and are able to tell when something is wrong.
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No question but that electricity provides modern life with many, perhaps most, of its benefits, from heat to light to tech -- but there's a drawback, too.
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Climbing Mt. Everest is seen by any as the ultimate test: a test of physical strength, determination, and knowledge. Marco Siffredi took it one step further.
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Marie Curie was a brilliant scientific pioneer, one of the most brilliant minds ever celebrated by the Nobel Prize committee -- and for very good reason.
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The idea that a long-beaked bird is the source of human newborns is a quaint story that may or may not still get traction today, but where did it originate?
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Chernobyl in modern Ukraine is remembered as the world's worst nuclear accident. Here is why the body of the first victim of the disaster was never recovered.
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Disneyland is a constant in American popular culture, a juggernaut of an amusement park that's ready and waiting in Southern California every day -- almost.
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It isn't uncommon for friends to gather at a pub to share pints of beer. However, here is the tragic story of when English beer poisoned its drinkers in 1900.
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Johann Sebastian Bach is widely acclaimed as one of the most brilliant composers who ever lived, with a rich (and large) family life as well.
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Alabama public schools banned yoga in 1993, but decades later a new law reversed that ban. Here's why Alabama banned yoga in public schools in the first place.
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Ric Ocasek, frontman for The Cars, died in 2019 at 75 years old. Here's who inherited his fortune after his death.
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Born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, Greta Garbo was one of the most glamorous stars of the silent movie era. Here's who inherited her fortune after her death.
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Born Ruth Elizabeth Davis in 1908, Bette Davis was a theater actress before she moved on to Hollywood. Here's who inherited her fortune after her death.
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Route 66 was important during the depression era and beyond. Though decommissioned, legend has it that this famous couple still haunts this Route 66 hotel.
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Nostradamus, the famed ancient seer, made predictions through the year 3797, but his followers fear this horrifying prediction in 2023.
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Thousands of years later, King Tut, the Boy King, continues to fascinate scientists and casual observers alike, as still more information is revealed about him.
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Climbing Mount Everest is no easy feat, but in 2013 a former stray named Rupee became the first dog ever to climb Mount Everest.
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The so-called Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick's death was unexpected when he died at 27. Here's how he really died.
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Queen Elizabeth's funeral was huge. While final numbers are still to come, it was a singular event, the first state funeral since Winston Churchill's in 1965.
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Westminster Abbey has historically served as a burial site for monarchs of the UK, but that has changed in recent years. These are the royals buried there.
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Princess Anne is the daughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II, but she chose a very different life for her royal children.