Lanford is indeed a fictional city. All the exterior shots are from locations in Evansville, Indiana. Technically, nowhere. Considering that Lanford is a fictitious city, it really doesn't exist. If you take the information given on the show, it could exist in a number of areas. For example, the real cities of DeKalb and Elgin are often implied to only be an hour or two drive away.
Born in Scarsdale, New York, Susan Lucci is one of the most recognized soap stars ever. She's sexy, conniving, scheming temptress who seems to have the ability to wrap men around her fingers! During her long and sensational career on All My Children, Ms. Lucci grew from a troubled teen to international beauty.
Tice was one of four young enlisted Navy men who confessed to the July 1997 rape and murder of Michelle Moore-Bosko in Norfolk, Virginia. The men confessed after being subjected to intense and prolonged interrogations by Norfolk homicide detective Robert Glenn Ford, and they all recanted their confessions claiming they were coerced by Ford.