In 1973, Dr. Brad Eliot wandered into the sleepy little town of Genoa City trying to escape his past. He found himself immersed in Genoa City life when he was offered a job by newspaper publisher Stuart Brooks. The Brooks family consisted of Stuart, his wife Jennifer, and four daughters, Leslie a pianist, Lorie an author, Chris a reporter and Peggy a college student. The Brooks family was all tangled up with the Fosters. The Foster family included mother Liz a factory worker, older brother Snapper, younger brother Greg a lawyer, and Jill a beautician and aspiring model. Leslie fell in love with Brad, Chris was seeing Snapper who was also seeing a Sally, a waitress. Greg was in love with Chris and Jill wormed her way into a job as Katherine Chancellor's personal secretary/hairdresser. Katherine was a very wealthy former customer of Jill's at the beauty salon. Chris was raped by a man she met at a bar named George Curtis.

In 1974, Chris rebuffed Snapper's sexual advances due to her rape trauma and he sought comfort from Sally. Sally decided she wanted to keep Snapper for herself, so of course she got pregnant on purpose. Snapper eventually proposed to Chris and she accepted. All the while, Snapper had no idea Sally was pregnant with his child. Sally's boss Pierre told her he would marry her and claim the baby as his own. They eloped and later Chris and Snapper were married and Chris became pregnant shortly after. Lorie started interfering in Leslie and Brad's relationship. Jill took care of the alcoholic Katherine and found herself in love with Kay's husband Phillip. Kay's son Brock returned to town and set his sights on Jill.

In 1975, Lorie convinced Brad to marry her and it caused Leslie to have a complete breakdown and be admitted to a mental hospital. Sally's husband Pierre was killed and Snapper convinced her to stay in town. Chris found out that Sally's baby was Snappers and she miscarried her own baby. Snapper and Chris split for a bit, but eventually made up. Chris went to work at Legal Aid with Greg. Greg fell in love with prostitue Gwen Sherman, but she decided to become a nun instead of marrying Greg. Bill Foster resumed to town and tried to resume his place in the Foster family. Phillip and Jill made love and Jill became pregnant. Kay bribed Brock to marry Jill and she accepted to give her child a name. Katherine gave up drinking and Phillip got a quickie divorce in Haiti.

In 1976, Leslie returned to town and Brad discovered Lorie's schemes reuniting with Leslie. Leslie and Brad were married. Katherine was very upset when she learned Phillip had divorced her. She met him at the airport and during the ride home they ended up going off a cliff. Jill and Phillip were married at the hospital and he later died. Katherine got the mansion in a court settlement and then started drinking again. Jennifer and Stuart were divorced and then later reconciled. Jill gave birth to a baby boy. Lorie learned she was the daughter of Bruce Henderson and not Stuart Brooks. Brad and Leslie's marriage fell apart and he left town. Bill Foster died as a result of cancer and Jill fell in love with the man who had received Bill's corneas.

In 1977, Lance Prentiss arrived in Genoa City with his mother Vanessa. Lance fell for Leslie, but she was unable to forget Brad. Lance then moved on to Lorie. Peggy Brooks fell for a married man, Jack and then was raped by another man. Chris and Snapper's marriage fell apart and she left town. Katherine became involved with Jack's wife Joanne, but Joanne later remarried Jack. Jennifer Brooks died of cancer and Stuart found himself getting closer to Liz Foster. Jill got a job at a salon managed by Derek Thurston and Katherine decided she wanted to marry Derek and offered him money and his own salon for one year of marriage.

In 1978, Lance and Lorie were married and then Lance's brother Lucas showed up in town. Lorie wrote a tell all book about Leslie's previous breakdown which led to Leslie almost having another one, but Lance helped Leslie overcome her doubts and keep performing. Lance and Leslie made love and Leslie became pregnant. Leslie kept the secret and married Lucas. Jill conned Stuart into marrying her by claiming she was pregnant, but he later found out she lied and Jill refused to divorce him. Derek's ex wife Suzanne arrived in town, drugged Katherine and got her sent to the mental hospital where she sent more drugged candy. Kay's roommate ate the candy, set the place on fire and died. Katherine made it look like she had died and then came back to haunt Suzanne driving her insane temporarily. Jill divorced Stuart and got ready to marry Derek when Katherine showed up at the wedding. Stuart and Liz were married. Snapper fell in love with Casey Reed a fellow doctor who had a wild younger sister named Nikki. Casey remembered that her father Nick had raped her and went to confront him. Nick was trying to rape Nikki and during the attack, Nikki killed him.

In 1979, Katherine made Derek head of Chancellor Industries. Leslie gave birth to a boy and then had trouble with raising him and keeping his paternity a secret. She also did not love her husband Lucas. She decided to leave town and left the baby with Lance and Lorie. Lorie realized the baby was Lance's and Leslie had another breakdown resulting in complete amnesia. She wandered to a bar run by a man named Jonas who promised to help her get her identity back. Lucas expressed an interest in Casey who was still seeing Snapper until Chris returned to town and then Casey and Chris both decided to steer clear of Snapper until he made up his mind which of them he wanted. Nikki became involved with Dr. Scott Adams for a short time, but went back to her wild ways. Nikki ended up in an affair with Paul Williams and contracted gonorrhea. Paul then moved on to April Stevens and she ended up pregnant. Katherine replaced Derek with Victor Newman as head of Chancellor. Victor's wife felt lonely and turned to Brock for friendship. Nikki met Greg and instantly fell for him and the two were married. Nikki took a job she thought was modeling for Rose DeVille, but it turned out it was prostitution. Nikki refused to have sex and the man died from a heart attack. Rose helped her cover it up, and a street kid was later charged with murder with Greg as his lawyer.

The 1980s

The 1990s

2000 and Beyond

NOTE: Information for this website is from many sources both online and in print, my personal people sources, magazines, newspapers, and other sources.