I'm torn between two possibilities which are as follows:
1) The list is a complete fake. Jane made this list accessible together with the information about his "happy memory" to lure out Red John.
The whole show is based on the mind games between Patrick and Red John. They are involved in this long battle trying to outwit each other and Red John is clearly threatened as he has people spying on Patrick and on the CBI team. Patrick could have told different people different things and waited to see what combination of things come back via Red John and like that pin point it on someone.
But, on the other hand would Jane give out names and see who Red John murders to pin point it on someone? Would he play with lives like that? If he did he would at least have kept an eye on those he named. In any event I believe all the names on the list are wrong. Which brings me to my second theory...
2) Red John is Patrick Jane's father.
I hate to go all "Luke I am your father" with this but this is the only way I can explain it. Red John is competing with Jane. Red John is old. He is manipulative. He was in visualize long ago. I am saying this a bit unsure but didn't Brett Stiles mention that he knows Patrick's father? I am not sure now whether that happened or whether I am imagining that.
He fits the bill. He is the only one who could know who Jane liked back at the carnival. He is Jane's "maker". He could have murdered Jane's family because Jane ran away with his wife from the carnival, in other words she took him away from his father and they were making lots of money together. He knows Jane and how to get to Jane. He was cold hearted and he was ruthless.
If you exclude all other story lines and look at this and this alone you will realize it matches quite nicely. We were never told what happened to Jane's father. And this is the one theory that has never been laid to rest.
As for the whole hand shaking thing, it could still match up. It could just be a saying Lorrelei used. It could even be something Red John wanted her to say, he is obviously toying with Patrick. When he mentions this in the video and the list of suspects he words it in a mocking way. And the video where they sell the "magic crystal" to the sick girl shows how easily his father can lead anyone into a state of trust and security.
I stand by this theory, his father is Red John. I'd like to know your opinions please.
