I found something that could explain everything when I mixed every dumb theory.
Bret Stiles gang banged the aunt of Van Pelt, then every spermatozoon fused all their DNA and produced a superpower psychic abandoned to a con father at circus.
But his Evil Plan didn't work and he turned out to be a wonder boy.
Then Bret tried again and Red John was born with a little more consanguine farmboy's sperm.
That could be explain everything :
Red John could be a twin, a father, a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister, all at once, and he can fits every stupid theory you are making.
He can even easily fake his death apparently it's a common thing to do when you are a common smart psychopath.

I posted Minelli theories 2 weeks back, reposting them. as now ppl are getting rid of lame ideas finally.

ok guys, first of all, kudos to heller for creatng such a marvel


and to baker for such a lively and impeccable portrayal of jane. now to


business here.

   so what do you think PJ is? a wannabee kid


detective who would wait for the clues in a treasure hunt to fetch the


biggest motive of his life? and what would yhe creator of the show


think? they make sure his plan is revealed only in teh end of even the


pettiest of his tricks and this is the magnum opus of his life.....and 4


people other than him know it.....wow......i dont buy it and it makes


for a boring chase as well i think. 
also, you think rj being rj, is
still going to be lured by pj into all these silly tricks..like showing
his 3 dots to a person right when the heat is on and that person has
had a contact with cbi..and do you think pj thinks so lowly of rj tht he
will commit such rookie mistakes which btw he dint commit when he was a
rookie

      so jane is playing the big strategy in this masterful chess game to trap the king..



the biggest move he has made imo to date is the list of fake rj suspects,


not the one he gave to kirkland (or planted) but the one he showed to


lisbon......i think he requested lorelei (mybe) to shoot that vide tape for him


when they were together and he put those 7 names there just to confuse


everyone around him..and he promptly destroyed the dvd which is


suspicious...so i think he is just confusing everyone else and even rj


if he is too active ion bugging his space..and eventually he would say


this is the man i knew from before was rj and just wanted to trap him as


he was so clever......and my vote is on Virgil Minneli..

1- 
minelli has been brought twice in the show after resigning and both the
times they meant something (at least the santa episode). why bring a
busy artist to work when thr cud have been 10 ways pj cud have got that
list..and in tht episode minelli said and i quote "thanks for opening my
eyes to some ugly truths i had been avoiding like being  fish
killer".....obviously he needed to resume killing people as rj......much
with the vacations.....also, "you're nuts my freind".

2- minelli
went on vacation just before the mexico killing. aybe then it was a red
herring as it was the first season but en the writers knew they'd get
more seasons they'd say "why not use that bit when its faded from
memory'

3-  they shook hands in episode 100 flashback.

4- 
he is well connected and powerful and has a charismatic personality and
is also a renowned actor. now comeone u dnt want rj to be played by
some dummy actor..

5-  once you warm up to this theory, u'd read mcuh between the minelli lines..