Who is Red John?

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List of seven

Thomas McAllister
Thomas McAllister
Reede Smith
Reede Smith
Ray Haffner
Ray Haffner
Gale Bertram
Gale Bertram
Brett Partridge
Brett Partridge
Bret Stiles
Bret Stiles
Bob Kirkland
Bob Kirkland

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Patrick waits in the church for Red John
Red John arrives and walks in the church.
Patrick: McAllister?
McAllister: Yes it is me
Patrick: Uhh you're not Red John... Your voice is lower than I've expected.
McAllister: Ohh shittt wait.. *inhales helium*
McAllister: Hello Patrick.
Patrick: OMG it's you! You're Red John!
McAllister: After six seasons I want a rematch to our first game of Rock paper scissors..
Patrick: Rock
McAllister: Paper
McAllister: "The game's over and I won."
i would laugh my ass off if Bruno Heller does this xD

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I believe it is either of the prime "dead" suspects, McAllister or Partridge. Jane naming Bertram as RJ serves two purposes: putting a crimp int to the activities of the Blake Association (as Bertram is the head or a high ranking member) and drawing out RJ, who will not be happy to have someone else take credit for his achievements. Having RJ be one of the dead suspects also allows Jane to kill them with impunity. Since Cho says McAllister is confirmed dead, and Partridge is dead, Jane cannot be charged with murder for killing a dead man.

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Hello.

First I would like to say, that is more like "what if", than Sherlock Holmes type of theory.

But think about it for a moment, please. WHAT IF Red John is Rigsby?

I know it is almost impossible (he is too young, blah, blah, blah), but would not that be fuc*ing perfect in every inch? NOBODY SUSPECTS HIM.

Married, have a child... Ow! Is he not a cute one? And then BANG! SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER! (~James Doakes) 

All those days that Jane used to mock him, that he used to think he is just normal, brave, but not very clever guy. That he is just Wayne. All those days Red John was smarter than Jane and felt satisfaction mixed with excitement because of Patrick lack of knowledge.

McAllister, Smith or Bertram being Red John is to obvious and it would disappoint me hardly.

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In S06E06, when lisbon is driving towards ptrick's house, she comes across two cars, which are speedily moving away from the location....Definately, the Redjohn is driving car away...

Out of five suspects, we remove Bertram and Smith as they were found in the house after explosion...

Now, if we observe the car that was moving away, it does not look like the one that is driven by Sheriff McAllister. (We can see his car earlier in the episode)

We remain with two suspects: Haffner and Stiles....

My guess is as we see two cars moving away, one has Haffner and another Stiles...

My guess is Haffner is RJ and he is taking Stiles with him (Visualize connection)...

What are your thoughts?

Please comment..

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Just a few observations about McAllister.

Noticed in "Wedding in Red" how there were moments when his voice would go a little high pitched (e.g., when he said "corpse" and "hunt").  Remember Patrick said he had a speech impediment of which he was ashamed.  Whoever RJ is changes their voice when in public, but you will hear hints of "THE RJ voice" in McAllister if you listen.

Did find it interesting that when he entered the church he asked, "what's cooking" (Sophie Miller had been murdered in the previous episode).  Others have noted his keen sense of smell (like RJ in 'Strawberries and Cream').  There's always some mention of "game" --- and then in the upcoming episode RJ will declare, "Game's Over and I Won!"  I don't think for one minute that he really lost "rock, paper, scissors" --- it took just as much smarts to get it "wrong" each time with PJ.

I mentioned this a while back, but in "Wedding in Red" there are birds chirping in the church when McAllister didn't want to go up the ladder and also when he didn't look at the Bella Vista.  In a recent article teasing about the upcoming episode, we're told that we should have paid attention to the clues.  And we all agree by now that pigeons have been of utmost importance, exactly how, not sure.  As most of us noted yesterday, there is a live pigeon on the Mary statue in the church.  Are they triggers for RJ?  Bad memories?  Does "A Brace of Partridge" factor in?  (BTW: anyone have the "interpretation" for what the painting means?)

I still feel like RJ met PJ in his younger years.  We'll soon find out!

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Theory #12698 • By Oracle777
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Here to stop the madness....
Red John is Partridge
From a source who cannot be revealed that as already watched the episode

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Just wanted to point out that no one seems to talking about the car that sped away from Jane's house right after the explosion.  There was a car speeding away that almost wrecked into Lisbon.  Whoever is driving that car has got to be red john.  I personally believe it has to be Sheriff McAllister since he was right beside Bertram and Smith( the only two that survived the blast).    I can also see it being Partridge.  the first thing partridge says in season 1 episode 1 is "red john enters here".
Also Sheriff McAllister shows up in the second episode so they are my two guesses.

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