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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Theory #13301 • By Reckless_Lust
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ok there are alot of amazing theorys on this site and i am here to share mine cause all i do is read lol here goes.

mcallister- no. simple. he is just too weak; you can see it in his eyes and that he doesnt fit the physical features. he works for red john tho.

stiles- no. he is old and i remember jane saying "you? you wouldnt hurt a fly." 

bertram- maybe. as i read its obvious it isnt him and he doesnt fit the physical features as well, but then again, bruno says fans will be disappointed on who is red john and for some reason bertram sticks out to me when bruno says that because maybe, just maybe, he wore a wig and faked all that stuff in front of that blind lady just so she couldnt expose him. 

kirkland- no. we all saw he get shot 6 times from the back, i doubt bruno would bring him back.

haffner- no. i dont think he is dead and i doubt he is red john or he works for red john. i dont think he has anything to do with red john. looks pretty innocent to me. but he has the hair of red johns describness and maybe the blind lady didnt know what color hair he had? how did she even know it was black hair? 

reede- no. he is going to die in episode 7. hes too weak to be red john.

partiridge- maybe. he is my top suspect because when lisbon went and saw him and he fell, then he died, she got up and then looked at the opened door (then again i wonder who opened that door) there was nothing behind her so whoever was behind her couldnt have pulled her from the back; there was nothing. im guessing partridge pulled her and had his way with her. 

lisbon- but then again, who remembers walter mashburn? IMDB put walter mashburn as red john and that got me thinking so much, lisbon slept with walter and maybe just maybe he is red john and he didnt want to hurt her? and maybe, she knows what happened that night. maybe lisbon is a part of tyger tyger.

i have some other things id like to share as well.

maybe red john isnt just one man? maybe he is a huge group of men who help him kill all the people he kills?

or maybe jane is in a mental institute and his co workers are his room mates and he became so obsessed with who killed his wife and daughter that he went crazy and landed in a mental institute. crazy hahaahah.

or maybe one of janes co workers; cho, wayne, grace or lisbon could be working for red john? who knows.

all in all i cant wait till i find out who red john is. 4 more days :D 

and patrick jane is one sexy motherfucker. 

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I've noticed a few people who have mentioned the episode where the nurse asked for Carmen Lee?  Well, I've just thought, that what if, yes, she was asking for Carmen Lee, but she actually meant it spelt differently.  Carmine Lee.  Why is this important?  Carmine is a shade of red!  I'm not joking, look it up!  Carmine is a deep red colour.. Like the colour of blood!

Could this be some kind of clue?

It may not be important but I just thought I'd mention it anyway!

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Theory #13291 • By Sdgmtrjerhtj
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RJ couldn't be Bertrum. Too obvious. The Blake Association is probably larger then just California. It would include the entire United States. My eye is on the new FBI Agent that showed up from Texas. Him or one of his crew members is up to something involving RJ.

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OK a new obvious clue that we should all say, "why didn't we pick up this clue sooner."

 post this reluctantly. Trust me, I am so sure Bertram is not RJ (RJ would never plan ahead to have fake passports since he wouldnt beleive hed ever need to escape or be caught), butt.... A clue in ep 7 when Lisbon and Jane here that Bertram's aunt has a place at "Citrus Heights" 

Sadly this ties in well with the early (I believe it was a reading Jane did on RJ) comments about living with a family member with a citrus tree in the yard... to eerie to no be a clue..
Weird..

Don't kill the messenger. I still do not believe Bertam is RJ..no way

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OKay after swaying to Ray Haffner for a brief period of time ( Jesus christ Bettyboo!). I really change my mind after I rewatch scenes of each suspect lol, I have finally settled. Okay so we are told by people who have seen the episode Legit, that the clues do add up to Red John. That means that RH description is correct. So this is why I believe that the sheriff is RJ and Yes they did spoil it for us but nevermind. Partridge, Bertram, Stiles, Kirkland and twin brother. Reede are most likely not Red John for obvious reasons...Death, arrested etc.... That leaves the two suspects Ray and the Sherrif.

First things first, I had a hard time with the description because somethings don't add up exactly but you have to use logic. I doubt that Ms R.H would get the height wrong. it's the one thing that doesn't change and she can't see so she uses touch to determine everything. It's pretty certain that that Red John is LESS than six foot. This rules out Ray Haffner who is over the 6 foot. 

The hair was the problem for me and the only problem to be honest. But as we know Hair comes and goes. The sheriff probably had the hair back in the day and it is short so I wouldn't let that throw me off too much. He has hair and it's short nevermind about the balding.

Now onto the positive things.

COWBOY STYLE BOOTS check
Knife possibly for Hunting anything with a face Check
Smell of nail pine and earth CHECK
Friend of  whats his face Dumbar dude... Probably he is a sheriff after all makes most sense don't see Ray being friends with him.
Bertram's alias Thomas with wine, etc.
Gentle bumbling voice Check
There from the beginning CHECK
Wears a RING
AFraid of Something PIGEONS CHECK
LOTS OF PIGEONS AROUND THE PLACE CHECK
Seems to be partial to Patrick saved his life CHECK
Smart CHECK
Asks patrick to call him TOM personal CHECK
Kind of shook Hands CHECK Rock scissors paper
TATTOO CHECK ( we haven't been told that Redjohn doesn't have the tattoo only that he has)
Spent a whole episode with him and he was ONE STEP AHEAD
Law enforcement back in the barn days turned a blind eye to things maybe that is why he joined them.
Blood thirst Hunts. Quiet on his feet. Right size not soft. Would have rough strong hands out in the country.
Likes Patrick and saved his life
Other things:
GOOD CHEMISTRY ( we have been told it's good)
Patrick Mentions him first when he awakes after the bomb. He also focuses on him again (flashback) from the dream when he was knocked out by bomb.
How is he supposed Dead from the bomb



SO THERE YOU HAVE IT .... I THINK IT'S SHERIFF OVER RAY HAFFNER


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Point of interest. When Lisbon finds SMith in the house, he is on the floor in one room, but Jane and Bertram are in an adjacent room. How is it those two are in different room than Smith. Also, the area where Hafner and Stiles should be...no Hafner or Stiles. Also, when the big blast happens that blows Lisbon off her feet, there are no shadows in any windows of the house where she is approaching..all interesting...

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Theory #13286 • By Karl123
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OK, Partridge being the first to die and being killed by RJ is starting to make me suspicious along with the fact that Cho only looked at his arm, not his face and that Jane wouldn't answer to Lisbon as to "what this means" is also bothering me a bit and tells me there's something more to this.

Also, the odds of it being Berstorm are low and if it points to him I would say they're using the bald guy thing as a red herring to divert attention from McCallister.

I am also suspicious of the guy encountered in the curch being RJ as it seems that Jane isn't talking directly to that person and is talking to someone behind him.

I also think the "handshake" might be more significant as someone that Jane hypnotized at some point since his hypnotism involves a hand shake.  There might be an explanation that he hypnotized RJ and awoke the demon within.

I know this is insane and it would take out a major star, but I can't get out of my mind that it's Lisbon.  Strange, I know but it's stuck there.

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