Who is Red John?

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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
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Red John is known to be a showman just like Janes dad from the circus. They have a similar skill set which is obvious because Alex Jane trained Patrick. It was revealed that Alex Jane bordered on physcopathy as he conned the desperate without a second thought. People often forget that red John needs a motive for killing all of these young women and something influences his obsession with Jane. He kills the young woman because they resemble the woman who he believes stole his son from him. It is relatively obvious why his father would be obsessed with his jane. I would like to know if anyone has info to disprove this. It along with a team member or Jane himself are the only endings that contain a big enough twist to really make everyone be stunned.

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stop stop stop, why are there so many theories on Wagner wen he's in Jail? Red  john isn't an organization, it wouldn't be a very good ending if PJ is seeking vengeance on a 100 people, that would suck. so yeah it's not Wagner guys! and writing this i had to choose a suspect, i realized that dr Steiner's there, what? He's dead too, so is wainwright! 

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Theory #1808 • By RainbowJohn
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There is a possibility that RJ is not one person but several. The first RJ started in 1988 with the Red Barn killings but then someone else started it up again around 1998. It's unlikely but it could of happened so Jane might have killed one Red John.

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Dear reader,

please consider that this post won't get you closer to finding Red John tough it may actually provide you some key insights which might help to avoid looking out for the wrong people. 

When trying to figure out who Red John actually is you need to think OUTSIDE of the box in which the producers are trying so hard to keep you in.

They use red herrings to mislead you all the time. It may be assumed that Bruno is smart enough not to set key leads too obvious. So stop changing your whole opinion when new - actually too obvious elements - are shown (like as Kirkland saying "No, but i know you" and so on).

In order to figure out who Red John is you need lots of time to analyze the whole timeline of the story. So far we do not have such a concrete information about John that we could tell who he is. Most people are just up to do normal guesswork - and mostly (when not always) there have been many comments which countered the theories with justified arguments.

It's not that easy to find him. I guess that we have either to wait until we get serious leads (which might be at the end of the current season) or analyze really everything we now professionally. 

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Theory #1840 • By Frank Costello
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Red John has to be a main character of the series, otherwise the whole thing would make no sense. Of course there are some clues about Ellis Mars, Partridge, ....., but the usual suspects do not appear in enough episodes to make sure that the average TV-watcher know them. If at the end some guy who emerged in the first season turns out to be Red John, half of the audience do not know him and will be disappointed. 
We can exclude Lisbon and VanPelt, both are women, and probably also Rigsby (sry he is simply to dumb). And would it be surprising if its Cho? Not really...
The only possibility is Jane!! (And forget about the evidences, voice checks, scenes were Jane and Red John meet, ....,every clue can be pointed out in hundred of different ways)
 Its to crazy/unlikely to be true especially because I think he is a very popular character, how ever that could be the opportunity for Bruno Heller to make TV history!!!
AND HERE NOW THE ULTIMATE PROOVE: RED JOHN IS THE OPPOSITE OF PATRICK JANE!!!!
JANE TURNS TO THE MALE FORM OF THE NAME : JOHN
PATRICK, THINK ABOUT ST. PATRICKS DAY: EVERYTHING IS GREEN, AND THE OPPOSITE OF GREEN IS ....... RED!!

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