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
Bob Kirkland

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Theory #17026 • By thementalist101
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Here is the promo 6x13 it now has a name of the episode, and guess what!! It has Red is in the name:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olXh7QTeLq8

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Nothing gets 'em wet on a first date like telling her you killed a man with your bare hands                                 first Jane sleeps with a RJ disciple then tries to pick up an undercover FBI agent and lastly goes on a date with a drug lord murderer   way to move on from your murdered carnie wife                                Cho was romancing a hooker          Lisbon had a one night stand with a Billionaire suspected of murder      and Van Pelt was dating a RJ disciple                                                              Has anyone listen to the Podcast TV Talk :The Mentalist   what a couple of fuckin morons   they just love this new beginning and everything is a shocker                                        Stoopkid and I could probably put on a better show       just sayin            

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Theory #17024 • By RED_LUTZ
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I think Red John is more than one person(Stiles/Haffner or Partridge/Kirkland)  or a group of people(a sub-cult within Visulize)        mark my words one of the FBI team is a RJ disciple      I don't believe RJ would have the BA tattoo  that would be idiotic              I've always suspected Van Pelt of being a RJ disciple and Visulize member             

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WHO is walking behind Rebecca Anderson as she's being led down the hall by the guard?  Do we know who that redhaired woman is?







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Although Harker Rosalind said Roy had straight hair, she left out balding.  It sounded like Red John had a full head of hair.  Vint Molinari has a full head of hair, and he looks six feet tall w/medium build.  I start to doubt her testimony.  I saw evidence that Red John was drinking from the same tea cup that Jane used, while visiting Harker Rosalind.  Harker remained friends with Red John - which leads us nowhere.
     (Dr. Linus Wagner) Truly, if he wanted to get caught as red john he would put the smiley face in the right spot. If he was red john and was doing a killing maybe he thought he would get caught, so he fakes the red john killing - changing his MO. In that same respect, if he got tried for being red john and he wasn't found guilty, he could be exonerated for the murders of Red John; hence, he couldn't be tried as Red John.  The courts would have "slapped" him with all the cases at once.  They could disprove that Red John would kill that way, and leave mark that way.  A copycat Red John killing could happen, while he was in prison.  He could leave the prison, because he is friends with police.  Someone would secretly get him out.  He could then commit a Red John killing.  If he gets off the charges of being Red John, Jane could not kill him as Red John.  Jane would go to prison.  Dr. Linus wagner has Harker to testify that Linus Wagner isnt Roy Taggliaferro, and he is legally not Red John.  Jane wont have leverage with the police, when he kills the real red john.
I avoided Dr. Linus Wagner as Red John, but what do we know about Red John? I know I'm right, and you may disagree - McAllister was Red John. A conspiracy that could last another six seasons is closing the book on the Blake Association. Red John could have been hired by the Blake Association to kill Jane's family. He could be a patsy, someone to take the blame for the obvious mistakes they have made. Blake Association could be the creation of someone other than Sheriff McAllister, since he is just a patsy. Linus Wagner knew about red John (read about red john), yet he couldn't portray him correctly. That scene could have been orchestrated by Red John to see how good Jane really is, to see if he could spot the difference between truth & fiction - not good or evil. Its subtext seems to make a story arc for an antagonist (or anit-hero).

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There is something strange about the The Red Tattoo episode of season six. Why would Haffner tell Lisbon, "there's a lot of powerful people jane's pissed off, not just Red John" when warning her to stay away from his affairs, and then "I just hope you remember I tried to help" as if there is something more going on, and if so, why are the writers suddenly ignoring all of that? A better question would be: which 'powerful people' (since the blake association is apparently dismantled), and how exactly does Haffner know? Incidentally, this is also the episode Jane happens upon the 'clue' that leads him to the supposed Red John.

I used to believe the RJ saga was over, but now, there are just far too many inconsistencies to support that conclusion. It is also incredibly strange that they completely strip the following episodes of any reference or real closure to Red John or the arc. It just happened and went the same way it did with Timothy Carter, and even then, he was referenced for a few episodes thereafter and given a proper closure. Either the writers have suddenly lost all their talent, or Heller is setting up something incredible. From the bottom of my heart, I do so hope it is the latter.

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