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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Best line in tonights episode:

Jane to Lisbon an Fisher: "Tonight I plan to paint Houston red"

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Theory #17114 • By Seanmulvs
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Dean Harken is the brother of Harker Rosalind (theoretically).  Harker Rosalind had an illness that led to her going blind.  Ruskin-Jane could be translated to mean Red John.  Ruskin is a surname that  may be of early medieval English origin, and is a diminutive of the female given name "Rose, Royse", popularly associated with the flower, but in fact originally from a Germanic personal name. This is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the form "Rothais", composed of the elements "hrod", renown, and "haid(is)", kind, sort. Rosekin (without surname) is noted in the 1220 Feet of Fines of Essex. Jane is a feminine form of the name Johannes (like Johannes Sebastian Bach).  It is also a source for the English name John.  Hence, red john is Ruskin-Jane.   Dean Harken is looking for revenge, because Harker  Rosalind is the girl that Jane scammed - as a child.  Her grandma thought she was getting cured, so she stopped the medical treatment.  Harker goes blind, and it is Jane's fault.  Dean swears revenge.Dean Harken killed some people, so he could get ready to exact revenge.  He had been dreaming of killing, and he killed the first group that got in his way.  They were drugging him.  Dean was known as the smiley face killer, until he had "Orval Tanner" tell everybody his name.  Dean probably thought he could frame Jane for a murder.  Nobody knew about the murders on the red barn, so he had to commit more.  Once Dean found Jane's name, he tracked him down.  He got into visualize, and he does private security ( for rich people).  He can track people down.  The family knows the name of the circus, and tracked Jane down.  Jane starts trying to solve the murders, and Dean thinks his plan has backfired.  He sends in Orval Tanner to tell everybody that the killer is Red John.  Tanner is a name that is the same as Ruskin.  Dean Harken change orval Tanner's family name, so it could look like he was in cahoots with the Ruskins & Janes.  McAllister visits Harker Rosalind - which probably is a fake name, so she can't be traced back to Dean.  Dean is very meticulous & careful.  The Ruskins work with the big metal - which Dean Harken knows from stalking the Ruskin-Janes.  Dean creates cut iron or tagliaferro to trap Jane, and make him meet harker Rosalind. 

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Come on, people - if there's any logic in this show the Red John could be only one person - Bret Stiles and I will prove it to you easily.

Let's try to profile the Red John a little. What is he like? Apparently he is an influential guy. Which means - money. But that's not all. The people are ready to kill for him. And that's not nearly all. The people die for him with a smile. He teaches his followers how to face and get rid of their fears. He shows his followers how to be in peace with themselves (or at least the followers believe so). Followers ... FOLLOWERS !!! What kind of guy has followers, ready to die for him? Do  you think that could be the chief of CBI? Do you think that could be some sherriff? If you think so ... well ... think again ... or .... maybe, ... exactly, that's right - A LEADER OF A CULT. There's only one in this show. If it was a reality, FBI would've done that profiling in a minute and Bret Stiles would be on their short list a long ago.

Ok, you'll say, but the sheriff admitted that he is the Red John and that's why he is dead. Is it possible that he impersonated the Red John in order to divert the attention? Well ... it happened before. Remember the end of the season 3?

Well, but Bret Stiles died in the explosion? Did he, really? Who knows ... 

Like I said - this is the only logical Red John. And considering the fact that we're still in the middle of the season I still haven't lost hope that it would appear that I'm right. And not because I wanna be right, not because of my ego, but for the sake of the show. If the sheriff really is the Red John it seems lame and far fetched. However ... there is only one way to find out ...


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Why was Osvaldo "Oscar" Ardiles and PJ listed as 'Special Agent' on Van Pelt's screen near the end?
Hmmmmmm.

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Theory #17110 • By Will-the-Thrill
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I think that the Blake Society was designed to hunt down people that escape the law, and that their recent purpose was to hunt and kill Red John, which is to say that Red John is not Blake Society and that the Blake Society is a vigilante group. If this is the case, then it is no wonder why Red John (Wayne Rigsby) is so scared when down in that basement at the end of the Golden Hammer episode. Ardiles must have stumbled onto the Blake Society list of names, so he was eliminated. ...Im still sticking to the idea that Wayne Rigsby is Red John.   

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***Continue reading this post ONLY IF you've already watched tonight's episode.***



































Was anyone else with me on the edge of their couches tonight for the last 30 seconds of the show...REALLY hoping that after what we just saw WR find...

that an RJ smiley face would appear..........




Or at least that WR would get conked on the head? Something. Anything. To keep the dream alive. 

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