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 #2362 • By toldyouso
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in season 5 we have seen some scenes that make teresa a suspect more than in previous seasons..we have to realize that the main characters of the mentalist are teresa and patrick.therefore it makes sense that in the series finale there has to be some kind of a showdown between these 2..in season 5 teresa has been shown to be macabred to say the least.twice we have seen dogs bark at her....the evil look...it wouln't susprise me to see her in the final 7 suspects list...from the beginning i've been saying that teresa and patrick relationship looks more like brother and sister than a romantic relationship.and we don't know who the third brother is...i have also said before that i think vanpelt could be revealed as a relative of red john if teresa isn't revealed to be rj   we know from prevoius episodes that teresa was raised in chicago and patrick,danny and alex have a past history in chicago.so there's a conection between teresa and patrick...don't know the motive yet though.angela's granparents used to own many companies troughout the midwest working with steel...roy tagliaferro...cut iron...iron..steel....so rj,pj and lisbon and angela are somehow connected...also remember how patrick is the opposite and has a way with animals. these people have been mys red john suspects for a long time...jane,lisbon and van pelt..it could be that they are not rj perse but the mastermind behind it.

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Theory #2360 • By youssefzaarijabri
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after today's episode I think teresa lisbon belongs to redjohn clan because at the end of episode 21 teresa has a demonic smile when the guy tries to talk or she was present on the day of serum insertion in his tongue don't forget the old women in the scene can be red john she have a strange eyes :D




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Does anyone else have a gut wrenching feeling about Kirkland? 
All of a sudden, Homeland Security wants to be on the Red John Investigation. They are supposed to deal with mainly terrorists, so why the fascination with Lorelei and RJ? Kirkland wants to squeeze every bit of information from Jane that he can about his knowledge of RJ. 
Maybe this is all just circumstantial but I still have a really bad feeling about him

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red john is NOT Walter Mashburn 

come on guys, lets really think about it. he is just another cover but he doesnt have any characteristics. People say that he is millionaire and has connections but that doesnt mean he is macabre, like Brett Partridge, or Ellis Mars, or Max winter, He just doesnt have that air of sociopath like Red John would be. i dont even think he is of any importance for the show, because if Bret Partridge is not Red John, at least i have the certainty that he is somehow connected to him, but Mashburn, probably doesnt even know RJ in person

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OK on last episode of season 3 many things revealed for me ?!!!
First how Timothy Carter knows things only red john knows and he is not RJ ?? so my guess is Timothy Carter know red john or his relatives
Jane took Gale Bertram to  ((( Pinewood shopping mall >> place where timothy were killed by jane ))) and there was cho and rigsby also ,,, SO NOW
How timothy carter know that place ??? is this a coincidence for him to be there >> NO ,,,, a place who (jane - bertram - cho - rigsby ) only know it ,, Lisbon may know but i am not sure about that!
so my guess is that some one of the 4 people tell timothy to go there and act as to be a red john to play with jane
** bertam could be highly suspect and then cho may be ??????


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Theory #2350 • By KatevaknowsALL
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I cannot believe that none of you have realized who Red John is!!! I always knew it would be someone we least suspected and NOW all the pieces have come together. RJ must have money, RJ must have influence, RJ must have a creepy hideout, RJ must be heartless, and RJ must have a boat. Haven't you guys noticed that Elise Vogelson has all of these qualities??? She is cunning and a cold hearted person. Yeah, yeah, I know there is someone out there right now who thinks I am crazy - but just wait and see - you haven't seen the last of "the songbird"!!!!

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Okay. I think it is Kimball Cho for various reasons. But first. The easiest way to verify if your theory is right or not is if you can disprove it. For example. My brother thinks that Red John is Patrick Jane. But it is quite easy to disprove that red John is Patrick Jane because there are so many instances to where it is almost impossible for Patrick Jane to be Red John. For example, when Patrick Jane is held captive and almost murdered by the two teenagers making a movie, Red John comes to save Patrick Jane and while doing so he shoots and cuts open the two teenagers for mocking his work. But to completely disprove that Red John is Patrick Jane, you have to look at the obvious. First being that why would Patrick Jane murder his own family? Second and most obvious reason; why would Patrick Jane spend all of this time obsessing over and searching for Red John if he were Red John himself? It's common logic. Okay, moving on. I think Red John is Kimball Cho because I haven't yet found a way to disprove my theory. For one, Kimball Cho rarely shows during the Res John episodes; he's almost in the shadows. Second, Kimball Cho seems to be the only on the team without major trauma in his or her past. Patrick Jane's family was murdered. Theresa Lisbon's mother died in a car crash and her father killed himself. Rigsby's father is a drug dealer, drinker and ex convinct. Grave Van Pelt shot her own fiancé and she also mentions something in one of the first episodes about a troubled past but she won't elaborate on it. While Kimball Cho has no trauma that we know of. Not only that, but Kimball Cho also seems to be drawn to trouble. Kimball Cho has had sexual intercourse with a prostitute, he has taken too many pills and he was a former gang member. Kimball Cho is also never happy, he rarely smiles and has a cold vibe about him. Kimball Cho never opens up about his personally life and whenever anything involving his life outside of work gets brought up he quickly becomes immensely defensive. Kimball Cho keeps to himself most, if not all of the time and I believe he keeps his silence because he is hiding a dark secret. I believe that secret is that Kimball Cho is Red John. I have yet to find any piece of information or evidence that disproves my theory. Therefore, I'm standing beside it until other sources say otherwise. Now I'm only twelve, so I don't know too much about crime and detective work; but I believe my theory holds strong evidence that will be difficult to disprove. Let me know what you think regarding my theory! Thank you.

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