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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When Rebecca was being escorted to her cell her facial expression showed that she saw Red John right before he put the poison on her hand. She was giving him that crazy-eyed adoring smile. Wouldn't the guards who were walking with her have recognized him if he were already a member of the CBI?

Fyi: I just read an interview with Bruno Heller by Entertainment Weekly. He said that RJ is definitely one of the 7 suspects on the list. He is not tricking us. He said there will be no more tricks, and i understood him to say that we will find out the truth next season. He also said, definitively, RJ is NOT Patrick Jane. Thank goodness. That would be heartbreaking and devastating.

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His job gives him access to the CBI and allows his to revisit the crime scene 
☺ From the season 2 finale, when Red John's voice was revealed (and similarly displayed in the season 4 finale), his voice appears to be the closest match out of the suspects list
☺ He's been featured on the show since the first episode; Bruno Heller said Red John's name wouldn't be revealed till season 7 (he said "in two or so" seasons during season 5's run) and it would be a "big disappointment"---Brett been there since the start so it'd be a disappointment if he's RJ since it'd be like we overlooked him all this time
☺ He's probably over 30, he has short straight hair, he's white, and he's just under 6 ft (just by looking), all traits of RJ as confirmed by the clues we have thus far
☺ Even though Jane disrespects him, he lets it slide; in the season 5 finale start, he let Jane boss him around, almost like he knew what was going on (like it was planned)
☺ Just random, but the word "red" is incorporated in his name if you move the letters around

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theory is 
he know every thing about crimes
he is only man who know how to care about crimes to not catch him
he almost same body who met jane at season 2 
and almost sound 
and he surprised at 1st episode when jane told them 
that he not red john 
then after he knew that ajne so celever like 
he started to playing with him ^_^

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I made a post earlier, but have given more insight and reasoning into my theory's.

Red John is not on the current list of seven. Why? Remember when PJ sticks the toothpick in the wall and Kirklands minions come in and take photos of everything in the room. When PJ comes back he notices that the toothpick fell and even smiles a bit. The list of seven is a decoy to lead RJ astray. Now we know that Kirkland is connected to or works with RJ in some way. Kirkland sends his boys in to find the information, his boys come back and say that they will view the photos and de code the information that they got. Kirkland says no, and that HE will only view the photos. Kirkland then relays that information to RJ. PJ knew that someone would break into the room, so he put up fake information.

Now, obviously PJ and Lisbon love each other and I don't think PJ would ever tell Lisbon who his real suspects are because he would never want to endanger the person he loves. Also, another reason why PJ would never tell lisbon his real suspect or list of true suspects is very simple. PJ wants to kill RJ and make him suffer while lisbon on the other hand wants RJ tried in court, PJ responds by saying "not if I'm still breathing". So PJ would never risk telling Lisbon who he thinks RJ really is because she might get in the way of his vengeance.

In this years season finale Jane receives a CD from a RJ co worker who obviously knows tons about RJ and says that "I have been with RJ for a very long time". The woman rides in the back seat of a cop car with only 1 policeman who obviously can't keep an eye on her because he is driving, so she kills herself (to supposedly keep RJ's identity safe). Why would Jane let a person who has bountiful amount of information on RJ and had been with him for a long time just be able to kill herself? Because he doesn't need anything from her... Because he already knows who RJ is. I don't know who it is but I'm 99% sure RJ is not on the current list of seven. I believe the video with lorelei was MADE by PJ to confuse and protect lisbon. PJ hyponotised the women that worked with RJ and made her kill herself because PJ somehow found out she worked with RJ in the past so he hates her and made her kill herself

Now, to address those of you who say HELLER CONFIRMED RJ IS ON THE LIST, yes heller did confirm RJ is on the list, but he DID NOT confirm that he is on the list of 7. For all we know he could be on the "list" in PJ's head. So my theory is that the true RJ or list of true RJ suspects is kept hidden in the most secure place PJ knows, his head.

It is now PJs turn to play with RJ.

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My guess is that Red John is Bret Stiles and Robert Kirkland is Bret’s son and his helper.  Stiles has the intelligence, money and power to be able to commit all the murders.  Also, as a cult leader he definitely has a lot of influence over people, including women. Because of his age though he relies heavily on Robert to help with the physicality of the killings. 

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It's Bob Kirkland.
Either HE is Red John or he is an assistant and I'll tell you why.

1. He shook hands with Jane. Jane said "Do I know you?" and Bob said, "No, but I know you."
2. He killed the guy at the hospital who knew Red John and said, "Do you know me?" or something along those lines.
3. ffs he broke into Jane's house and looked at his board of clues to RJ that's how he knew the 7 suspects.

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