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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Bruno could easily be manipulating us with false info and clues so we can't trust that RJ is on the list. They've done it before with the waldo clue but nobody on the List has been in the background so it was obviously just a throw off. If red john is on the list the character has to have this criteria to match red john.
RED JOHN:
1.has to be younger than 50. 25 years earlier on the farm he wouldn't be considered a kid even by an old man if he was older than 25/26.
2. Can't be leader of visualize in '88 because he was young and working on the farm.
3. Kills with knives meaning sexual repression or impotence with women he kills. Probably isn't married because this would make killing difficult and wouldn't fit the profile.
4. Has to money for resources.
5. Narccicstic
6. Psychic?
7. Manipulation skills
8. Mixed feeling for Jane

The following are eliminated because of the above profile and RJ info we know:
Bret stiles- 69-70, leader of visualize, too old, married?
Bob Kirkland- 43-44, stole Janes info after RJ already had it. He's wants his own revenge on rj.
Seeds Smith- 37, appeared only once, let's face it he's just fodder.
Sheriff McAllister- 57-58, not enough money, too old.

The remaining might be RJ but there's also evidence for the contrary:
Gale bertram- FOR: AGAINST:
CBI director. 50-51
Weird vibe. Married
Fishes. Not "psychic"
Doesn't like Jane Works with Kirkland. See above reasoning.

Brett Partridge - FOR: AGAINST:
Forensics expert. No psychic ability
Mocks psychics. Money?
Mixed feelings 4 Jane. No way of knowing James list/ memories
Quotes Moby dick. Wrong about every crime scene. ( could be an act )
Not married. Could he manipulate and charm his followers

Ray Haffner - FOR: AGAINST:
FBI, CBI, PI, and visualize. Not psychic that we know of
Expert in taps/ surveillance how could he know James list
45-46 what's his problem with women/ why kill?
Info on elliston farm. A little too obvious.
Former football player? Married? Hasn't appeared before season 4.

All three could be red John but I believe RJ is really Kristina Frye and they are just fooling us and leading us on like RJ is Jane. We have to be mentalists and see threw their smoke and mirrors. She's the only one that fits all the criteria and psychological profile plus she's psychic and talked to James wife who could know Patrick's happy memories as they both worked In the carnival. Who cares if she's a woman RJ followers could easily be lying. Its not like they haven't done worst. And who says Harker Rosalind was actually with RJ. Roy could just be RJ's helper to do the dirty work or be the "face" of RJ so Kristina doesn't get caught so easy. Why else would she be the only one RJ didn't kill? Especially since Jane liked her. When they met they weren't friends at first because Jane mocked her psychic abilities and didn't want to work with her. She might also kill women to assert dominance over them as women are very competetive or she's bisexual and stabs girls as a way to penetrate them and gain sexual gratification from it because she doesn't have a penis to do so. This is my theory hope you like it.

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Not a theory. Just some sort of question.

In the The Red Barn episode, in which we learn Red John has some connection with Visualize, I noticed something odd. The timeline for the killing is kind of confusing. 

Patrick talks to the priest who was a former Visualize episode about the smiley face painted on the barn. He says one of the Visualize guys (one of the 2 victims) told him some kid drew it and, when asked what it meant, he said "what does anything mean?"

But the guy was one of the victims... so why was the smiley face painted on the barn if he was still alive? Red John always paints the faces after killing someone, using their blood, and making sure it's the first thing you see when you enter the room. But this killing doesn't add up: the smiley face wasn't easy to spot and it was painted before anyone was killed.

Also, in the scene where the mother and her daughter go to the barn and see one of the Visualize guys with a gun, the smiley face is already there.

That means, either:

a) Red John painted the face (using someone else's blood or just paint) beforehand and then killed the 2 Visualize guys in the secret basement, and was hiding there when the woman and the daughter went there. Maybe this was to mark his territory, like he did at Rosalind's house in the season 1 finale.

b) The face was painted by someone other than Red John (and maybe, just maybe, that's how he decided to adopt that signature) but it was indeed Red John who committed the murders.

c) It wasn't Red John at all.

What do you guys think? I guess a is the most likely answer, but with the sketchy timeline, anything's possible.

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MY THEORY IS BASED ON THE SEVEN SUSPECTS JANE FOUND OUT... I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IS RJ BUT I GUESS IT'S BRETT. WHY THIS THEORY ? BECAUSE I BELIEVE PJ IS RIGHT AND  ONE OF THEM MUST BE RJ. WHEN RJ DISCOVERED ABOUT HANDSHAKE  HE SPIED (PHOTOS) PJ'S ROOM AND ANALYSED JANE'S DATA THIS WAY HE COULD CONCLUDE THE SAME THING AND BASED ON THAT RECORDED THE VIDEO JUST TO OUTWIT PATRICK...

IF SOMEONE SAY THE VIDEO WAS RECORDED BEFORE THAT I'D SAY HE RECORDED MORE THAN ONE AND USED THE RIGHT ONE

AND THERE'S A SMALL CHANCE THAT JANE KNOWS THAT, BECAUSE HE HAD A SMALL TRICK ON THE DOOR (PLASTIC STRAW)

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i am not saying kirkland is redjohn. he is my second red john wanna be. my first is cbi ron... but has anyone noticed in episode 19 of the 5th season, when kirkland was fixing all the photographs his men got from PJ's head quarters, he was drinking same cocktail PJ was drinking in season 4 episode 23; when he was asked by red john, via that girl, if he has given up already...

they say that PJ and RJ are very much alike...

i focus on small details... i dont know if this is significant or they are just trying to mislead us again...

this is my first post.. im from the philippines... been actively reading all your posts here since last year...

well i love how this show tickles out mind...

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This is not really a theory. Just an opinion I have.

I think Kirkland works for RJ. So Kirkland got all the information that jane had in his room and created a historic of happenings in his own home to investigate them. But Patrick made some changes on his investigation, so when Kirkland guys entered Patricks room to stole information, they stole wrong data, wrong information that Kirkland will investigate. That's why Patrick was happy when he noticed someone entered the room.

So now Patrick knows that RJ will know that he is investigating all RJ crimes and creating a list of suspects. The thing is, Patrick is one step ahead because the information that they stole from him is wrong.

So Kirkland made the investigation with the information he got, and created a list of 7 suspects to give to RJ. The thing is RJ will have a different list from Patrick Jane.

So what I think is Patrick Jane really has a list of 7 suspects, but with different persons. And I think he acts like he is frustrated and breaks the CD, so nobody will notice that he is ahead of RJ. Not even Lisbon. I don't know if this makes sense at all. Just an opinion.

And for me, RJ is Bret Partridge or Mineli or CBI Ron...

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why has Lorelei not got damage to her left arm or a bandage??? wasn't she shot there? answers please!
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The mentalist 5x16 last scene(lorelei killed by red john)  1.26 min

How did they prove it was her????

Could it be a doppleganger??

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why has Lorelei not got damage to her left arm or a bandage??? wasn't she shot there? answers please!
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The mentalist 5x16 last scene(lorelei killed by red john)

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