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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i was not sure before but now i am. it is clear that the producers were not gonna let us now who is the real red john among those seven suspects, so when i saw that Virgil Minelli wasnt on the list, it made me reinforce my theory. he is someone unexpected, he fits the physical conditions described, he has appeared from the beggining of the show, since season 1, and he suddenly resigned the cbi. jason lennon, who was a friend of RJ, liked to fish, and Virgil has also been seen fishing, 

Red John is VIRGIL MINELLI

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I don't know who's RJ, but it's definitely not Bret Partridge. Everyone who thinks it is him is taking all the clues too literally. You can't trust anything of the details about height, weight, beard, hair, age, etc. since they change over time and could easily be frauded. 

Even if Red John is a group, there is still a leader to that group who is the true RJ. The 7 people list could be a white lie on the producer's part on so many levels. Maybe someone on the list is technically a RJ, but no the leader. Maybe Jane had more suspects and lied to Lisbon. 

Anyone arguing for PJ is also wrong. Multiple personality disorders do not work like that. There's no way he could keep a part of his personality away from himself and everyone else. Obviously the childhood memory is extracted from a relative of Jane's; there's no mindreading or hypnosis involved for that either.

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I think Red John is Alex Jane, Patrick's father. He teached so much trick to Patrick and he has too many information about him. I don't want to see a Luke Skywalker scene but it makes sense.

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Harker Rosalind Described Red John " Roy " to jane in details . She said " He smelled of Pine and Nails and earth "
And we know that Jane has met and shock hands with Red John so he knows his smell . Hence , Jane probably knows how is red john but he is waiting to catch him in the right time !


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Patrick Jane is Red John since no person could really extract a happy memory out of someone and kill the person in that memory. Also Red John guessed all the suspects correct which is impossible since how would he know which people did Jane shake hands with. Its feels like Jane is Red John. Whether its a case of multiple personality disorder (more likely) or not it seems that mentalist is being setup for an epic ending with Jane as Red John.  

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Theory #3146 • By TheRedMentalist
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I think Red John is Dr.Linus Wagner or Alex Jane (Patricks father)

Dr.Wagner



1.He is on prison so he has a perfect alibi
2.Red John is powerful.He can put a double in prison.
3.He fits the age
5.He is a doctor so he knows where to cut victims.


Alex Jane

1.He possibly has the same skills as Patrick
2.It would be very interesting if he was Red John
3.Fits age

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Previously I appologize for my english. I have not find another way how to find out RJ except re-watch moment in the 13 episode 4 season. I want to pay attention on RJ's hand and  physique. This hand of young man. We can exclude Stiles, Mcallister, Reed Smit (and you know why),  Bertram, Minelli. So by this way there are left only two candidates. Why Partridge? He is more fit the description of Rosalind

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