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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Grace seems a plausible suspect because:

There was a hint (I think in series 2) that she had a traumatic past, but we have not found out much else other than that she really gets touchy on the subject of suicide (she snaps at Rigsby when he makes light of a woman who has apparently jumped of a bridge to her death).

Also, why have we been given more insight and back -story into the other 'central'  CBI agents (Theresa, Cho and Rigsby)? For example we learn about Theresa's closeness to her brothers and the affect her alcoholic father had on her life; we meet Rigsby's father and learn about his criminal background; Cho has an entire episode dedicated to his ex- gang lifestyle, so why is Van Pelt's background information limited to the fact that we know her dad was a competitive football coach and she seems to have lost her sister?

She has red hair and as we know women with red hair often appear in episodes. She was the last person to join the CBI team, and I think this was revealed to be not long before Patrick Jane joins the CBI, in the episode which flashes back to when he joined the team? 

She is also reluctant to transfer to another department when her relationship with Rigsby is made public, and is particularly keen to keep their relationship under wraps in the first place- this may seem sensible because she was last to join and a woman keen not be overlooked- but could it also indicate that she needs to stay close to Jane? 

During the most recent season, has the actress been missing due to pregnancy? If so that conveniently explains why Grace was written out to go and complete a computer course to develop her skills and career, but this would also be a convenient amount of time to go elsewhere and develop/do Red John tasks!

Grace is a whiz on the computer, and is often the character who encourages Jane's tricks- much like Red John, who enjoys keeping track on Patrick's activities and seems to me to respect and admire what he does.

I think it would be fantastic in the final episode to go back in time to each key episode and for it to be revealed that Grace's word or actions have had a sinister double meaning/ulterior motive! This would be so dramatic and would really be a terrific example of writing! Unfortunately I don't know how likely this is going to be....

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HE IS MARshall mcalister...if in fact the hooker wrote it .maybe she thought he was a marshall instead of a sherriff and tried to write on the wall after rj left...cue the he's too old,doesn't have the power or charm in 3.....2...1....but before you do that i bet you 3 chicken and a cow that before rj is revealed some clues will be revealed as fake.

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Why would Lorelei tell RJ that she told PK that RJ and PK shook hands , i mean  Lorelei hates RJ now , because RJ raped and killed her sister,and in the RJ video RJ said "Lorelei told me what she told you about shaking my hand" , because he wants to cover on who ever told him which is Lisbon , because Lisbon is the only one who knows that Lorelei told PK that  RJ and PK shook hands .

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People who said that red john is one person different that appears in the list,  please , reconsidering that. 
Brett Patridge it could be the winner of who is red john  . If the episodes dosen't lie, and i don't think so, he is the perfect for Rosalie's description, he loves to see the fear on peopels faces , and uou, he appears always when red john murder someone.
The other suspecs are bad people, people who had a trouble past, probably relationated with red john, but they don't are him.
The question now if how can he knows the 7 suspects and if it is true that mentalist exist. I hope that Jain could answer that on the new season..

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Did anyone realize, that the character and charisma from Ray Haffner did changed radically  in the 2 Episodes when he appears? In Season 2 Episode 2 PJ was in Haffners Team, because lisbon was suspended.. but he wasn´t able to manage and Control PJ, he was too smart for him. And they shoke hands. Interesting: In ths Episode Haffner, Betram and PJ sat on the same office. PJ and 2 RJ suspects in one room. Was that a coincidence? I dont think so. In Season 5 Episode 13 (or was it 15?..nut sure yet ) the charisma of Haffener had changed radically, as is said above. He offered Lisbon a new Job and a new life, like Lorelei did with PJ. RJ is very interested in Lisbon, in the Last Episode from Season 4 he wants Lisbons head.

Brett Patridge is a sociopath, but not charismatic enough to manipulate so many member from FBI and CBI... is Patridge really able to manipulate people on this way, that others people would die for HIM, like Timothy Carter and o Laoughlin? i think not.

Perhaps Patridge is really Red John, butI am sure that Bruno HEller is reading this site and our theories. And he can see that so many prople suspects Brett Patridge. Because this, i am pretty sure that he would change the script.

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Theory #3415 • By ilker
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Well they say red john is in the list but do we know there is just one person. Or let me say it in another way, even if there is A red john, there are mor people in that list that serves to Red John. And there is nothing  against that. Bob Kirkland is working for Red John that's for sure. From him Red John learned  what info Patrick has and find out there are only 7 people left. So Bob Kirkland is just  a servant of Red John otherwise there is no mystery there. Also about Brett Partridge, well there are  lots of theories that says it is him but I do believe he is either a missdirection (which is the main concept of this program) or another servant of Red John. I honestly believe Red John is Sheriff McAllister. Why? Well it is impossible to find a clue from a guest appearance from season 1 but the magic word is STAR POWER.
Even fake Red John at the end of season played by Bradley Whitford. Xander Berkeley is the biggest STAR in the list and the most mysterious one.  

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First off, Red john cannot be a member of Jane's family; looking for personal vengeance against jane like his brother jimmy, cos red john started killing long before he knew Jane. kirkland and brett are being painted as red john possibilities by the producers and its way too obvious. They cant be. Personally, i think its Dr linus wagner, travel back to the first episode, check out the handshake scene between the dr and jane, it was a bit too epic. in the season 1 episode 'red johns friends', The man that patrick helped from prison, who later escaped to mexico where he met his waterloo in a bathub, he wrote on the wall, and i quote 'He is ma{r}{n} the last letter could be a 'r' or 'n' more likely 'r'. it could mean he is marooned, which means in a place he cant get out from {prison} this points to linus wagner. He could have his ways of getting out and returning, maybe through the laundry van like our thief friend in 'like a redheaded stepchild' in earlier season or have people do his dirty work from outside. In prison he could do a lot of research about patrick, resulting in his infinite knowledge about patrick. And i guess we all know that Red john calls the mentalist by the name 'patrick'  leaving most of the other suspects out of it.

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