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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There's something quite interesting I found when searching about Mentalist skills online. One thing I found is that Bertram R Forer was a scientist that experimented The Barnum Effect for the first time, which is related to cold reading ( the ability to gain information about someone without that person realizing that they are actually giving up the information themselves) which is what Jane often does and a skill that Red John must be very good at.
Coincidence? I think not. It may not mean that Bertram is Red John but it definitely means that Bruno Heller (or the one who came up with Gale Bertram's character) must have known about this and is trying to lead us to some thoughts.

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I know all suspects can be RJ that won't make us surprise. But remember
that scene RJ saved Patrick. Remember RJ's voice. They way how he talks.
So slowly. Brett P doesn't talk that much slow neither Bob K. If you're
saying what if they act like that... Im personally talk real fast like
Brett P. I don't like talking slowly it's killing me even if im acting
like that. That's because i believe RJ is talking slowly in his real
character. ( Without mask ). I've read at least 500 comments watched
about 30 videos. But after i
watch this i was totally sure who is RJ. Maybe some of you watched this
already. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_h0w9Q76QI. Look how Bret
Stiles talk. His voice seems familiar. And the way he talks slowly like
Red John.



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Theory #3513 • By memoryPALACE
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in a couple of episodes we have seen people from patrick's carny life come back and confront patrick
about him lying and for taking their money...do you remember when patrick was in vegas?...so this theory somehow
can be true...i dont know if we can actually say her identity could be rj....but it can definetly play a part in the series.
let's
say for the sake of argument that teresa is the little girl...we know
that her mother was killed...some think it was a drunk driver,but we
don't know for sure..what if somebody killed her mother because of the
rock patrick's father sold them.maybe somebody killed her mother after
learning the price it costed them and that person thought it might be
worth reselling it.or maybe
lisbon's father killed her mother when he
was drunk and after learning how much she spent on the rock...thus
making patrck guilty and thus giving teresa motives for revenge..the
little girl might be rosalind or vanpelt...everybody has secrets...THERE
ARE SO MANY GREAT POSSIBILITES WHEN IT COMES TO THE REVEAL OF RJ'S
IDENTITY...maybe we are over thinking it..I wished they could have
explored the characters a bit more instead of only showing up like once
or twice a season....in an effort to keep some of the characters a
mystery just to keep us guessing they failed to explore the characters
life wether in the present or past...would have been more
entertaining...how can the audience take the show seriously when they
have so many characters come and go...and then have suspects like the
sheriff as possibly being red john,,that;s just a slap in the face and
lazy writting....bruno can pick anybody he wishes AND IT WILL MAKE SENSE
because that's how the show is set up..HERE'S SOMETHING ODD since the
show's beginning it has been set up as rj's identity as being a
man..FIRST MISTAKE in my opininion...even though a lot of fans thought
it was a woman at the beginning i think they should have given us some
clues to point to the identity possibly being a woman...rosalind
description took a lot of the fun away...HERE'S  my opinion..to me it
would have made sense to have a woman in the final 7 suspects just to
mess with us and make it a bit more fun...my opinion?...they are
probably waiting for season 6 right before the revealed to play with
this possibility...after all do you remember lisbon asking jane if she
was a suspect..he is probably keeping that possibility to
himself...patrick being as smart as he is...after burning rj's files so
many times why would he make a list and then show it to somebody unless
he has a plan and is not telling anybody not even lisbon...i think he
will use her somehow....when it comes to writting a tv show I DON'T KNOW
SQUAT!! ...but common sense would suggest that next season a woman
could come up as a suspect as to being the mastermind behind
rj..EXAMPLE..bruno heller could pick any fool to be rj...let say for the
sake of argument REID SMITH..his identity is not that exiting or makes
sense at all BUT...if he reveals a woman calling the shots behind
rj...let's say...TERESA LISBON..or even GRACE VANPELT....just the tought
of patrick confronting either one after he realizes the identity makes
it that much exiting and worth the wait...just because the audience wants patrick and lisbon to be together doesn't is going to happen for sure..bruno said that they feeling will emerge in season 6 but never said in so many words they might end up together...there are rumors of the show not being cancel after they catch red john.i can see lisbon being killed and patrick taking her job...think about it if patrick catches rj..this has CAREER MAKING EXPERIENCE written all over...thus making patrick cbi senior agent patrick jane somehow.

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Theory---he IS SHOWN TO STEAL JANES WORK
              He kill the only witness in coma nd asks him"do you know me"

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My thoughts are that Red John is not one individual but possibly a couple high powered ppl, eg Gale Bertram and Bob Kirkland, or even the whole Poker playing Club , excluding Teressa?? And that is why there is never a trace of RJ because it is not one person, it could have started off as one person( started on the Farm in the Barn) , but RJ is now more of a collective than an individual. Defintily Bob Kirkland has something to do with RJ

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Psychological aspect , Red John way of killing points to a inferiority
complex towards women , but the sign of the wall and specially the
fact his associates would die for him proves that underneath this he's a
confident , charming and imposing person .
 The fact that Red John has
so many connections and resources  points to a man in high position
,not forensic worker by the way he kills it's clear that he has
knowledge of the field ,it's hard for someone from outside to become so
good because it's a thing that needs practicing , you can get all the
knowledge about martial arts ,but it's different from when you are in a
fight.
That's why i don't like the idea of Bret Stiles , but on that theory
Patrick wouldn't be a good detective so i need to take an other angle
he's manipulative kind of character, not the strong imposing character
Profile of Red John .And at one moment it was clear that he had the
ability to make pretty women fell in love with him ,clearly no
inferiority problems towards women , that's why he's out in my view  2
Partridge Brett okey , I get the the idea that he has the same name
as Stiles ,but i haven't seen any link
that the 2 were related ,and personal you couldn't pick a more
antipathetic Red John then Partridge he's just a forensics ,hard for
him to get the resources Red John would have ,and high level connection,
no showmanship that was a strong personality trait of RJ , He seems
way to shy ,i will agree he's strange but that could mean also that he
likes his job , and he's job being investigating dead people i get why
it looks weird when he's passionate about it. But he's not necessary a killer . Why i have ruled
him out was because of a talk Patrick had when Red John said to him
that he's getting too old for this ... and Patrick should move on , find
a new life. I Partridge it's the Young's some people had here pointed
out he could be to young to even committed the first murders but i
don't guess . What i think by what i could deduce is that Bob Kirkland
is the one .
1 Strong imposing Character ,
 2 awkward   around women ,when
he took the dinner with Lisbon
,3 high position Homeland would provide

4 and most important Red John pretended to  read Jane's mind when he
came with the list ...Now Patrick said numerous times that psychics
don't exist there just tricks , Kirkland got in Jane's room , He got the
information and made the same deductions Patrick made ,that was he's
trick , that's why i think is him .

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