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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'm not accusing anyone but have two questions:

In season 5 finale, ‘Red John’s Rules’, Jane tells Lisbon that the victim’s name is Eileen Barlow, who after her parents were killed in a car accident, was raised by her uncle Sean. He does not specify that Sean is her paternal uncle or her maternal uncle. But in response Lisbon asks Jane if he thinks that Eileen’s murder is connected to “Sean Barlow”. I know it may be a simple assumption on her side or maybe Heller did not pay enough attention when he was writing the script for the episode, but still how could Lisbon know that Sean is Eileen’s paternal uncle, and hence is a Barlow? Am I missing something here?

This must have been mentioned before, but in season 2 finale, ’Red Sky in the Morning’, When supposedly Red John himself comes and kills his copycats and rescues Jane, the shape and height of the heels of RJ’s boots, how RJ walks, the size of RJ’s hands which appears to be much smaller than his supposed rough hands as described by Rosalind Harker, the way RJ touches Jane’s chest, all have feminine characteristics. So is there a small possibility that this character was not RJ or that RJ is a woman?

Eagerly awaiting your comments!

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I believe that Red John is Bob Kirkland for a few reasons. 
1. Bob Kirkland asked Jason Lennon if he recognized him before he killed him. I reckon he asked that because he has changed his face and name after Red John killed that guy in the Bath tub in the 11th episode. He changed his face and name because the guy wrote"He is Mar/Man" and his original name had mar/man somewhere in it. 
2. Yes, he is on the Red John list that Jane has. He has also killed John Lennon and has stolen the information about Red John that jane had before Lorelei was killed. And that is how he knew about the list in the season premier. 
3. He is how Red John has been described. Shortish but quite a strong man, calm and high voice and is  about the same build as Jane. 

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Theory #3707 • By Smokey McPot
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i can't believe some people actually believe Bruno Heller when he says stuff like Red John isn't Jane   or  Red John Is one of the seven suspects.   The whole series has been nothing but misderection. Even if jane finds out who red john is in the season 6 finale and captures or kills him we'll find out in season 7 it was not red john.  

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For those who think Lisbon is allied with or is RJ, this idea seems a little ludicrous since RJ had Lorelei tell PJ, that for PJ to become a friend of RJ, he would need to kill Lisbon.   PJ faked the killing and took a cabbage in place of Lisbon's head, but by then RJ knew the killing was a fake.  Also, if Lisbon was RJ's friend, then why did O'Laughlin shoot her, since he was RJ's friend and should have known other friends of Red John.  So if RJ is your friend, who needs enemies.

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Since I first saw the 11th episode from season 1, the one when that guy asks Jane to prove he is innocent in a murder case in exchange of telling him who RJ is, i always had the impression that the whole "HE IS MAR" thing has nothing to do with RJ. Jared appears to be pointing at the prostitute he was with, which is, in my opinion, a man. I swear that, when I saw the scene for the first time, I said "damn, that prostitute is totally a man". Look at her again, and tell me what you think. But concentrate on her face, please :). So I thing the message was "HE IS MAN", meaning the prostitute was a man. Maybe RJ wrote it himself. Or maybe Jared did, and even if he was reffering to the hooker, maybe this is, somehow, a clue about RJ. I don`t find the connection, maybe there is one.

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Heller stated "you can trust the list". Perhaps that is Red John's list only, and not Patrick's. He had time to get all the pictures lined up in his pocket before he showed Lisbon the disc. He did appear solemn during that scene, but with PJ, one never knows. This way Bruno technically isn't lying, just choosing his words cleverly. I only chose Stiles because my iPad wouldn't let me scroll down any further to the unknown suspect category.

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Ok so in the season 3 finale the mole is revealed to be O'Laughlin who then shoots Lisbon. If Lisbon is working with Red john an so is O'Laughlin why would he shoot her?? Lisbon isnt working with or for Red john.

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